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Anatomy & Physiology
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Do you have skin in the game? Show your knowledge of the integumentary, Skeletal, and Muscular systems. |
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Boomilever
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Design, construct ahead, and test a lightweight cantilever beam to support 15 kg. |
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Circuit Lab
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Are you in resistance? Design and construct simple circuits for a designated task; answer written questions on electricity and magnetism. |
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Crime Busters
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CSI Connecticut! Analyze evidence from a crime scene and identify the guilty person. |
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Density Lab
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Don't be dense! Solve lab problems and answer questions about mass, density, number density, area density, concentration, pressure, and buoyancy. |
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Disease Detectives
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Are you feeling well? Solve problems in disease, injury, or disability in human populations. |
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Dynamic Planet
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Dive deep to solve problems in physical and geological oceanography. |
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Elastic Launch Glider
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Let your mind take flight! Design, construct ahead, and test elastic-launched gliders to achieve the longest flight time. |
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Experimental Design (up to 3 students)
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Given a kit of materials at the tournament, you must design, conduct, and report on an experiment on-site.
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Food Science
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Solve problems in food chemistry, focusing on fermentation and pickling. Design, build ahead, and test a salinameter to measure salt concentrations. |
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Fossils
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Demonstrate your knowledge of ancient life by completing tasks related to fossil identification, classification, adaptations, and ecosystems. Use fossils to date and correlate rock units. |
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Game On
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Using the program Scratch, design and build on site a computer game incorporating a game type and scientific theme assigned on the spot. |
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Heredity
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Analyze data and solve problems using your knowledge of classical and molecular genetics. |
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Machines
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Design, build ahead, calibrate, and test a lever-based simple machine to determine the ratio between two masses. |
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Meteorology
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Can you really change a hurricane with a Sharpie? Show your knowledge of severe weather by using your process skills to interpret meteorological data, graphs, charts, and images. |
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Mission Possible
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Design, build ahead, calibrate, and test a Rube Goldberg device that will use a series of steps to place a golf ball on a tee. |
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Mousetrap Vehicle
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Design, construct ahead, and test a vehicle powered by a single mousetrap that will reach a target as quickly and accurately as possible. |
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Ornithology
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Will you be able to crow about having the best knowledge of bird identification, anatomy, physiology and ecology? |
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Ping Pong Parachute
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Design, build ahead, calibrate, and test two air-powered bottle rockets, to be launched indoors, that will deploy a ping pong ball with an attached parachute for maximum time aloft. |
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Reach for the Stars
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Demonstrate your understanding of stellar properties, evolution, an observation using various part of the electromagnetic spectrum. |
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Road Scholar
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Help imaginary story characters solve problems by using road maps, topographic maps, and satellite imagery. |
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Water Quality
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Design, construct ahead, and test a salinometer. Identify aquatic invertebrates and answer questions on marine and estuary aquatic environments. |
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Write It, Do It (2
students required)
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Don't have a failure to communicate! One student sees and describes a device;
another uses that description to build the device from a parts bag.
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