Tournament Information

2006 Competition List

Astronomy (C) - Teams identify constellations and solve astronomy problems.

Awesome Aquifer (B) - Students will design and build a model aquifer that will allow a team to demonstrate and explain groundwater concepts.

Balloon Race (B) - Students will attach a weight to helium-filled Mylar balloons and "race" them to a pre-determined level.

Bottle Rocket (B) - Participants will design, construct and test rockets made of plastic pop bottles, which will remain aloft for a maximum period of time.

Bridge Building (B) - Teams will design, build & test the lightest bridge to carry a maximum load.

Can’t Judge a Powder by Its Color (B) - Various powders’ characteristics will be identified.

Chemistry Lab (C) - Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to selected topics.

Circuit Lab (C) - Students will compete in activities involving knowledge of direct current (dc) electrical circuits.

Compute This (B/C) - Teams solve a problem that requires quantitative data capture from the public Internet and the electronic organization and presentation of data in a graphical format.

Designer Genes (C) - Students will solve problems using their knowledge of genetics.

Disease Detective (B/C) - This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem.

Don’t Bug Me (B/C) - Students will demonstrate knowledge of taxonomic keys, habitats, life history and geographic distribution.

Dynamic Planet (B/C) - Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions.

Ecology (C) - Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology and adaptation by examining different ecosystems.

Experimental Design (B) - Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment.

Fermi Questions (C) - Teams seek a fast, rough estimate of quantity in power(s) of ten.

Food Chemistry (B/C) - Teams will be asked questions pertaining to food chemistry, which may include chemical reactions, characterization, and quantification

Forensics (C) - Students will identify polymers, solids, fibers, and other materials in a crime scenario.

Health Science-(C) -Teams will be tested on their knowledge of health concepts.

Heredity (B) - Students will solve problems and analyze data or diagrams using their knowledge the basic principles of genetics.

Meteorology (B) - This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology.

Mission Possible (B) - Participants will design and build a Rube Goldberg like device, which demonstrates a series of energy transfers to accomplish a specific task.

Mystery Architecture (B) - Teams will be provided building materials and instructions to build a device that can be tested

Physics Lab (C) - Teams will demonstrate physics laboratory skills related to selected topics.

Practical Problem Solving (C) - Students will solve practical science problems.

Remote Sensing (C) - Teams use maps and remote sensing technology to explain human land use patterns and the relationship of a region’s physical environment to the cultural landscape.

Road Scholar (B) - Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps.

Robot Ramble (C) - Students will design and build a robot capable of performing certain tasks.

Rocks and Minerals (B/C) - Students will identify, describe, and classify various specimens.

Science of Fitness (B) - Teams will be tested on their knowledge of health concepts.

Scrambler (C) - Teams will design and build a mechanical device which uses the energy from a falling mass to transport a Grade A uncooked chicken egg along a straight track

Sounds of Music (B) - A team will build musical instruments, describe the scientific principles behind their operation and perform a musical selection on them.

Storm the Castle (B/C) - Teams will design, construct, calibrate and operate a device capable of launching a projectile far and accurately using only the energy of a falling counterweight.

The Solar System (B) - This event will address the Sun, planets and their satellites, comets, asteroids, the Oort Cloud, the Kuiper Belt, meteoroids, meteorites, and meteors.

Tower Building (C) - Teams will design, build & test the lightest tower to carry a maximum load.

Water Quality (B) - Students will demonstrate an appreciation and understanding of aquatic ecology, water resource management, water treatment practices and aquatic chemical processes.

Wheeled Vehicle (B) - Teams will design and construct a "vehicle" that uses a non-metallic, elastic solid as its sole means of propulsion.

Wright Stuff (C) - Teams will design and build a propeller driven aerodynamic device for greatest time aloft.

Write It/Do It (C) - A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.