Transcript Gulf Coast Regional Science Olympiad

The Science Olympiad
New Tools for Teachers
New Opportunities for Students
What is Science Olympiad?
• An international nonprofit
organization dedicated to:
• Improving the quality of
science education.
• Increasing student
interesting in science and
science careers.
• Provides recognition of
students and teachers for
achievements in science
education.
RMS Students prepare to test
in Bottle Rocket competition.
Science Olympiad Events
• The goals of Science Olympiad are accomplished through
training workshops, and intramural, district, invitational,
regional, state, national and international tournaments.
• Students compete as individuals or as teams.
• Students prepare for competitions during the school year.
• The Science Olympiad events are easily integrated into
current curriculum or serve well as an extracurricular
activity/club.
The Events
Events represent the
various science disciplines
such as biology, earth
science, chemistry, physics,
computers, music, and
technology.
Students learn from failures as
well as successes.
A Balanced Approach
Events require:
• Knowledge of science facts
• Concepts
• Processes
• Skills
• Science Applications
• Teamwork
• Creativity
Students doing some
Crime Busting
Overall Goals
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Capturing and retaining the
interest of students in science
and technology
Development of “Intellete” pride
for outstanding intellectual
performance
Enhancement of student selfesteem by giving a feeling of
belonging and accomplishment.
Enrichment of classroom
science programs
Strengthening of school spirit
Involvement of the community.
Objectives
• To bring science to life, to show how science works, to
emphasize problem solving aspects of science and the
understanding of science concepts.
• To expose students to real-life challenges of working
with a team, group planning and cooperation
• To make science education more exciting so students
will enroll in science courses, programs, fairs, and clubs.
• To attract more students to careers in science,
technology and science teaching.
Science Olympiad in Texas
• Science Olympiad in Texas
more than 15 years
• Texas A&M University
(College Station) hosts
Texas Science Olympiad
with 800+ students
competing.
• Regional qualifying
tournaments across Texas
RMS Students Competing in
Robot Ramble.
• The Top 2 Texas teams
attend Nationals.
Regional Competitions
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All Texas teams are expected to compete at a regional qualifying tournaments to
advance to State competition. Guidelines for the regional competitions are as
follows:
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Each regional will host both a B and C division competition.
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These will be 'open boundary' regional's, so a team may select any of the
regional's that are offered.
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Each team must attend one regional to be considered for advancement to the
State competition -- they may only attend one regional.
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All teams from the same school must compete at the same regional. All teams
from the same school will also compete at the same time period for each event
(all have odd or all have even team numbers if teams assigned to odd/even
time periods).
Science Olympiad Programs
• K-6: Science Olympiad
Fun Day (non-competitive
events at your school)
(on prior request)
• 6-9: Science Olympiad
Division B Events
(competitive)
• 9-12: Science Olympiad
Division C Events
(competitive)
Students Conducting
Chemical Analysis in
Can’t Judge a Powder.
Getting Started
• Get Administration’s support
• Seek staff and parent
support
• Get familiar with events and
develop materials list
• Present Science Olympiad to
teachers and students
The Smiles of Winners.
• Recruit a Team
Your New Team
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Register team
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Learn the events and rules
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Practice the Events
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Assign Fundraising
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Coordinate Support
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Prepare for competitions
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Publicity and acknowledgement
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Compete, regroup and review.
Students Doing Computations in
Preparation for Storm the Castle
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The Competitions
Future scientists competing in
Compute This.
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Nationals are held at Major
Universities Across the Nation.
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Texas Science Olympiad 2 days at Texas A&M
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Regionals - held on Saturdays
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All day events
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Awards Ceremony
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Learning Experiences
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The Goal is to have Fun with Science!
Fundraising
• Recruit parents to head up
fundraising efforts
• Conduct fundraising early to
supplies and materials can be
purchased before training need
Anatomy Event
• Involve team in activities
• Involve community in
supporting team.
When to teach
Science Olympiad?
• Classroom Activity
• Special Class
• After-School Activity
• Combination Activity
Proud of their 1st Place Robot
The Team Concept
The RMS
2010
National
Team