Transcript Science Olympiad Student Meeting

Science Olympiad
Student Meeting
October 21, 2009
One Coach’s Sample
Team Meeting Agenda
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Science Olympiad at XYZ School (history - omitted)
Events 2009-2010 (event chart - omitted)
TEAM Math
Tournaments (schedule - omitted)
Event Assignments
Expectations:
– Preparing your Events
– The Contract
• Blackboard
• Wrap Up (omitted)
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11-20
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11-20
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Session 6
Session 5
Session 4
Session 3
Session 2
Events
Can't Judge a Powder
Physical Science Lab
Anatomy
Disease Detectives
Experime ntal Design
Ornithology
Science Crimebu sters
Solar Syste m
WIDI
Pentathlon
Bioprocess Lab
Road Scholar
Dynamic Planet
Ecology
Meteorology
Shock Value
Comp ute This
Fossils
Trajectory
Elevated Bridge
Wright Stuff
Battery Buggy
Junkyard Challenge
Session 1
DIVISION B STAT E TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
2009_2010
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SIGN UP FOR A TIME
SIGN UP FOR A TIME
SIGN UP FOR A IME
SIGN UP FOR A IME
SIGN UP FOR A TIME
TEAM Math
Your places in the State Tournament:
1 + 3 + 50 =
or,
10 + 10 + 10 =
Which is better?
More TEAM Math
23 events
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20 one- or two-person
1 two-person
1 three-person
1 four-person
15 member team
# events/person=?
• => If we do tournaments with different event
conflicts, now how many?
Expectations 1
Preparing your Events (Time)
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Minimum 2 after school sessions
Wednesdays, + Mondays or Thursdays
Expectations: min 5 hours/week
Ms Boomer’s Room -- Home Room
Mrs Miller’s Room -- Quiet/ Computer Room
Additional time before Tournaments
Some Wed Eve/Sun Morn: Gym
You must SIGN IN/OUT
Expectations 2
Preparing your Events
(Resources)
• Start with the Official EVENT RULES
• Event Binders, Materials in SO closet
• Check out a TEAM Binder for use during
study sessions only
• Add materials to the TEAM Binders
– Mark “Contributed by ___ Date:___”
• Keep your own SO Binder!
– Include list of resources and what they’re good for
Expectations 3
Coaches’ Roles (General)
• Come to us when you need help
• Request from us any purchases of study guides, books,
or building materials
• Ensure a safe working environment
• Ensure a productive working environment
• Review your Study Plans,, provide assessments to
ensure on-going progress
• Help you get the most out of your SO experience
Coaches’ Roles
(Progress Assessments => State Team
Selection)
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One-on-one meetings (& Binder checks)
Event tests
Engineering competitions
Tournament Performance
Dedication and Effort
Teamwork & Contribution
– Includes building the LMS resource library
– Willingness to apply yourself to non-popular events
Expectations 4
Team Member’s Roles
• Good Sportsmanship!!!
– In study sessions, with your partners, & team
– Tournaments: teams disqualified
– Respect students, parents, coaches, other teams
• No Disruptive or Non-Productive Behaviors
• No Un-Safe Behaviors
– We don’t know where you are….
– Improper use of shop equipment…
– Irresponsible actions away from home => stay home!
• Read the Contract Carefully !!!!
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What are these?
How many can you get of each?
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Expectations 5
Team Member’s Roles
• YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN LEARNING
THIS IS NOT SCHOOL
YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR FUN!!
• Learn how to manage your own learning
• Learn how to impact team effectiveness…positively
• Plan your work with your partners
• Find good resources - internet, people, books, old tests,
field trips, ….etc
• Share resources with all other event members
(you may do events with different partners in different
tournaments)
• No whining! Partner not contributing? Why not? Look at
your own behavior! Figure it out! Fix it!
Event Assignments
• Student Interests
• Tournament Schedule Conflicts
– VA vs Invitationals (vs Nationals?)
• ~ Past Experience/Performance - but we
want you to do NEW events each year
• Breadth of Learning
• Preparation Time, # New Events
• Engineering Events -- only 5 !!!
• Begin with knowledge events, no pairings
What you will be doing…
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Observation
Classification
Measurement
Prediction
Testing
Assessment
Inference
Communication
Build a foundation of knowledge
Develop new knowledge
Make use of new knowledge
Skills Critical to Success in
Science & Technology
• Process skills are used to gather information
• Reasoning skills help make sense of the
information through a data-based approach to
understanding the world
• Critical thinking skills require application of
information in new situations and in solving problems
• Learning to solve problems in a variety of
contexts fosters the development of a
general problem-solving ability that can be
transferred to new contexts
Blackboard
Announcements
Folders for each Event
YOU post good resources, old tests, etc.
…. Other uses?