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Elementary Science Olympiad at FAU
Mike McKee
Ingrid Johanson
State Director
Regional Director
INTRODUCTION TO
SCIENCE OLYMPIAD
Philosophy of Science Olympiad
• Improve quality of
science education.
• Create a passion for
science learning.
• Provide recognition for
achievement.
• Started in 1983
• Now over 14,000 teams
• First FAU regional in
2008 had 3 teams
• 2016 regional 68 teams!
• 2015 record 25 ESO
teams!
Structure of Science Olympiad
• Team consists of 12 students, one coach.
• Division A = elementary school (grades 3-5)
– Division B = middle school
– Division C = high school
regional
competition
• All students must be from their home school.
• Can have as many separate teams as you want
– but must have separate registration for each.
Types of Events
Lab based
Research based events
Prebuilt events
The Events: Division A
A IS FOR ANATOMY
BRIDGE BUILDING
EGG DROP
ENERGY LAB
FOOD SCIENCE
MYSTERY PACKAGING
MYSTERY POWDERS
PICTURE THIS – The Weather
ROCK HOUND
SOLID, LIQUID, OR GAS
STARRY, STARRY NIGHT
WATER ROCKETS
WHO WANTS TO BE A BIOLOGIST?
Competitions and Training
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Regional Tournaments:
Florida Atlantic University
State Tournament:
University of Central Florida
Feb 13, 2016
March 19, 2016
• Elementary Science Olympiad @ FAU: April 16, 2016
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National Tournament (B&C only):
University of Wisconsin, Stout - May 20-21, 2016, Menomonie, Wisconsin
Regionals
• Teams compete in one
of 7 regionals
• 42 teams per division at
State competition
• 2 teams to Nationals
• Open regional policy
• ESO tournaments are
stand alone
COACH’S TIPS
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Tips on being a coach
• Get into groups of 3-4 & brainstorm:
– New coaches: What major concerns/questions do
you have as a first-time coach?
– Experienced coaches: What are your best 2-3 tips
for being a coach?
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Fundraising?
Group structure – multiple teams?
Selecting team members?
Preparation for competition?
– SHARE
Organizing a team – who competes in what event????
• Each student will do 2-3 events
• Try to place student in as many of their favorite
events as possible
• Check the schedule for conflicts
• A team can only compete one time in each event
• If you have multiple teams from your school, you
can’t switch between the two on the day of the
competition (WRIST BANDS)
• Alternates can’t pop on and off the team on day of
competition.
Organizing a team
• Students don’t have to remain connected to
each other throughout the day. (Suzie and Joe can
do Anatomy and Suzie and Mary can do Food Science)
• Review the rules carefully.
• Binders are allowed for some events
• Check the scoring carefully
Events and Scoring
Events and Scoring
Events and Scoring
Events and Scoring
Events and Scoring
• Try to compete in every event.
• The top half are scored with ties broken
• So if there are 20 teams, we will tie-break up
to 10.
– 1st place gets 1 pt
– 2nd place gets 2 pts
– 10th place gets 10 points
– 11-20th place gets 11 points
– A “Do not show” gets 12 pts (last place + 1)
How to Read the Schedule
Parents
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Observe – yes
Cheer on – yes
Do – no
Help – no
Walk into rooms – no
Arbitrate – no
Pretend they are doing the event in an effort to
relive childhood – no
The Code of Conduct
Student participants are expected to compete in tournament
events with an honest effort to follow the rules and the
spirit of that competition. The goal of competition is to
give one’s best effort while displaying honest, integrity,
and sportsmanship.
Students, coaches, parents, and guests are expected to display
courtesy and respect toward Olympiad officials, other
teams, and guests of the Olympiad.
Failure to show honesty and/or courtesy by a participant,
coach or guest of the team may result in disqualification of
the team from that event, the entire tournament or future
tournaments.
THE RULES RULE
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KEEP IN MIND
If there is a conflict with information in the rules,
the official rules ALWAYS take precedent!
Deconstructing the Rules
– Build events: (see worksheet and rules for EGG
DROP)
• General
– What is the goal of the event?
– What items/criteria are scored?
– What do the bolded words mean?
• Event Parameters
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What safety equipment is needed?
What is provided by the event supervisor?
What must be brought to the tournament?
What should or may be brought to the tournament?
What is the difference?
Deconstructing the Rules
• Construction Parameters:
– What are minimum design requirements
– What is not allowed to be used?
– What are the maximum design requirements
• Competition Parameters:
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Describe the competition space
Is this an impounded event?
What will be evaluated if the event is impounded?
Other than the device, what else is evaluated by the
event supervisors?
How many trials are permitted?
How much time is permitted?
What happens if I have an "oops" I didn't mean to do
that?
Are practices runs permitted?
Deconstructing the Rules
– Lab and Research Based Events (see worksheet
and rules for Anatomy)
• General
– What is the goal of the event?
– What items/criteria are scored?
– What do the bolded words mean?
• Event Parameters
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What safety equipment is needed?
What is provided by the event supervisor?
What must be brought to the tournament?
What should or may be brought to the tournament?
What is the difference?
Deconstructing the Rules
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Describe the setup of the labs.
Describe the content focus.
Is this an impounded event?
What will be evaluated if the event is impounded?
How much time is permitted?
What happens if I have an "oops" I didn't mean to do that?
General Rules
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Who is allowed to help students and in what capacity?
What is allowed into any event?
What is not allowed into any event?
Ways that you can be "disqualified" and the impact on
scores.
Student Preparation
• For research based events – have students
organize their binders WELL. This should be
done in advance.
• For lab based events – have students act as a
teacher!
• For build events – build, test, break, redesign.
Engineering Design
Challenge
Vehicles
ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS
© Florida Science Olympiad, 2014
NOW LET’S TRY IT!
Bridge Building
You will have 20 min to build a bridge that will
span a 50 cm gap and support 100 grams.
 Each team will be given 50 straws, scissors, a
metric ruler, and 40 cm of masking tape.
 Each team will present bridge/design
 Each team will test their bridge
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© Florida Science Olympiad, 2014
Wrap up
• New coaches: have we covered your most
concerning issues?
• Experienced coaches: what have we left out?
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For more information…
Ingrid Johanson
[email protected]
Mike McKee
[email protected]
www.floridascienceolympiad.org
eso.floridascienceolympiad.org