Participants will be assessed on their understanding of the anatomy and physiology for the human Nervous, Sense Organs, and Endocrine systems.
Bio Process Lab
This event is a lab-oriented competition involving the fundamental science processes of a middle school life science/biology lab program.
Bridge
Teams will design and build a Bridge (Structure) meeting requirement specified in these rules to achieve the highest structural efficiency.
Codebusters
Teams will cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cryptanalysis techniques for historical and modern advanced ciphers.
Crave The Wave
In this event competitors must demonstrate knowledge and process skills needed to solve problems and answer questions regarding all types of waves and wave motion.
Crime Busters
Given a scenario, a collection of evidence, and possible suspects, students will perform a series of tests that along with other evidence will be used to solve a crime.
Disease Detectives
Participants will use investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health and disability in populations or groups of people.
Dynamic Planet
Teams will complete tasks related to physical and geological oceanography.
Electric Wright Stuff
Prior to the tournament teams design, construct, and test free flight electric-powered monoplanes to achieve maximum time aloft.
Experimental Design
This event will determine a participant's ability to design, conduct and report the findings of an experiment entirely on-site.
Food Science
Students will answer questions on food chemistry with a focus on sugars. In addition, participants will build a hydrometer capable of measuring sugar solutions between 1-10% (mass/volume).
Green Generation
Students will demonstrate an understanding of general ecological principles, the history and consequences of human impact on our environment, solutions to reversing trends and sustainability concepts.
Meteorology
Participants will use scientific process skills and quantitative analysis to demonstrate an understanding of the factors that influence world climate and climate change through the interpretation of climatological data, graphs, charts and images.
Mission Possible
Prior to the competition, participants design, build, test and document a Rube Goldberg-like device that completes required Start and Final Actions through a series of specific actions.
Mousetrap Vehicle
Teams design, build and test one vehicle using one or two mousetrap(s) as its sole means of propulsion to reach a target as quickly and accurately as possible.
Ornithology
Participants will be assessed on their knowledge of North American birds.
Ping-Pong Parachute
Prior to the tournament, teams will design, build and bring up to three bottle rockets to the tournament to launch a ping pong ball attached to a parachute to stay aloft for the greatest amount of time.
Road Scholar
Participants will answer interpretive questions that may use one or more state highway maps, USGS topographic maps, Internet-generated maps, a road atlas or satellite/aerial images.
Rocks and Minerals
Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.
Solar System
Students will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of planet formation and structure in our solar system and how it relates to that observed in extrasolar systems.
Sounds of Music
Teams must construct and tune one device prior to the tournament based on a one-octave 12-tone equal tempered scale and complete a written test on the physics of sound and music concepts.
Storm the Castle
Prior to the competition, teams will design, construct and calibrate a single device capable of launching projectiles onto a target and collect data regarding device parameters and performance.
Write It Do It
One student will write a description of an object and how to build it, and then the other student will attempt to construct the object from this description.
