C Event Short Descriptions

Anatomy and Physiology

Participants will be assessed on their understanding of the anatomy and physiology for the human Nervous, Sense Organs, and Endocrine systems.

Astronomy

Teams will demonstrate an understanding of Variability of Low & Mid-Mass Stars.

Bridge

Teams will design and build a Bridge (Structure) meeting requirement specified in these rules to achieve the highest structural efficiency.

Cell Biology

This event integrates content knowledge and process skills in the areas of cell biology and cellular biochemistry.

Chem Lab

Teams will complete one or more tasks and answer a series of questions involving the science processes of chemistry focused in the areas of Aqueous Solutions and Oxidation/Reduction.

Codebusters

Teams will cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cryptanalysis techniques for historical and modern advanced ciphers.

Detector Building

Teams will build a durable Conductivity Device that will accurately measure and display both voltage and concentrations of NaCl in parts per million (ppm) from 0 to 5000 ppm of different water samples.

Disease Detectives

Students will use investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health and disability in populations or groups of people.

Dynamic Planet

Students will use process skills to complete tasks related to Earth’s fresh waters.

Environmental Chemistry

This event will focus on fresh water (e.g., residential, industrial or natural), The Clean Water Act of 1972 and 1977, wastewater operator's certification manual (Indiana March 2018 version) and its applications, and various testing of particular analytes using standardized curves, either interpreted or created.

Experimental Design

This event will determine a participant's ability to design, conduct and report the findings of an experiment entirely on-site.

Forensics

Given a scenario and some possible suspects, students will perform a series of tests. These tests, along with other evidence or test results, will be used to solve a crime.

Gravity Vehicle

Teams design, build and test one Vehicle and Ramp that uses the Vehicle's gravitational potential energy as its sole means of propulsion to reach a target as quickly and accurately as possible.

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.

It's About Time

Teams will answer questions related to time and they may construct and bring one non-electrical device to measure time intervals between 10 and 300 seconds.

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.

Remote Sensing

Participants will use remote sensing imagery, data and computational process skills to complete tasks related to climate change processes in the Earth system.

Rocks and Minerals

Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.

Trajectory

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.

Wifi Lab

Teams must construct an antenna device prior to the tournament that is designed to transmit a signal at 2.4GHz and complete a written test on the principles of electromagnetic wave propagation.

Wright Stuff

Prior to the competition teams design, construct and test free flight rubber-powered monoplanes to achieve maximum time aloft.

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 the description.