Trial Events | Science Olympiad

To submit a new event, please follow the process for revising or taking an event from a Concept to a Pilot to a Promising Pilot to a Featured Trial to an Actual Event:

If you have a new idea to propose as a future event, first determine if an event already exists byreviewing the Event History Chart, the current list of Event Descriptions, and the Trial Events below.
If not, the next next step is to format the proposed idea into an event rule using the Rules Template. Include the author's name and email (and if possible, the date and tournament where the event will be run). Submit the Rule to the director that has agreed to host the Pilot at one or more of the authoring host state's invitational, regional or state tournaments. (Note: we do not want to post every and any idea until it has been successfully piloted in one state.)
After successfully piloting a proposed event, submit the Student Evaluations, the Supervisors Evaluations and the formatted Rule to Science Olympiad Headquarters who will determine, in conjunction with the Content Chair/Committees, if the event is a Promising Pilot that other states should be encouraged to Pilot. (Note: every event piloted does not automatically advance to Promising Pilot status.)
After two or more other states have successful Promising Pilot Trials and have submitted Evaluations, the Content Chair/Committees will recommend to the Science Olympiad Headquarters and Board the best placement for a Featured Trial Event on one of the six Event Chart timelines.
The collective committees submit Chart recommendation to the Science Olympiad Headquarters and the Board for consideration and approval.

To ask questions about a specific Trial Event or to find out which events will be held at your tournament, contact your Regional or State Director. To Submit a National (only) Trial Event Question, click on the FAQs page and please submit them under Trial Events.

Note: For the National Tournament the Trial or Open Events do NOT count for team points and ANY team (regular or alternate) member can participate ONCE in each Trial or Open Event.

Supervisor Evaluation Form for Trial Events (Word)
Student Evaluation Form for Trial Events (Word)

Featured Trial Events

Defined As: Trial events that have had successful trials and evaluations in two or more states and are planned to become an event

Environmental Chemistry (2017 Chemistry Committee Version Updated 11/7/16)
Herpetology B/C (2018 Life Science Version Updated 10/18/16)
Potions & Poisons* B (2017 Chemistry Committee Version Updated 6/23/16)
Protein Modeling C (2017 Chemistry Committee Version Updated 6/30/16)
Roller Coaster B/C (2016 Tech Committee Version for 2018)

* Indicates the event ran at the 2016 Science Olympiad National Tournament

Promising Pilots

Defined As: Piloted events that that have had successful pilots in at least one state

Code Busters* (2016 Wisconsin Version)
Code Analysis (Using Java - 2016 Version)
Electric Wright Stuff C (2017 Ohio Version)
Mystery Design* C (2016 Wisconsin Version)
Source Code (Using Python - 2016 Michigan Version)
Radio Lab (a.k.a. WIFI Lab) (October 2016 Version)
- Radio Lab Setup Guide a.k.a. WIFI Lab Setup Guide (2016 Version)
- WIFI Lab Zip File with inSSIDer and simple Network Analyzer Programs (links to a Dropbox)