Event Supervisors | Science Olympiad

Below you'll find a variety of resources to help you act as an Event Supervisor at a Science Olympiad Invitational, Regional, State or National Tournament. For more information about your State Science Olympiad Organization, see our list of 50 State websites. All supervisors should be familiar with the Code of Ethics and General Rules, Scoring Policies and should review the Scoring Best Practices document.

For 2020, all volunteers and Event Supervisors at the local, state and national level must complete this 10-minute online Volunteer Training. You will receive a Certificate of Completion at the end. If you have already completed the training, thank you!

Interested in becoming an Event Supervisor? Fill out an application here!

Event Logistics Manual - Updated for 2020! Essential information table with specs on room type needed, estimated hours of preparation time, minimum suggested supplies to run the event, the number of helpers neded and any comments from the National Rules Committee Chairs.

If you are an Event Supervisor for any level of a Science Olympiad Tournament, you must use the official event rules from the current year's manual only. Science Olympiad provides the entire 2020 Rules Manuals for Division B and Division C as free, downloadable PDFs. You can obtain your copy at the Science Olympiad Store as of 9.3.19. Print copies are still available for sale.

2020 Division B Events

2020 Division C Events

Each of the individual Science Olympiad event pages on this main Science Olympiad site contains Power Points, Training Handouts, Sample Score Sheets and other valuable free resources that you can use to understand each Science Olympiad event. Many event pages also contain links to Event Supervisor Guides. Please use the resources below to help prepare for your events. You may also view 1-minute video clips of events on our YouTube Science Olympiad TV Channel.

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Alignment for all 46 Events

Scoring Resources for Your Tournament

Free download - Excel-based Scoring System for Sanctioned Science Olympiad Tournaments
Free download - Tournament and Scoring Management System for Sanctioned Science Olympiad Tournaments

Score Sheets and Team Checklists for Tech/Engineering + Physics Events - All on one page with the most updated version for 2020

Boomilever B/C
Circuit Lab B/C
Density Lab B
Elastic Launched Glider B
Gravity Vehicle C
Machines B/C
Mission Possible B
Mousetrap Vehicle B
Ping Pong Parachute B/C
Sounds of Music C
Wright Stuff C

Supervisor Guides and Sample Items

Anatomy & Physiology Division B & C Division Event Supervisor Guide for 2020

See the Anatomy & Physiology, Disease Detectives, Water Quality, Ornithology and Designer Genes/Heredity Pages for Sample Tests that can be viewed to prepare your own original tests for tournaments - use as a sample only! (Posted early winter each year)

Astronomy Division C

2019 Event Supervisor Power Point and Detailed Instructions
2019 MIT Invitational Sample Image Set, Test and Key
2019 UChicago Invitational Sample Image Set, Test and Key
Sample Image Sets, Tests, Answer Sheets & Keys for 2017 Maryland Regional, 2017 MIT Invitational, 2017 Golden Gate Invitational
2017 National Cathedral Invitational Sample Image Set, Test, Answer Sheet and Key
2016 Annotated Sample State-Level Test with Instructions
2016 Annotated Sample Regional-Level Test with Instructions
2016 Regional-Invitational Image Sets
2015 Astronomy Answer Pages
2015 Astronomy Answer Key
Webinars from NASA/Harvard's Chandra X-Ray Observatory