Events

AERODYNAMICS  – Teams will build on-site paper airplanes using provided materials and test airplanes based on flight duration and distance to a target.

• This is a build on site event where teams will build their planes in the morning and return later in the day to test their planes.
• Teams should bring writing utensils, a ruler and a pair of scissors to the build.
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CAN’T JUDGE A POWDER – Students will test and characterize one pure substance and then, based on the data they collect, answer a series of questions about the substance.  Students will NOT be asked to identify the substance.  The emphasis of the event is on the quality of the data collected, answering questions about the powder, and providing data to support their answer.

• This is a lab event.
• Students must wear appropriate lab safe clothing, including safety goggles.
• Student must bring 2 copies of their prepared Properties Table, writing utensils and a calculator.
• Resource – this is designed for middle and high school, but the info you need is here too!

CHEW THE FAT – Teams will demonstrate knowledge of the human digestive system and proper nutrition.

• This is a binder event.
• Teams should bring writing utensils.
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CIRCUIT LAB – The event will challenge students’ knowledge of direct current circuits using low wattage batteries. 

• Teams should bring writing utensils.
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CODEBUSTERS – Teams will analyze and decode encrypted messages using techniques for historical and advanced ciphers.  This year’s ciphers are:  Caesar’s cipher, atbash, Tap Code, and Dancing Men cipher.

• Teams should bring a calculator and writing utensils.
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DEEP BLUE SEA (Atlantic Flora and Fauna) – Teams will be assessed on their knowledge of oceanography, the flora and fauna of the Atlantic Ocean, and aquatic animal life cycles.

• This is a binder event.
• Teams should bring writing utensils.
• Resource (You might want to switch to student or scholar mode for more complexity. Search for specific flora and fauna as well)

ENERGY MATTERS – Teams will be asked questions and/or will conduct experiments at stations as they relate to the properties of energy.

• This is a binder event.
• Teams should bring writing utensils and safety goggles.
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FAST FACTS (Plants and Animals) – Teams will fill in a grid of terms that begin with a given letter to match given science categories.

• Teams should bring writing utensils.
• Animal Resource, Plant Resource

FOSSIL FRENZY – This event focuses on their knowledge of geologic time, dinosaur/plant fossils, and the process of fossilization.

• This is a “cheat sheet” event. Teams may bring one sheet printed on both sides or two sheets printed on one side and writing utensils.
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METRIC MANIA – Teams will demonstrate their understanding of metric measurements by estimating and measuring length, mass, fluid volume, and temperature and making calculations based on these measurements.

• Teams should bring writing utensils, a calculator, metric ruler, and a protractor.
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MYSTERY ARCHITECTURE – Teams will be given a bag of building materials and instructions for designing and building a device that can be tested. 

• This is a build on site event where all teams will build their device in the morning and return later in the day to test their device.
• Teams should bring writing utensils, scissors, ruler, and safety goggles to the build. Safety goggles should also be worn during testing.
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ROLLER COASTER – Prior to the competition, teams, design, build, and test a roller coaster track to guide a clear glass marble that uses gravitational potential energy as its sole means of propulsion to travel as close as possible to a target time.  Students MUST bring and wear impact resistant safety goggles.

• This is a prebuilt event.
• Students will need to prepare a design log including technical diagrams and data.
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TENNIS BALL CATAPULT – Students will build and calibrate their own free standing (not handheld) trajectory device that must be capable of lobing a tennis ball at a target placed 3-6 meters away.  Students must bring and wear impact resistant safety goggles.

• Starter lesson

WEATHER PERMITTING – This event will test the team’s knowledge of conducting investigations and using appropriate technology to build an understanding of weather.

• This is a binder event.
• Teams should bring writing utensils.
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WRITE IT, DO IT – One participant will write a description of an object and how to build it.  The other participant will attempt to construct the object from the description.

                Teams should bring writing utensils.

• Resource – this is designed for middle and high school, but the info you need is here too!

SPECIAL EVENT: PROFESSION JENSEN’S POTIONS – Teams will be asked questions and/or will conduct experiments at stations as they relate to lab safety equipment, chemical reactions, toxins, and antidotes.  Students must bring and wear safety goggles.

• This is a binder event.
• Teams should bring writing utensils.
• This is event will be run at the Central Florida competition. (Orlando area)
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SPECIAL EVENT: SHELBY JACOBS ROCKETRY – Prior to the competition, teams will build a rocket propelled by air pressure and water out of a 1-liter plastic beverage bottle.  The rocket that stays in the air for the longest time will win.  Students must bring and wear impact resistant safety goggles.

• This is a prebuilt event.
• This event will be run at the Florida’s First Coast competition. (Jacksonville area)
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