Events for the Regional Tournament

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Division B Events

Name	Status	Supervisors	Description
Amphibians and Reptiles	Official	Deirdre Devlin, Natalie Ray	This event will test knowledge of amphibians, turtles, crocodiles and reptiles.
Anatomy	Official	Jim Miloser	Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts.
Bio-Process Lab	Official	Danielle Hall, Sarah Plecha	Teams will demonstrate biology laboratory skills related to selected topics.
Compute This	Official	Kathryn Meloche	Teams will be presented with a problem which requires quantitative data capture from the Internet and the presentation of data in a graphical format.
Crave the Wave	Official	Katherine Gee	Students will demonstrate their understanding of waves and wave motion.
Disease Detectives	Official	Dr. Daniel Clemans	This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem.
Dynamic Planet	Official	Joyce Bock	Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (earthquakes/volcanoes)
Ecology	Official	Joyce Bock	Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology and adaptation by examining different ecosystems.
Elevated Bridge	Official	Crystal VanMeveren	Teams will design, build&test the lightest bridge to carry a maximum load.
Environmental Chemistry	Official	Marty Buehler	Teams will be asked questions pertaining to environmental chemistry, which may include chemical reactions, characterization, and quantification
Experimental Design	Official	Marty Buehler	Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment.
Fossils	Official	Evelyn Jackson	Students will identify, describe, and classify various specimens.
Meteorology	Official	Mary Rotherma	This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology.
Pentathlon	Official	Alisha John	Teams will compete in an academic pentathlon to demonstrate their overall understanding of five major science content areas.
Physical Science Lab	Official	George Ruck	Teams will demonstrate physics laboratory skills related to selected topics.
Reach for the Stars	Official	Joyce Bock	Teams will identify stars, constellations, and deep sky objects and be knowledgeable about their evolutionary stages.
Road Scholar	Official	Kelly Fedele, Colleen Hill	Requires the accurate interpretation and understanding of various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps.
Robo-Cross	Official	John Vala	Students will design and build a robot capable of performing certain tasks.
Science Crime Busters	Official	Victoria Sturt	Teams will identify the perpetrators of a crime or crimes by using paper chromatography and analysis of unknown solids, liquids, and plastics found at the scene of a crime.
Scrambler	Official	Lauren Johnson	Teams will design and build a mechanical device which uses the energy from a falling mass to transport a Grade A uncooked chicken egg along a straight track
Trajectory	Official	James Carlu	Teams will design, construct, calibrate and operate a device capable of launching a projectile into a target using energy provided by nonmetallic elastic solids.
Wright Stuff	Official	Jeff Anderson	Teams will design and build a propeller propelled aerodynamic device for greatest time aloft.
Write It/Do It	Official	Liela Yacoobi	A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.
America - Land of Parks	Trial	Crystal Peeples	Because one of the major agencies contributing to environmental awareness and research is the United States National Parks System, this event is designed to focus on and promote this by selecting certain parks and using them as a source of information for this event.
Bag of Bones	Trial	Linda Kavanaugh, Wally Kavanaugh	Students will identify bones from the supplied list and answer questions pertaining to these bones.
Endangered, Extinct, Exotic	Trial	Eleanor Sheposh	Students will be asked questions about endangered, and extinct vertebrates (Refer to Texas Taxa List for examples in Texas), including probable reasons for their status on the list. Some of these vertebrates on the may also appear on the National List of Endangered Species. Students will also be asked questions about exotic (non-native) vertebrates (refer to State Taxa List), including their probable mode of introduction and their impact on biodiversity.
Get Your Bearing	Trial	Nicholas Thorne	This event combines physical exercise, mental aptitude and the ability to use a standard compass (no electronic devices) to locate control markers placed in unfamiliar terrain.
Microbe Mission	Trial	Racha El-Ladki, Samaa Lutfi	Students will answer questions, solve problems, and analyze data pertaining to viruses and single celled organisms.
Out and Back	Trial	Kaitlyn Mallett	Teams will design, build and test a vehicle that uses one or two single-spring mousetraps as their sole source of energy for propulsion. The vehicle will be designed to travel 7.0 meters in a straight line and then reverse its direction and return to a target at the starting line.

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Division C Events

Name	Status	Supervisors	Description
Astronomy	Official	Shawn Pardue	Teams identify deep sky objects and solve astronomy problems.
Cell Biology	Official	Ryan Dixon, Christopher Schauman	Students will demonstrate their understanding of cell biology and biochemistry.
Chemistry Lab	Official	Dr. Ogie Stewart, Kathy Higgins-Luthman	Teams will demonstrate chemistry laboratory skills related to selected topics.
Disease Detectives	Official	Dr. Daniel Clemans	This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to a published report of a real-life health situation or problem.
Dynamic Planet	Official	Joyce Bock	Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (earthquakes/volcanoes)
Ecology	Official	Joyce Bock	Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology and adaptation by examining different ecosystems.
Egg-O-Naut	Official	Justin Jones	Teams will design, construct and launch rockets to stay aloft and carry a raw egg without breaking.
Electric Vehicle	Official	Walid Aldeeb	Students will construct a vehicle that uses electrical energy as its sole mean of propulsion.
Elevated Bridge	Official	Scott Wilson	Teams will design, build&test the lightest bridge to carry a maximum load.
Environmental Chemistry	Official	Marty Buehler	Teams will be asked questions pertaining to environmental chemistry, which may include chemical reactions, characterization, and quantification
Experimental Design	Official	Laurie Prybys	Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze and write-up an experiment.
Forensics	Official	Meisaa Salloum	Students will identify polymers, solids, fibers, and other materials in a crime scenario.
Fossils	Official	Evelyn Jackson	Students will identify, describe, and classify various specimens.
Health Science	Official	Melissa Stefanski	Teams will be tested on their knowledge of health concepts.
Herpetology	Official	Deirdre Devlin	This event will test knowledge of amphibians, turtles, crocodiles and reptiles.
It's About Time	Official	Curt Gomulinski	Using a pre-constructed non-electronic device, students will measure time in intervals.
Junkyard Challenge	Official	Christopher Burtka	Students will partially pre-construct an device with final construction and adaptation onsite to complete a published challenge.
Physics Lab	Official	Marty Buehler	Teams will demonstrate physics laboratory skills related to selected topics.
Picture This	Official	Jessica Turner	Draw representations of a set of scientific terms or concepts and guess the term being drawn.
Remote Sensing	Official	Mark Van Hecke	Teams use maps and remote sensing technology to explain human impact on the Earth.
Technical Problem Solving	Official	Marty Buehler	Teams will gather and process data to solve problems.
Trajectory	Official	James Carlu	Teams will design, construct, calibrate and operate a device capable of launching a projectile into a target using energy provided by nonmetallic elastic solids.
Write It/Do It	Official	Liela Yacoobi	A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.
America - Land of Parks	Trial	Crystal Peeples	Because one of the major agencies contributing to environmental awareness and research is the United States National Parks System, this event is designed to focus on and promote this by selecting certain parks and using them as a source of information for this event.
Bag of Bones	Trial	Linda Kavanaugh, Wally Kavanaugh	Students will identify bones from the supplied list and answer questions pertaining to these bones.
Get Your Bearing	Trial	Nicholas Thorne	This event combines physical exercise, mental aptitude and the ability to use a standard compass (no electronic devices) to locate control markers placed in unfamiliar terrain.
Microbe Mission	Trial	Ganj Ahmad, Nina Cole	Students will answer questions, solve problems, and analyze data pertaining to viruses and single celled organisms.
Out and Back	Trial	Kaitlyn Mallett	Teams will design, build and test a vehicle that uses one or two single-spring mousetraps as their sole source of energy for propulsion. The vehicle will be designed to travel 7.0 meters in a straight line and then reverse its direction and return to a target at the starting line.
Pentathlon	Trial	Alisha John	Teams will compete in an academic pentathlon to demonstrate their overall understanding of five major science content areas.

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