2010 Science Olympiad

2010 Science Olympiad
Regional Tournament
Texas A&M University at Galveston

February 20, 2010

TAMUG will accept 15 teams.

List of Events (will be updated as more information becomes available)
Name of Event	Division
Experimental Design	B/C
Write It / Do It	B/C
Science Word	B
We've Got Your Number	B/C
Road Scholar	B
Elevated Bridge	B/C
Dynamic Planet	B/C
Ornithology	B/C
Fossils	B/C
Meteorology	B
Physical Science Lab (Wind)	B
Physics Lab (Wind)	C
Junkyard Challenge	B
Mission Possible	C
Cell Biology	C
Remote Sensing	C
Ecology	B/C
Chemistry Lab	C

FORMS & IMPORTANT INFORMATION:

CONDUCT RELEASE FINAL TEAM REGISTRATION INTERFERENCE VANDALISM CONSTRUCTED DEVICES CHEATING SCHEDULE

TAMUG CAMPUS MAP

Directions for private auto parking: Enter at the main entrance to campus (big maroon sign). Keep right and turn into the first
parking lot on your right. There will be signs.

Directions for bus parking: Enter at the North entrance to campus. This means you will drive past the main entrance. Continue down Seawolf Pkwy
until you see the Valero gas station. Turn right down the road just before Valero. Follow the signs.

All signs for Science Olympiad will be bright pink! There will also be staff wearing bright pink t-shirts. They are there to help you.

REGISTRATION BEGINS AT 7:30 SATURDAY MORNING

LOCATION: LOBBY AREA OUTSIDE CLB AUDITORIUM (FOLLOW THE SIGNS)

What can we do at TAMUG in between events?

Tour the R/V Manta http://flowergarden.noaa.gov/about/rv_manta.html tour times:10-12 & 4-5
Dissect a Sea Urchin
Watch National Geographic's Antarctic Wildlife Adventure & Build Your Own Ice Cream Sundae
Relax, Play Board Games, Work With Your Team in Designated Areas
Visit the TAMUG Bookstore (open 10-2)
Lunch? An info sheet with cafeteria hours, pizza delivery, and more will be available at check-in

Science Olympiad (http://soinc.org/) is a nonprofit organization developed to improve the quality of science education, increase student interest in science, and provide recognition of outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. All of this is done through interscholastic competitions where students in grades K-12 (Texas State only offers programs for grades 6-12) can participate at invitational, local, regional, state, and national level competitions against teams from all 50 states.

State Tournament
Educational Outreach and Women's Programs is proud to host the 2009 Texas Science Olympiad (TSO) for Divisions B & C (grades 6-12). This 2-day event (April 23-24, 2010) will be held on the campus of Texas A&M University with the awards ceremony at the Bryan Civic Auditorium. (http://outreach.science.tamu.edu/scienceolympiad.asp)

Regional Tournaments
All Texas teams are expected to compete at a regional qualifying tournaments to advance to State competition. We are happy to have eight regional hosting competitions. Guidelines for the regional competitions are as follows:

Each regional will host both a B and C division competition.
These will be 'open boundary' regionals, so a team may select any of the regionals that are offered.
Each team must attend one regional to be considered for advancement to the State competition -- they may only attend one regional.
Practice tournaments (Invitationals) will be encouraged at high school and middle school sites. Invitationals can be at any time, but some Fall competitions will be encouraged. Each team MUST be a paid member of the Texas Science Olympiad to compete at a practice/invitational tournament.
Registration fee is $180 PER TEAM. This pays the State and National affiliation fees and provides each team with the coach's manual and entry of one 15 member team into one regional competition. Qualifying teams advance to State, with the State winners advancing to Nationals.
Multiple teams from a school are encouraged to compete at regional competitions. The registration fee for EACH TEAM is $180.
All teams from the same school must compete at the same regional. All teams from the same school will also compete at the same time period for each event (all have odd or all have even team numbers if teams assigned to odd/even time periods).
30 schools per division will advance from regionals to State competition. Two (2) international slots will also be available on a non-competitive basis.
The top 2 schools at each regional will automatically advance to state level competition.
Remaining slots for state will be filled on a basis of percentage of schools registered (say, 1/5 of schools from each regional will advance to state, with a minimum of the top 2 advancing).
No more than 1 team from the same school may advance to State competition.

Last Edited:Tuesday, 09 February 2010 09:42:23 -0600

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