Center for Science and Mathematics Education

Utah's Science Olympiad Home Page

Saturday March 29, 2008 - Utah State Science Olympiad Tournament

site last updated on February 28, 2008

How Science Olympiad works in Utah - frequently asked questions and other important information - a must read for new coaches and new teams.

New Events are in Bold Blue (most are not truly new, just recycled)

The 2  additional events chosen at the Oct 27 coaches meeting are posted in green

The number of teams which competed in each event last year have been posted in Black Bold (2007) next to each event

Letters and Forms and Misc. Information  B Division Events, Rules, Links C Division Events, Rules, Links
February 2008 coaches packet letter  DRAFT    B event schedule  for 2008 DRAFT C event schedule  for 2008
Online Team tournament registration form Anatomy  10 Astronomy  14 
Team Base Camp rooms Amphibians/Reptiles Bag-o-bones   click for rules
Spectator Events Balloon Launch Glider:  11    Balloon Launched Glider height limit = 10.0 meters; clarifications Boomilever  6
 Code of Conduct Bio Process Lab Cell Biology
email me questions Crave the Wave questions will cover R and S (not N) topics Chemistry Lab  16 
Science Olympiad 101 (notes from coaches panel) Disease Detectives  13 Circuit Lab   14   

Tips for new coaches

Ecology  (Desert focus) 16 Disaster Downstream  click for rules
click here for a link to the videos we have Experimental Design click for rules tips rubric Disease Detectives 16 
Notes from Oct 2006 coaches clinic Food Science  9 Ecology (Desert and Forest focus)  15
Utah Science Core Correlations

Geocaching/Nature Quest  CANCELLED

Electric Vehicle
General Tips from 2007 clinics

Horizontal Bottle Rocket  click for rules

Experimental Design 15    tips rubric
North Carolina web site Meteorology  10 Fermi Questions  17 
National Science Olympiad Metric Mastery 16 Five Star Science 17
Notes from Utah Oct 2007 coaches clinic (updated Feb. 7, 2008) Mystery Architecture Food Science 15
Yahoo's coach's discussion group - click to join Oceanography 10 Forensics 16 do not bring mercury thermometers ; hints/clarifications
click here  for Sept. letter to potential coaches Reach for the Stars  17   Geocaching/Nature Quest CANCELLED
events planning to compete in Road Scholar 10  Health Science 16 
  Robo-Cross Herpetology
Rocks and Minerals 19 Remote Sensing - MARS 12 
Science Crime Busters 11 hints/clarifications Oceanography  11
Science Word  14- Earth Science words Physics Lab  15 
Scrambler Robot Ramble  5 
Simple Machines 12 Rocks and Minerals  16 
Tower Building 20   Sounds of Music  7
Trajectory Wright Stuff   7 links 
Write It Do It       17      Write it Do it  13