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Divisions BC Events

Divisions B and C Events

Anatomy and Physiology

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will be assessed on their understanding of the anatomy and physiology for the nervous, special senses, and endocrine systems of the human body.
BC
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Bungee Drop

UMW Regional & States

Each team will design one elastic cord to conduct drops at a given height(s) and attempt to get a mass, placed in a bottle, as close as possible to, but without touching, a landing surface.
C
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Codebusters

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cryptanalysis techniques for historical and modern advanced ciphers.
BC
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Disease Detectives

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will use investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health, and disability in populations or groups of people.
BC
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Engineering CAD

UMW Regional & States

Teams will read a set of engineering drawings and collaborate to CAD parts in Onshape and then incorporate these parts with provided components to create an assembly.
C
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Forensics

All VASO Tournaments

Given a scenario and some possible suspects, participants will perform a series of tests. These tests, along which with other evidence or test results, will be used to solve a crime.
C
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Hovercraft

All VASO Tournaments

Prior to the competition, participants will design, construct, and calibrate a self-propelled air-levitated vehicle that moves down a track.
BC
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Meteorology

UMW Regional & States

Participants will use scientific process skills involving qualitative and quantitative analyses to demonstrate an understanding of the factors that influence Everyday Weather through the interpretation of meteorological data, graphs, charts and images.
B
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Potions and Poisons

All VASO Tournaments

This event is about chemical properties and effects of specified toxic and therapeutic chemical substances, with a focus on household and environmental toxins or poisons.
B
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Robot Tour

UMW Regional & States

Teams design, build, program and test one Robotic Vehicle to navigate a track to reach a target at a set amount of time as accurately and efficiently as possible.
C
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Solar System

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will demonstrate their knowledge of planet formation and structure within and beyond the Solar System.
B
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Astronomy

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will demonstrate an understanding of stellar evolution: From formation to destruction.
C
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Chemistry Lab

UMW Regional & States

Teams will complete one or more tasks and answer a series of questions involving the science processes of chemistry focused in the areas of chemical reactions/stoichiometry and kinetics.
C
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Crime Busters

All VASO Tournaments

Given a scenario, a collection of evidence, and possible suspects, students will perform a series of tests. Test results along with other evidence will be used to solve a crime and answer questions.
B
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Dynamic Planet

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will complete tasks and answer questions related to physical and geological oceanography.
BC
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Entomology

UMW Regional & States

Students will be asked to identify insects and selected immature insects by indicated taxonomy (order, subclass, or family), answer questions about insects, and use or construct a dichotomous key. All specimens will be representatives of insects found in the Continguous United States.
BC
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Helicopter

UMW Regional & States

Prior to the tournament, teams will construct, collect data on test flights, analyze and optimize free flight rubber-powered helicopters to achieve maximum time aloft.
BC
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Machines

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will construct a lever-based measuring device prior to the tournament to determine the mass ratios between three test masses and complete a written test on simple and compound machine concepts.
BC
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Metric Mastery

UMW Regional & States

Teams will estimate and then measure properties of identical objects including mass, area, volume, density, force, distance, time, and temperature. Teams will also perform metric unit conversions.
B
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Remote Sensing B

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of remote sensing and interpret imagery, data, and maps related to human interactions with land on Earth.
B
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Rocks and Minerals

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will identify and classify rocks and minerals and demonstrate knowledge of how rocks and minerals help to understand geologic processes, interpretation of earth’s history, the development of natural resources, and use by society.
BC
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Water Quality

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will be assessed on their understanding and evaluation of freshwater aquatic environments.
BC
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Boomilever

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will design and build a cantilevered beam or truss structure that extends from a vertical Testing Wall and supports a load at a specified distance from the Testing Wall. The structure must meet the requirements specified in these rules to achieve the highest score, which is a combination of structural efficiency and Load Scored Bonus.
BC
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Circuit Lab

All VASO Tournaments

Participants must complete tasks and answer questions about electricity and magnetism.
BC
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Designer Genes

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will answer questions, solve problems, and analyze data pertaining to classic, evolutionary, and molecular genetics.
C
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Electric Vehicle

All VASO Tournaments

Teams must design, build and test one vehicle that uses electrical energy as its sole means of propulsion to travel in a set amount of time and stop close to a Target Point.
C
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Experimental Design

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will be assessed on the ability to design, conduct and report the findings of an experiment entirely on-site.
BC
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Heredity

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will answer questions, solve problems, and analyze data pertaining to classic and molecular genetics.
B
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Materials Science

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will complete lab activities and answer a series of questions related to the materials science of nanomaterials with an emphasis on chemical, physical, optical, and mechanical properties of nanomaterials.
C
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Mission Possible

UMW Regional & States

Prior to the competition, participants design, build, test, and document a Rube Goldberg®- like Device that completes required Start and Final Actions through a series of specific actions.
B
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Remote Sensing C

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will use remote sensing imagery, data, and computational process skills to complete tasks related to climate change processes in the Earth system.
C
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Scrambler

All VASO Tournaments

Teams design, build, and test a mechanical device, which uses the energy from a falling mass to transport an egg along a track as quickly as possible and stop as close to the center of a Terminal Barrier (TB) without breaking the egg.
B
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Write It Do It

UMW Regional & States

One participant will write a description of an object and how to build it. The other participant will attempt to construct the object from this description.
B
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