Division BC 2022-23 Events
Anatomy and Physiology
Written Test Day
Participants will be assessed on their understanding of the anatomy and physiology for the human Respiratory, Digestive, and Immune systems.
BC
Div
Bridge
Hands-On Day
Teams will design and build a Bridge (Structure) meeting requirement specified in these rules to achieve the highest structural efficiency.
BC
Div
Chem Lab
Written Test Day
Teams will complete one or more tasks and answer a series of questions involving the science processes of chemistry focused in the areas of Oxidation/Reduction and Periodicity.
C
Div
Crime Busters
Hands-On Day
Given a scenario, a collection of evidence, and possible suspects, students will perform a series of tests that along with other evidence will be used to solve a crime.
B
Div
Dynamic Planet
Written Test Day
In this event, students will use process skills to complete tasks related to Earth’s fresh waters.
BC
Div
Fast Facts
Written Test Day
Teams will fill in a grid of terms that begin with a given letter to match given science categories.
B
Div
Forensics
Hands-On Day
Given a scenario and some possible suspects, participants will perform a series of tests which along with other evidence or test results will be used to solve a crime.
C
Div
It's About Time
Written Test Day & Hands-On Day
Teams will answer questions related to time and they may construct and bring one non-electrical device that triggers a single signal to occur three times at equally spaced time intervals.
C
Div
Road Scholar
Written Test Day
Participants will answer interpretive questions that may use one or more state highway maps, USGS topographic maps, Internet-generated maps, a road atlas or satellite/aerial images.
B
Div
Scrambler
Hands-On Day
Teams design, build, and test a mechanical device, which uses the energy from a falling mass to transport an egg along a straight track as quickly as possible and stop as close to the center of a Terminal Barrier (TB) without breaking the egg.
C
Div
Storm the Castle
Hands-On Day
Prior to the competition, teams will design, construct and calibrate a single device capable of launching projectiles onto a target and collect data regarding device parameters and performance.
B
Div
WiFi Lab
Written Test Day & Hands-On Day
Teams must construct an antenna device prior to the tournament that is designed to transmit a signal at 2.4GHz and complete a written test on the principles of electromagnetic wave propagation.
C
Div
Astronomy
Written Test Day
Teams will demonstrate an understanding of Stellar Evolution and Variability.
C
Div
Can't Judge a Powder
Hands-On Day
Students will test and characterize one pure substance and then, based only on data they collect, answer a series of questions about that substance. Students will not be asked to identify the substance. Emphasis of this event is on the quality of data collected, answering questions about the substance and providing data to support their answers.
B
Div
Codebusters
Written Test Day
Teams will cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cryptanalysis techniques for historical and modern advanced ciphers.
BC
Div
Detector Building
Written Test Day & Hands-On Day
Teams will build a durable Mass/Force Sensing Device that will accurately measure and display both voltage and actual masses of different solid samples ranging from 20 to 1,000 grams.
C
Div
Environmental Chemistry
Hands-On Day
This event will focus on fresh water (e.g., residential, industrial or natural), the identified pages of The Clean Water Act (1972 & 1977), wastewater operator’s certification manual (Indiana March 2018 revision) and its applications, various testing of particular analytes using standardized curves (either interpreted or created), and stabilization ponds, and introduction to the National Pretreatment Program.
C
Div
Fermi Questions
Written Test Day
Teams provide answers to a series of “Fermi Questions”; science related questions that seek fast, rough estimates of a quantity, which is either difficult or impossible to measure directly.
C
Div
Forestry
Written Test Day
Participants will be assessed on their knowledge of trees found in the United States that are on the Official Science Olympiad National Tree List.
BC
Div
Meteorology
States Only
Participants will use scientific process skills as well as qualitative and quantitative analyses to demonstrate an understanding of the factors that influence Everyday Weather.
B
Div
Rocks and Minerals
Written Test Day
Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.
BC
Div
Solar System
Written Test Day
Participants will demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of habitability within and beyond the Solar System.
B
Div
Trajectory
Hands-On Day
Prior to the competition, teams will design, construct and calibrate a single device capable of launching projectiles onto a target and collect data regarding device parameters and performance.
C
Div
Write It Do It
Written Test Day
One student will write a description of an object and how to build it, and then the other student will attempt to construct the object from this description.
BC
Div
Bio Process Lab
States Only
This event is a lab-oriented competition involving the fundamental science processes of a middle school life science/biology lab program.
B
Div
Cell Biology
States Only
This event integrates content knowledge and process skills in the areas of cell biology and cellular biochemistry.
C
Div
Crave the Wave
Written Test Day
Competitors will demonstrate knowledge and process skills needed to solve problems and answer questions regarding all types of waves and wave motion.
B
Div
Disease Detectives
Written Test Day
Participants will use investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health and disability in populations or groups of people.
BC
Div
Exp & Data Analysis (VA)
Written Test Day
Students will design an experiment and answer questions on data analysis, procedures, and techniques.
BC
Div
Flight
States Only
Prior to the tournament, teams will design, construct and test free flight rubber-powered aircraft to achieve maximum time aloft.
BC
Div
Green Generation
Written Test Day
Students will demonstrate an understanding of general ecological principles, the history and consequences of human impact on our environment, solutions to reversing trends and sustainability concepts.
BC
Div
Remote Sensing
States Only
Participants will use remote sensing imagery, data, and computational process skills to complete tasks related to climate change processes in the Earth system.
C
Div
Roller Coaster
Hands-On Day
Prior to the competition, teams design, build, and test a Roller Coaster track to guide a ball/sphere that uses gravitational potential energy as its sole means of propulsion to travel as close as possible to a Target Time.
B
Div
Sounds of Music
Written Test Day & Hands-On Day
Teams must construct and tune one device prior to the tournament based on a one-octave 12-tone equal tempered scale and complete a written test on the physics of sound and music concepts.
B
Div
Wheeled Vehicle
Hands-On Day
Teams must design, build, and test one Vehicle that uses a non-metallic, elastic material as its sole means of propulsion to travel a distance as quickly and accurately as possible.