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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 respiratory, digestive, and immune systems of the human body.
BC
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Botany

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will demonstrate their knowledge of plant life and general botany principles.
BC
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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 their investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health, and disability in populations or groups of people.
BC
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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, push a bottle past a line, and move backwards to stop close to a Target Point.
C
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Food Science

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will study the science behind milk products and experiment with ingredients and other variables to produce and analyze results to produce the best dairy products.
B
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Hovercraft

All VASO Tournaments

Prior to the competition, participants will design, construct, and calibrate a self-propelled air-levitated vehicle to carry nickels down a track.
BC
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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 an optional series of specific actions.
C
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Remote Sensing B

UMW Regional & States

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of remote sensing and interpret imagery, data, and maps related to to Earth observation.
B
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Roller Coaster

All VASO Tournaments

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
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Thermodynamics

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will construct a device prior to the tournament designed to collect heat and complete a written test on thermodynamic concepts.
BC
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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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Astronomy

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will demonstrate an understanding of stellar evolution in normal & starburst galaxies.
C
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Chemistry Lab

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will complete one or more tasks and answer a series of questions involving the science processes of chemistry focused in the areas of kinetics and gases.
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 related to the properties and processes of Earth's fresh waters.
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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Hydraulics

States Only (Trial Event)

Teams will construct a hydraulic device to push objects across a surface into scoring zones.
BC
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Ping Pong Parachute

UMW Regional & States

Prior to the tournament, teams will design, build, and bring up to two bottle rockets to the tournament to launch a ping pong ball attached to a parachute to stay aloft for the greatest amount of time.
BC
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Remote Sensing C

UMW Regional & States

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

UMW Regional & States

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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Water Quality

UMW Regional & States

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

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will build a cantilevered beam or truss structure that extends from a vertical Testing Wall and supports a load at a specified height and 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 hands-on tasks and answer questions about electricity and electronics.
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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Elastic Launched Glider

UMW Regional & States

Prior to the tournament, teams will construct, collect data on test flights, analyze and optimize free flight elastic launched gliders to achieve maximum time aloft.
B
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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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Meteorology

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will use scientific process skills involving qualitative and quantitative analyses to demonstrate an understanding of the characteristics of severe weather, including the factors that contribute to, cause and influence severe weather and storms on the Earth. The interpretation of meteorological data, graphs, maps, charts, tables and images will be emphasized.
B
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Protein Modeling

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will be assessed on a written exam and prior to the competition will use computer visualization and online resources to construct a physical model of the sialic acid binding site of the 2009 H1N1 influenza hemagglutinin protein.
C
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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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Solar System

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will demonstrate their knowledge of knowledge of habitability within and beyond the Solar System.
B
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Wright Stuff

UMW Regional & States

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