1. Florida Science Olympiad
Mike McKee
State Director

2. Philosophy of Science Olympiad
Improve quality of science education.
Create a passion for science learning.
Provide recognition for achievement.
Started in 1983
Now over 14,000 teams

3. Structure of Science Olympiad
Consist of 15 students, one coach.
Maximum of 7 seniors on division C.
Maximum of 5 freshmen on division B.
All students must be from home school.
Can have as many separate teams as you want – but must have separate registration for each.
Registration fee of $235/$270 per team.

4. Types of Events
Lab based
Research based events
Prebuilt events

5. The Events: Division B. Air Trajectory Anatomy & Physiology
BioProcess Lab
Bottle Rocket
Bridge Building
Crave the Wave
Crime Busters
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Elastic Launched Glider
Experimental Design
Green Generation
Food Science
Fossils
Invasive Species
Meteorology
Mission Possible
Picture This
Reach for the Stars
Road Scholar
Scrambler
Wind Power
Write It, Do It

6. The Events: Division C Air Trajectory Anatomy & Physiology Astronomy
Bridge Building
Cell Biology
Chemistry Lab
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Electric Vehicle
Experimental Design
Forensics
Fossils
Game On
Geologic Mapping
Green Generation
Hydrogeology
Its About Time
Invasive Species
Protein Modeling
Robot Arm
Wind Power
Wright Stuff
Write It, Do It

7. Photonic Science and Engineering
B.S. in Photonic Science & Engineering
Crave the Wave Experimental Design - B
Experimental Design - C

8. Correlation of Science Olympiad with State Standards.
The 2008 State standards for 6-8 and have been correlated to the events for the Florida Science Olympiad.

9. Regionals
Teams compete in one of 7 regionals
Top % go to state
42 teams per division
teams to Nationals
Open regional policy

10. Organizing a team
Have students select their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, favorite events
Each student will do 3-4 events
Try to place student in as many of their favorite events
Check the schedule for conflicts
TEAM can only compete in each event 1 time.

11. Organizing a team
Try to do mini competitions at school
Select the best on Team A, and then Team B can be made of runner ups.
If multiple teams, can’t switch between the two on the day of the competition.
Alternates can’t pop on and off team on day of competition

12. Organizing a team
Students don’t have to stick connected to each other throughout the day.
Review the rules carefully – bolds are changes
Rules change and can be complex
Binders are allowed for some events
Check the scoring carefully

13. Events and Scoring

14. Scheduling Conflicts Event Open to Public? 09:00 to 09:50
C - Air Trajectory
YES
Impound
Self Schedule
C - Anatomy & Physiology
01-07
08-14
15-21
22-28
29-35
36-42
C - Astronomy
C - Bridge Building
C - Cell Biology
C - Chemistry Lab
C - Disease Detectives
All Teams
C - Dynamic Planet
C - Electric Vehicle
C - Experimental Design
C - Forensics
C - Fossils
C - Game On
C - GeoLogic Mapping
C - Green Generation
C - Hydrogeology
C - Invasive Species
C - It's About Time
C - Protein Modeling
C - Robot Arm
C - Wind Power
C - Wright Stuff
C - Write It Do It

15. Scheduling Conflicts Event Open to Public? 09:00 to 09:50
B - Air Trajectory
YES
Impound
Self Schedule
B - Anatomy & Physiology
01-07
08-14
15-21
22-28
29-35
36-42
B - BioProcess Lab
B - Bottle Rockets
B - Bridge Building
B - Crave the Wave
B - Crime Busters
B - Disease Detectives
All Teams
B - Dynamic Planet
B - Elastic Launch Glider
B - Experimental Design
B - Food Science
B - Fossils
B - Green Generation
B - Invasive Species
B - Meteorology
B - Mission Possible
B - Picture This
B - Reach for the Stars
B - Road Scholar
B - Scrambler
B - Wind Power
B - Write It Do It

16. Impounding
This is found in the rules at the top and will show "Impound: Yes." Events that state they must be impounded require that a student from the team drop off the prebuilt device in the morning before all the event time blocks begin. The event supervisor will inspect the device for construction violations and then the students will return at their assigned time to compete with the device. This is designed to prevent teams from seeing what others have done and then make last minute modifications that would benefit a team that may be competing later in the day.

17. Impounding Air Trajectory (B/C) Protein Modeling (C)
Electric Vehicle (C)
Scrambler (B)
It’s About Time (C)
Wind Power (B/C)
Mission Possible (B) (State)

18. KEEP IN MIND
If there is a conflict with information in the rules, the official rules ALWAYS take precedent!

19. Student preparations
For research based events – have students organize their binders WELL. This should be done in advance.
For lab based events – have students act as a teacher!
For build events – build, test, break, redesign.

20. Bright House Bright Ideas
At the Central Florida Regional and the State Tournament, teams of 2 students have the chance to earn cash prizes for their Bright House Bright Idea. This is open to Division C Teams and think of this like a "Shark Tank" event! |

21. Parents Observe – yes Cheer on – yes Do – no Help – no
Walk into rooms – no
Arbitrate – no
Pretend they are doing the event in an effort to relive childhood – no

22. The Code of Conduct
Student participants are expected to compete in tournament events with an honest effort to follow the rules and the spirit of that competition. The goal of competition is to give one’s best effort while displaying honest, integrity, and sportsmanship. Students, coaches, parents, and guests are expected to display courtesy and respect toward Olympiad officials, other teams, and guests of the Olympiad. Failure to show honesty and/or courtesy by a participant, coach or guest of the team may result in disqualification of the team from that event, the entire tournament or future tournaments.

23. Competitions and Training
Regional Tournaments: January, February 2016
Orlando (LNHS), Tampa (HCC) , Boca Raton (FAU), Lake City (FGC), Pensacola (UWF), Ft. Myers , Daytona (Embry Riddle)
State Tournament:  March 19, 2016
University of Central Florida
National Tournament: May University of Wisconsin, Stout
Teachers PD: November 2015 – Date on Website

24. For more information…
Mike McKee eso.floridascienceolympiad.org