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Science Olympiad Information Night JML

Science Olympiad Information Night JML. What is Science Olympiad ?. Who? - Nonprofit organization that holds tournaments to promote science education and recognition of students’ achievement in science

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Science Olympiad Information Night JML

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  1. Science Olympiad Information NightJML

  2. What is Science Olympiad? • Who? - Nonprofit organization that holds tournaments to promote science education and recognition of students’ achievement in science • What? - Tournament topics are balanced between the various science disciplines of biology, earth science, chemistry, physics and technology • Why? - Students can learn science concepts, process skills and science applications • Nearly 7,000 teams from 50 states compete at National level • Teams compete in three levels of competition: • Regional, State, and National.

  3. JML Science Olympiad Club’s Mission To nurture students’ interests in science outside of their academic curriculum and to provide an inspirational and challenging exposure to STEM disciplines.

  4. JML SO Club - How does it work? • National Science Olympiad offers 23 topics/events every academic year, and encourages students to participate in events of their interest • We will be participating in Division B, which is for grades 6-8 • This year will be JML’s first year participating in Science Olympiad and hence we are allowed to field only one team of 15 students for regional, state and national tournaments. • Two students compete as a team in an event. Every student is paired with another student that is assigned the same topic/event of interest

  5. JML SO Club - How does it work? • Once the events are assigned, the students are then requested to explore, research and study in depth, on their topics, with the assistance of parent mentors and/or event leaders. • Every student, aspiring to be part of the school team, is encouraged to participate in atleast 3 events. • Club plans to meet once weekly on Thursday mornings from 7:50 – 8:25 a.m. Students’ progress will be monitored and sources for various information and guidance will be provided during the club meetings. • The events are broadly classified as Knowledge-based/learning events, Knowledge-based events with lab, Building events and Hands-On events

  6. 2014 Division B EVENTS FOR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD Knowledge-based/Learning Events: • Anatomy • Disease Detectives • Dynamic Planet • Heredity • Meteorology • Road Scholar (Map based) • Solar System • Water Quality

  7. Knowledge-based and Lab/Station events • Can't Judge a Powder • Crime Busters (Not for Regional, States Only) • Entomology • Rocks and Minerals • Shock Value

  8. Building Events • Rotor Egg Drop • Boomilever • Simple Machines • Sounds of Music • Wheeled Vehicle • Robo-Cross (Not for Regional, States Only)

  9. Hands-On Events • Write It, Do It • Mystery Architecture • Experimental Design

  10. 2014 Timelines Regionals • Feb 15 – Lake Braddock SS (Burke) • Feb 22 – Charlottesville HS (Charlottesville) • Mar 1 – Madison HS (Vienna) State Mar 22 – Madison HS (Vienna) Nationals May 16-17 – University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL

  11. Things you’d want to know… • We need parent volunteers to work with students as mentors/event leaders. The student pairs will need to meet once/twice a week for a minimum of one hour/event. • We will be participating in Building events this year, only if parents of interested students are willing to be their kids’ mentor and financially support their project. • First Club meeting will be on Thursday, Nov 14th • Students’ interests forms will be collected on Nov 14th and if there are more than 30 students signing up for learning events, a test will be administered on Nov 21st, on 3 topics. • For building events, students will be selected by end of Dec/Jan. Students will be required to display their work and answer questions on their device.

  12. SO Club will consist of 30 students starting Jan 2014 . • Out of the 30 students in the club, 15 students will be selected for the school team, based on competition(s), number of hours logged in for learning/working on their event and regular attendance to club meetings. • This team of 15 students will represent JML at the regional, state and national tournaments. The team requires a good mix of students to cover the wide range of topics (all 23 events). So, students who are interested in more than one event, and perform well in more than one event will have a better chance to be part of the school team. • All students in SO Club will be eligible to participate in Invitational tournaments held at private institutions. There will be an additional fee to participate in invitationals. • Certificates/Awards for outstanding students in the club

  13. Contacts for SO Club: Coordinator & Head Coach: Rajani Venkatesh – ventesh@gmail.com Assistant Coach: Shalloo Chaudhary – ashalu@yahoo.com

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