2022-2023 Science Olympiad Events
Life, Personal, and Social Science
Anatomy and Physiology: Students learn about the respiratory, digestive, and immune system
Bio Process Lab: Students answer questions dealing with biology
Disease Detectives: Students use investigative skills to scientifically study diseases, injuries, and health in populations or groups of people
Forestry: Teams are assessed on their knowledge of trees
Green Generation: Participants solve problems and analyze data over aquatic, Air and Climate Change
Earth and Space Science
Dynamic Planet: Teams compete in tasks related to Earth's fresh waters
Meteorology: Teams display their understanding of meteorological principles that influence everyday weather
Road Scholar: Participants answer interpretive questions using state highway maps, topographic maps, and other types of images
Rocks and Minerals: Students answer questions regarding rocks and minerals
Solar System: Participants answer questions over hability within and beyond the solar system
Physical Science and Chemistry
Can't Judge a Powder: Students test and characterize a white powder
Crave the Wave: Participants complete tasks and answer questions about waves and wave motion
Crime Busters: Teams collect evidence and run a series of test to solve a crime
Sounds of Music: Students design and play a musical instrument
Storm the Castle: Students design, construct and test a catapult device
Technology and Engineering
Bridges: Teams design and construct a balsa bridge meeting specified requirements to achieve the highest structural efficiency
Flight: Teams design and construct a rubber powered aircraft to achieve maximum time aloft
Roller Coaster: Teams design and build a roller coaster track for a ball or sphere
Wheeled Vehicle: Teams design and construct a vehicle powered by a non-metallic that reaches a target as quickly as possible
Inquiry and Nature of Science
Codebusters: Teams cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cryptanalysis techniques for various ciphers
Experimental Design: Tests the participant's ability to design, conduct, and report the findings of an experiment conducted on site
Fast Facts: Teams answer questions in science related categories
Write It, Do It: One participant describes and object, the other participant attempts to build the object using the written description