Life, Personal, and Social Science
Anatomy and Physiology: Students learn about the human respiratory system, digestive system, and immune system
Cell Biology: Participants answer questions over cell structure and function
Disease Detectives: Students use investigative skills to scientifically study diseases, injuries, and health in populations or groups of people
Forestry: Teams are assessed based upon their knowledge of trees
Green Generation: Students answer questions over ecological principles and human impact on the environment
Earth and Space Science
Astronomy: Teams demonstrate an understanding of the properties of stellar evolution and variability
Dynamic Planet: Teams compete in tasks related to Earth's fresh waters
Remote Sensing: Teams display their understanding of data sets obtained by remote sensing platforms
Rocks and Minerals: Teams identify and classify rocks and minerals
Physical Science and Chemistry
Chemistry Lab: Teams answer questions involving redox reactions and periodicity
Environmental Chemistry: Participants complete tasks and answer questions regarding to fresh water
Forensics: Teams collect evidence and run a series of test to solve a crime
It's About Time: Teams construct a device to accurately measure specified time intervals
Trajectory: Teams construct and test a catapult device
WIFI Lab: Teams construct an antenna to transmit WIFI signals and answer questions over electromagnetic waves
Technology and Engineering
Bridges: Teams design and construct a balsa bridge meeting specified requirements to achieve the highest structural efficiency
Detector Building: Teams build a temperature sensing device to accurately measure voltage and the masses of solid samples
Flight: Teams design and construct free flight rubber powered planes to achieve maximum time aloft
Scrambler: Teams build a mechanical device to transport an egg as close to a terminal barrier 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
Fermi Questions: Students provide rough estimates to scientific questions
Write It, Do It: One participant describes and object, the other participant attempts to build the object using the written description