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Life, Personal, and Social Science
Anatomy and Physiology: Students learn about the human nervous system, sensory organs, and endocrine 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
Green Generation: Students answer questions over aquatic systems, air and climate change
Ornithology: Students are assessed on their knowledge of North American Birds
Earth and Space Science
Astronomy: Teams demonstrate an understanding of the properties and evolution of stars and galaxies
Dynamic Planet: Teams compete in tasks related to physical and geological oceanography
Rocks and Minerals: Teams identify and classify rocks and minerals
Remote Sensing: Teams display their understanding of data sets obtained by remote sensing platforms
Physical Science and Chemistry
Chem Lab: Teams answer questions involving aqueous solutions and redox reactions
Environmental Chemistry: Participants complete tasks and answer questions regarding environmental chemistry
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 and display temperatures of water samples
Gravity Vehicle: Teams design and build a vehicle and ramp that uses gravitational energy to power a vehicle to its target
Wright Stuff: Teams design and construct free flight rubber powered planes to achieve maximum time aloft
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
Ping-Pong Parachute: Prior to the competition teams design and build bottle rockets to launch a ping pong ball attached to a parachute
Write It, Do It: One participant describes and object, the other participant attempts to build the object using the written description