Division C Events

Life, Personal, and Social Science

Anatomy and Physiology: Students learn about the human integumentary, skeletal, and muscular systems
Designer Genes: Participants solve problems and analyze data using their knowledge of basic principles of genetics
Disease Detectives: Students use investigative skills to scientifically study diseases, injuries, and health in populations or groups of people
Ornithology: Students are assessed on their knowledge of North American Birds
Water Quality: Participants are assessed on their understanding of marine and estuary aquatic environments

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
Fossils: Teams identify and classify fossils and demonstrate their knowledge of ancient life
Geologic Mapping: Teams display their understanding of topographic maps, geologic maps and cross sections of past environments

Chem Lab: Teams answer questions involving aqueous solutions and acids and bases
Circuit Lab: Participants complete tasks and answer questions about electricity and magnetism
Forensics: Teams collect evidence and run a series of test to solve a crime
Machines: Teams compete a written test on compound machines, and construct a lever based measuring device prior to the tournament
Protein Modeling: Teams construct a physical model of the CRISPR Cas9 and answer questions involving its uses
Sounds of Music: Teams construct and tune a musical device and answer sound related questions

Boomilever: Teams design and construct a Boomilever 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

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