Science Olympiad/Science Bowl

proletariat2
Mon, 10 Sep 2007 20:24:13 +0000

I’m not sure what science bowl is, but Science Olympiad, as described above, is a team thing in which different people compete in different events. Each person from a school competes in multiple events, and generally two (with some exceptions) people are allowed from each school in each event. Most tests are written, but some are building events. Some are lab events, and the events vary from Fermi Questions (an estimation type event which requires a lot of random knowledge) to Storm the Castle (building a trebuchet) to Ecology, Physics Lab, Chemistry Lab, and Designer Genes (a genetics event). The events all go somewhat deep into the subject, but not past what a smart high schooler with a good deal of studying outside of high school should know.