Putnam City Original Science Olympiad Tournament

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Things are coming together quickly for Saturday’s Putnam City Original Science Olympiad Tournament.   The overall schedule for the day is below:

9:00 A.M. – 9:45 A.M           Team Registration/Judges Check-in

9:10 A.M. – 9:30 A.M.          Coaches Meeting –TBD

9:35 A.M. – 9:50 A.M.          Judges Meeting – TBD

10:00 A.M. –  3:00 P.M.       Olympiad Events

3:30 (tentative)                         Awards

The Division B schedule is:

Time Division B
Event Location Judges
10:00 A.M. – 11:00 P.M. Forestry# West Lab Irby
Disease Detectives 303 Stark
Reach for the Stars 302 Patterson
Experimental Design 310 Miller-Deboer
11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Metric Mastery 301 judge needed
Keep the Heat* East Lab Becknel
Rocks & Minerals*# South Lab Carpenter/Shriver
Meteorology 305 NOAA
12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. Boomilever Old Cafeteria Melton
Helicopters Old Gym Fuller/Esker
Sounds of Music Music Room Ray
Heredity 310 Patten
1:00 P.M. –     2:00 P.M. Mission Possible Old Cafeteria judge needed
Anatomy# West Lab Carpenter/Shriver
Road Scholar 310 /judge needed
Shock Value North Lab Thompson
2:00 P.M. –     3:00 P.M. Mousetrap Vehicle Old Cafeteria Neill
Crime Busters East Lab Stark
Write It Do It 305 &306 Semet
Dynamic Planet 301 Carpenter

 

The Division C Schedule is:

Time Division C
Event Location Judges
10:00 A.M. – 11:00 P.M. Forestry# West Lab Irby
Disease Detectives 303 Stark
Astronomy 302 Patterson
Experimental Design 310 Miller-Deboer
11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Chem Lab*# North Lab Carpenter
Thermodynamics* East Lab Becknel
Rocks & Minerals*# South Lab Carpenter/Shriver
12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P.M. Boomilever Old Cafeteria Melton
Elastic Launch Glider Old Gym Esker
Robot Arm Some Hallway Watson
Designer Genes 310 Patten
1:00 P.M. –     2:00 P.M. Fermi Question 305 Patterson
Anatomy & Physiology# West Lab Carpenter/Shriver
Maglev Old Cafeteria Melton
Circuit Lab North Lab  Thompson
2:00 P.M. –     3:00 P.M. Gravity Vehicle Old Cafeteria Neill
Forensics# East Lab Stark
Write It Do It 305 & 306 Semet
Dynamic Planet 301 Carpenter

Caution!  This schedule is subject to change up to and including the last minute!

Putnam City High School is located at 5300 NW 50th.  Please park in the large parking lotEast and North of the main building.  The Front doors will NOT be open on Saturday.  Please use the North entrance at the Gym.

The Putnam City High School Band Boosters will holding their annual Pancake Breakfast in the cafeteria and will use this same entrance.  Admission to the All-You-Can-Eat breakfast is $5per person. That’s a pretty good deal so please consider coming a little earlier and stoking up for the competition!  The Science Olympiad Tournament and the team rooms are just past the breakfast in the science wing of PC High. Download a map of the building Here.

There are still a few events that still do not have judges.  Contact Benton Shriver is you can help or know someone who can help.

Wow! Science Olympiad Rocks Longfellow

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The Oklahoma Science Olympiad visited Norman’s Longfellow Middle School this last Saturday for the Norman the January Science Olympiad Tournament.   Nine schools competed in Division B and C events as Longfellow Middle School hosted it’s first Science Olympiad!  We also welcomed three new teams to their first Science Olympiad Tournament.

Division B

Division B Olympians test their Boomilever during competition Saturday, January 12th at Longfellow Middle School.

1st – Casady Middle School

2nd – Western Oaks Middle School

3rd – Irving Middle School

4th – Dove Science Academy, Tulsa

5th – Capps Middle School

6th – Moore West Junior High

7th – Whittier Middle School

8th – Longfellow Middle School

Division C

1st – Putnam City High School

Next month’s tournament is hosted by Putnam City High School, 5300 NW 50th Street in Oklahoma City.


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The PC High Tournament is the last “warm up” to the State Tournament at UCO March 2nd.  All four of Oklahoma’s Division C schools are expected to participate as are all eleven of the state’s Division B members.  Details will be posted here.  Contact Tournament Director Benton Shriver at PC High for answers to specific questions about the Tournament.  The tournament registration form is located here.

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Hope your Holiday break went well.  Are you ready for the next Olympiad?

This Saturday, January 12th, Longfellow Middle School in Norman hosts a Tournament for all Division B and C schools in the state.  This is their first time to host and they are very excited to offer their school as a venue for Science Olympiad.

Attached is the latest schedule of events.  As you can see, there are a few judging gaps.  If you know someone who is could be  judge, or if you can provide a judge, please contact Jeff Patterson ( jefferyp@norman.k12.ok.us ) as soon as possible.  Remember, judges are responsible for all aspects of an event, the set-up, the tests, the scoring… everything!  As an added bonus, the folks at Longfellow have established a Judges lounge where judges can confer, perform their important calculations, and have lunch, provided by staff and volunteers from Longfellow.  How special is that?

Also attached is the Registration form you need to send to Jeff to formalize your team’s intended participation in the tournament.  If you haven’t already done so, please email a copy of your completed registration form to Jeff as soon as possible.  You will also need to bring it with you Saturday with any of the amendments to the team roster that inevitably occur.

Remember, you MUST be a member of the Oklahoma Science Olympiad to participate in this Tournament.  Yes, you can have multiple teams from your school participate in this event, BUT they must compete as separate teams and must be pre-registered as such.  You cannot interchange personnel between the teams and you should provide separate assistant coaches to supervise the separate teams.

We are getting enough participants in Tournaments that it’s time to start thinking about proper supervision of Olympians.  PLEASE emphasized to Olympians (and their guests) that when they are not competing, they should restrict their activities to the team area.  As guests in the host school, they should not go on a journey of exploration a roam the halls, other than to confirm the location of their competition.  Most events are closed to spectators, but there are events, such as Mag-Lev, Boomilever and the flight and car events, that have the possibility for spectators.

Longfellow Middle School is located at 215 North Ponca Avenue in Norman.  The Google map url is: http://goo.gl/maps/ZB1vI

Questions?  Problems?  Un-met needs?  Contact Jeff and myself and we’ll do our best to provide a solution.

See ya Saturday!

Norman Tournament Events Set

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The events for the Norman Science Olympiad Tournament at Longfellow Middle School have been set by the tournament organizing committee.

The Division B events will be:

Boomilever
Meteorology
Metric
Keep the Heat
Experimental Design
Anatomy
Forestry
Mousetrap Vehicle
Reach for the Stars
Rocks and Minerals
Helicopters
Road Scholar
Disease Detectives
Sound
Write It Do It

The Division C events will be:

Experimental Design
Disease Detectives
Elastic Launched Glider
Thermodynamics
Boomilever
Rocks and Minerals
Fermi Questions
Anatomy and Physiology
Write It Do It
Forestry
MagLev
Chemistry Lab
Gravity Vehicle
Astronomy

The tentative schedule can be downloaded here:  Norman Invitational Science Olympiad Schedule.

Remember this schedule is subject to change and a final schedule will not be available until the day of the tournament.

Register your team’s participation by emailing Jeff Patterson and letting him know you will be participating in the Norman Longfellow Tournament on January 12th.

Download the registration form here

West Tournament Results/ Longfellow Tournament Sign-up

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Thanks to all the teams, Olympians, Coaches, and  Judges who participated Saturday int he PC West Science Olympiad Tournament.  Everyone seemed to have an good time and everyone came back with new knowledge about their events and insight into the next steps in the tournament season.

Here are the team results:

Division B

1st – Cooper Middle School

2nd – Moore West Jr. High

3rd – Western Oaks Middle School

4th – Capps Middle School

5th – Dove Science Academy

Division C

1st – Putnam City High School

2nd – Putnam City West

Only half of the Oklahoma Science Olympiad member teams were able to compete in December.

Now is the time to get ready!

The next Tournament is coming up quickly! Saturday,  January 12th at Longfellow Middle School, 215 N Ponca Avenue in Norman.


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All of the B and C events offered at the West Tournament (except for rotor egg drop) will be offered as well as 5 more events in both classes.  Details will be posted here shortly.

The host contact for the Longfellow Tournament is Jeff Patterson, Norman Public Schools Science Coordinator.

Coaches should contact Jeff at their earliest convenience to let him know  that their teams are participating in the Longfellow Tournament.  The competition begins at 10AM with registration beginning at 9 and impound closing at 9:30.

West Tournament December 15th

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We took a poll within Putnam City to see which events would be appropriate for the December Tournament at PC West.  From that and after consulting with Jan Watson, the West Tournament Director, we have a pretty good list of the events she plans to offer on December 15th.   Jan requests feedback on the list as well as commitments on judging.  There is always room to help, but a few of you taking responsibility to lead at least one event will help a lot.

Some of you are still researching Science Olympiad, and taking the lead on judging an event is the best way to learn all about it.  Notify Jan (and cc me) to find out more information and sign up to cover an event

It’s Time to Register Your Team!

Email Jan Watson  to register your team.  Let her know ASAP that you are planning to bring a team.  Please provide your name, school, division, and approximate number of Olympians who will be competing.   Please cc me on this email.

Here is the final registration form you will need to email to Jan by December 14th.  You can bring the form with you to the tournament with any last minute corrections.

The events marked with * have a judge designated to at least identified.

Division B

Anatomy*

Boomilever*

Experimental Design*

Helicopters*

Meteorology *

Keep the Heat *

Mousetrap cars*

Rocks and Minerals*

Rotor Egg Drop*

Write It Do It*

 

Division C

Anatomy and Physiology*

Boomilever*

Chem Lab*

Elastic Launch Glider

MagLev*

Thermodynamics*

Write It Do It*

Experimental Design*

Gravity Vehicle

Rocks and Minerals*

 

So, if the Division lists work for you, can you help Jan with Judge identification?  This is a great opportunity to involve others and she asks that every team bring a judge for an event.  The important part is that YOU contact Jan ASAP so she can start building the list of judges.

Judging

Again, each team should bring a judge to be responsible for an event so we can build on our base of volunteers

What does a judge do?  EVERYTHING ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT.  Judges know the rules, they bring all the supplies needed for the event (other than the supplies that are specified in the rules to be the responsibility of the Olympians), they run the event, they score the Olympians, they turn in the results to the Tournament Director.

We have a small group of reliable judges, but we want to add more to the pool.  Please email Jan  with the names of judges you will bring to the Tournament.  Please cc me as well.

Tournament

Putnam City West is located at 8500 NW 23rd in Oklahoma City, west of Council Road, just east of picturesque, historic Lake Overholser. Parking and entry into the building is available on the west side of the building.  Signs will be posted for your convenience.
Do you have to enter every event?  No.  Bring the Olympians you have.  But non-participation in a single event earns a score of N+1 for that event.  However, this is a tournament to give your team a chance to see Science Olympiad in action and to try their events for the first time.  Think of it as a scrimmage.
Right now Jan is considering the December tournament to be an early afternoon event.  This will allow for set-up time as well as weather delays.  The tournament would last about three hours and should start at 1pm.
Teams should plan to arrive no earlier than 12 Noon, but no later than 12:30 when the impound room closes and the Coaches meeting occurs.  You will be assigned a team “home base” where you can deposit your materials and study and prepare for events.
Most events are closed to everyone other than competitors, but some events, like Boomilever, MavLev, and Gravity Vehicle are open to spectators, as long as they are respectful of the event and follow the directions of the Judge.
Questions?  Contact Jan and I.
Have you joined the Oklahoma Science Olympiad yet?  You will need to do so to participate in this tournament.

2012-13 Tournament Schedule

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Dates are set for the 2012-13 Tournaments.  The State Tournament will he held March 2nd, 2013 in Howell Hall at the University of Central Oklahoma.

We also have three “Regional” Tournaments in the run-up to State.  The first of these is December 15th hosted by Putnam City West High School.  The second is January 12th, hosted by Norman Public Schools (location to be determined).  The third regional Tournament will he held at Putnam City High School and has been changed to February 2nd.

More details to follow on the PC West Tournament including times and a tentative list of events.  Since this is the first Tournament of the year, there are usually fewer events than will take place in subsequent meets.

By the way, have you you officially joined the Oklahoma Science Olympiad?  Contact Bob as soon as possible to get your team registered.

The Manuals are Here!

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The Division B and Division C Rules Manuals have just arrived from Science Olympiad.  Once your school joins the Oklahoma Science Olympiad, you will be shipped your copy of the 2013 rules.  The annual cost of school membership is $100.  Contact Bob for details.

Thank You Coaches!

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Thanks to all of you who attended the Coaches Meeting last Saturday!  We had 14 Coaches in attendance to talk about setting up teams and determining the tournament schedule for 2012-13.  We even talked about a few of the events!

Manuals will be released September 1st and will be sent to participating schools shortly thereafter.

In the meantime, click these links to see more about the 2013 Science Olympiad Events:

2013 Event Chart and 2013 Short Event Descriptions