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Revisions Since October 28th in Italics Aerodynamics Teams will be supplied with two sheets of foldable material (not necessarily plain paper). The material may be of irregular shapes, although all teams will receive identical sheets. Teams will have 15 minutes to construct two planes. Each plane will be launched once. One team member will launch the first plane. Then, the second team member must launch the other plane. Amphibians & Reptiles Rules online. No clarifications or revisions. Barge Building Barges will be built from heavy duty aluminum foil. Boggle Science Rules online. No clarifications or revisions. Calculator Contest Students will have a maximum of 45 minutes to complete the problems. Time will be used as the tie-breaker. Can Race Cans must be made of a metallic substance. Only a single, pre-made commerically available rubber band may be used. Vehicles will be run on a gymnasium floor. Categories Teams will have 8 minutes to complete each round. Cranium Command Rules online. Revised for 2001. Crash Landing Rules online. Devices will be dropped from the second floor overlooking the atrium area near the entrance of Jacksonville High School. The drop is approximately 15 feet. Estimania Ties will be broken with pre-determined tie-breaker questions. Time will not be a scoring factor. Extinction is Forever Rules online. No clarifications or revisions. Food for Thought Rules online. Revised for 2001. Grab a Gram Students will mass samples at up to six stations. How Do You Spell Science? All teams will be given the same 20 words to spell and define in the form of a spelling test during the morning competition. The top 6 scorers from the test will advance to the finals at 1:00 pm. The finals will consist of a spelling bee competition. Teams will be required to define the word they are asked to spell beginning with the fourth round. Knock, Knock, Who's There? Teams may contain up to two students. Teams will have a maximum of 45 minutes to complete the test. Time is not a scoring factor. Metric Mastery Rules online. No clarifications or revisions. Mystery Architecture Teams are advised to provide their own baseball which can be used during construction and for measurement, however it is not required. The event supervisor will have a baseball which will be available for teams to use during measurement only. No Bones About It Questions may be found at stations or in the form of an exam. Teams will have up to 2 minutes at each station. Including the exam portion, teams will have a maximum of 45 minutes to complete the event. Pastamobile Teams may have a maximum of 2 students. The ramp's length may extend up to 1.5 meters. Pastamobiles will be run on a gymnasium floor. The ESO at JHS will use the following scoring method. Pastamobiles which lose their structural integrity (fall apart) will be penalized. Those pastamobiles which remain completely intact during their run will receive 100% of their distance score. Pastamobiles which suffer minor structural damage (small pieces broken) will be penalized 5%, thus receiving 95% of their distance score. Pastamobiles which, in the judge's opinion, lose over 1/4 of their structure during their run will be penalized 15%, thus receiving 85% of their distance score. Finally, those pastamobiles which lose over 1/2 of their structure during their run will be penalized 25%, thus receiving 75% of their distance score. Picture This All three team members must rotate as sketchers. Reflection Relay The preparation time has been reduced to 30 seconds for part I only. Therefore, teams which can align their mirrors to bounce the light beam off the target in part I in less than 30 seconds will receive a score of zero (0). Penalty time will begin at 31 seconds. For example, a team that takes 45 seconds to complete part one will receive a score of 15 (45 seconds - 30 seconds of allowed preparation time = 15 points). Teams must use the mirrors provided by Jacksonville High School for both parts. JHS will provide pocket mirrors for part I and standing mirrors for part II. Science Bowl All teams will take a written test with approximately 30 questions at 9:00 am. All 4 team members will take the test separately. Scores from all 4 team members will be totaled for the team score. The 4 teams with the highest scores will advance to the semifinals, a buzz-in style competition. In case of a tie in determining the semifinal teams, the team with the highest individual scorer will advance to the buzz-in round. Two semifinal rounds will be played to determine the two teams in the finals. The highest scoring team from the morning test will face the fourth highest scorer at 1:00 pm. The second and third place scorers will compete at 1:20 pm. The semifinal rounds will consist of 20 toss-up questions or 15 minutes of playing time, whichever comes first. The semifinal winners will play in a championship round of 30 toss-up questions or 25 minutes to begin at approximately 1:45 pm. All questions in the semifinals and finals will be 10 points each. Points will be tallied on a chalkboard or paper, and the scores will be visible to all teams. In case of tie when time is called, a best 2-out-of-3 toss-up question series will be played to determine the winner. Third place will be awarded to the semifinal loser who scored higher on the morning test. Team membership may change between the test, semifinals, and finals as long as the 2-2 ratio of boys and girls is followed. The semifinal and final rounds will closed to spectators (including coaches). Science Detectives Rules online. Revised for 2001. Treasure Hunt Teams may be asked to mark up to three treasure locations in which case scores will be the sum of the distances from each treasure location. Weather or Not Rules online. Revised for 2001. What Are You Trying to Tell Me? Rules online. Revised for 2001. Which Way's North? Rules online. Revised for 2001. Write It, Do It Teams may have up to four members. Any combination of members may be used for the writers and doers (1-3, 2-2, 3-1). |
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