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i was thinking more along the lines of the other systems inside the body, like digestive, excretory, nervous, etc...

and i was looking at the training handout on soinc, but i dont see any pictures of skeletal...could you post it or something, sewforlife? thanks
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junexia wrote:i was thinking more along the lines of the other systems inside the body, like digestive, excretory, nervous, etc...

and i was looking at the training handout on soinc, but i dont see any pictures of skeletal...could you post it or something, sewforlife? thanks
The only place I ever saw good pictures was on Wikipedia. Even so, they aren't that great.
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I just found out that in Indiana, all B teams can bring binders. This is on the Indiana Sc.Olypd. website.Why isn't this happening in PA. t would really help for ornithology and other events.
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emd19 wrote:I just found out that in Indiana, all B teams can bring binders. This is on the Indiana Sc.Olypd. website.Why isn't this happening in PA. t would really help for ornithology and other events.
omg lucky!!!!! it would be so helpful, and with a binder it would be just like fossils. i wonder what theyre going to do for nationals, cuz either way it would be unfair. if they did allow binders at nationals, it would unfair to teams such as the ones from pa who would have to prepare a whole binder in only three weeks, but if they didnt allow binders then states like indiana would be deprived of a very helpful source. hm. i guess we'll see.
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junexia wrote:i was thinking more along the lines of the other systems inside the body, like digestive, excretory, nervous, etc...

and i was looking at the training handout on soinc, but i dont see any pictures of skeletal...could you post it or something, sewforlife? thanks
sorry, but when I looked at the training handout, I think they took it out. sorry!
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National Event Competitions follow the National Rules. Adding the binders was a Indiana State SO rule so it won't come in to play at Nationals. The Indiana Teams who used binders will be at a disadvantage at Nationals if they won states by heavily relying on binders.
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My partner and I are wondering if anyone knew some obvious differences in the Common Pauraque, Whip-poor-will, and Chuck-will's-widow that we could use to help identify them. Appearance-wise.
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Chuck-will's widow is lighter, but they are all pretty similar.
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googlyfrog wrote:My partner and I are wondering if anyone knew some obvious differences in the Common Pauraque, Whip-poor-will, and Chuck-will's-widow that we could use to help identify them. Appearance-wise.
The chuck-will's-widow can be told apart because the top of its head is flatter. Kind of reminds me of a parallelogram.
Between the common pauraque and the whip-poor-will, i think it's mostly coloring/pattern - the whip-poor-will is duller grey and the pauraque is more brown. Also, I've only seen pictures of whip-poor-wills on branches and of pauraques on the ground, never vice versa... so if you have to identify it quickly as one or the other, look at the picture's surroundings, I guess?

...Huh, I hadn't even realized I knew any of that. :P
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with only a couple days till states for me, im trying to finish my double sided sheet. does anyone have suggestions as to wat type of info i should add on there? i have pictures of internal and external anatomy, general info like respiration and feathers, and a picture of common eggs. anything else i should add that wouldnt be in a field guide? thanks

also, is there any vocab that's kind of weird but that i should definitely know?
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