Alabama 2013

[foreverphysics]

Discussion for the 2013 Alabama Science Olympiad season.
State website: http://www.alabamaso.org/

Division B Regional Tournaments:
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa--Saturday, February 9th
Auburn University, Auburn--Saturday, February 23rd
University of Alabama at Huntsville--To Be Announced
Spring Hill College, Mobile--Saturday, March 2nd

Division C Regional Tournaments:
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa--Saturday, February 9th
University of Alabama at Huntsville--To Be Announced
Spring Hill College, Mobile--Saturday, March 2nd
University of Alabama at Birmingham--Saturday, February 16th

State Tournament
Huntingdon College, Montgomery
DIVISION B and C
Saturday, March 16th

Have fun!

*All tournaments are linked to their webpage. Just click on the name of the tournament.

[awesome90220]

Hey,who thinks no one will post on this forum except me & forever?

[rfscoach]

Hey foreverphysics -

I see Auburn is joining all of us Georgia teams for the biggest JC Booth invite ever. Solon deciding to attend this year has really boosted the profile of the event. You guys are bringing 3 teams? Are they all Auburn kids or are you mixing in a Drake team too?

[foreverphysics]

Drake is part of Auburn--we're one collective Science Olympiad organisation. All the schools more advanced than the elementary schools (aka secondary school) are part of the same program.
So yes, there are Drake kids mixed in too. All the teams are a mixture of Drake and AJHS. And because there are enough kids wanting to compete, we have to have three teams.

[ISpacedOut]

T-132 hours: UAH's Regional competition.

I believe this year's Division C State competition will be very exciting now that Auburn High School has had a year to get back into the swing of things.

I can't wait!

[foreverphysics]

Auburn University Regionals:

4th place: Drake Middle School C
3rd place: Beverlye Magnet School
2nd place: Drake Middle School A
1st place: Auburn Junior High School A

Whoo, that was stressful. And fun. States, here we come!

[awesome90220]

Auburn University Regionals:

4th place: Drake Middle School C
3rd place: Beverlye Magnet School
2nd place: Drake Middle School A
1st place: Auburn Junior High School A

Whoo, that was stressful. And fun. States, here we come!

It was B, not C

[awesome90220]

Metric Mastery was not very well run. For one station there were some beans on a lid, and first we were told to measure it with the lid, then without the lid, then with the lid. There was also a station where they put the water at a point on the table where you couldn't see in it, and it was half full of water, but we couldn't move it to see the water until measuring. And, also, measuring everything in INCHES

[Skink]

Metric Mastery was not very well run. For one station there were some beans on a lid, and first we were told to measure it with the lid, then without the lid, then with the lid. There was also a station where they put the water at a point on the table where you couldn't see in it, and it was half full of water, but we couldn't move it to see the water until measuring. And, also, measuring everything in INCHES

A few things...
1. Metric Mastery is difficult to run even when NOT following the rules, so cut them a *little* slack (though there really is little excuse).
2. The beans were the measuring instrument, and, I assume, you were taking the area of the lid? That's fair.
3. You didn't raise your hand and say you could not see the water in order to estimate how much of it there was?
4. Inches? Ohhhh, so that's why you brought that up...why didn't you tell your coach and have him/her arbitrate? For a Regional competition, that does sound poorly run.

[ISpacedOut]

University of Alabama at Huntsville's Regional Competition Results

Division C:

1st: Randolph Blue (70)
2nd: Pope John Paul II Team 1 (128)
3rd: Florence High School Team 1 (137)
4th: Grissom High School Team 2 (160)

The Astronomy test consisted of 5 physics problems related to astronomy. No Deep Sky Objects, no Cepheids, no stellar evolution or anything else on the rules sheet for that matter...