Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

[masterWIZ]

Is Codebusters going to stay for next year?

[John Richardsim]

Is Codebusters going to stay for next year?

Most likely. Almost every official national event stays in the lineup for two years (with exceptions when the event just doesn't work out; but it doesn't sound like that is the case with Codebusters).

[kate!]

Is Codebusters going to stay for next year?

Most likely. Almost every official national event stays in the lineup for two years (with exceptions when the event just doesn't work out; but it doesn't sound like that is the case with Codebusters).

Interesting why they kept Mystery Architecture then...

[builderguy135]

Is Codebusters going to stay for next year?

Most likely. Almost every official national event stays in the lineup for two years (with exceptions when the event just doesn't work out; but it doesn't sound like that is the case with Codebusters).

Interesting why they kept Mystery Architecture then...

[sciolyperson1]

Predictions:

Division B:
Anatomy (topics?)
Battery Buggy -> Mousetrap Vehicle (https://www.soinc.org/sites/default/fil ... orm_19.pdf)
Boomilever
Crime Busters
Density Lab
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Elastic Launch Glider
Experimental Design
Fossils
Game On
Heredity
Herpetology -> Ornithology
Meteorology (Everyday Weather -> Severe Storms)
Mystery Architecture -> ? (Awesome Aquifers?)
Potions and Poisons -> Can't Judge A Powder
Road Scholar
Roller Coaster -> Mission Possible
Solar System -> Reach For The Stars
Thermodynamics -> Simple Machines
Water Quality
Write It Do It

Division C:
Anatomy (topics?)
Astronomy
Boomilever
Chemistry Lab (Acids/Bases & ?)
Circuit Lab
Codebusters
Designer Genes
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Experimental Design
Fermi Questions -> ??? (Technical Problem Solving/Hydrogeology??)
Forensics
Fossils
Geologic Mapping
Herpetology -> Ornithology
Mission Possible -> Robot Arm
Mousetrap Vehicle -> Gravity Vehicle?
Protein Modeling
Sounds of Music
Thermodynamics -> Compound Machines
Water Quality
Wright Stuff
Write It Do It

Wouldn't it be wheeled vehicle for the div B vehicle event?

[zsg11]

This is slightly off topic, but oh well.

Does anyone know if they change the time slots for events from year to year? Like, will events that always conflict this year also always conflict next year as well?

(I'm asking as someone who wants to be an epidemiologist, but loves Experimental Design with all of her heart. Will I get to do both Disease and Experimental next year? Or will those in charge screw me over once again?)

[John Richardsim]

This is slightly off topic, but oh well.

Does anyone know if they change the time slots for events from year to year? Like, will events that always conflict this year also always conflict next year as well?

(I'm asking as someone who wants to be an epidemiologist, but loves Experimental Design with all of her heart. Will I get to do both Disease and Experimental next year? Or will those in charge screw me over once again?)

The timeslots for events on the nationals schedule do change year-to-year. On the nationals schedule, Disease Detectives is always run in the "early bird" timeslot. Although Experimental Design is also in that timeslot this season, it wasn't last season. And it was the year before that (2017), and not the year before that (2016).

Now that's just the nationals schedule. I'm not sure how your regional or state tournaments would deal with that timeslot.

[zsg11]

This is slightly off topic, but oh well.

Does anyone know if they change the time slots for events from year to year? Like, will events that always conflict this year also always conflict next year as well?

(I'm asking as someone who wants to be an epidemiologist, but loves Experimental Design with all of her heart. Will I get to do both Disease and Experimental next year? Or will those in charge screw me over once again?)

The timeslots for events on the nationals schedule do change year-to-year. On the nationals schedule, Disease Detectives is always run in the "early bird" timeslot. Although Experimental Design is also in that timeslot this season, it wasn't last season. And it was the year before that (2017), and not the year before that (2016).

Now that's just the nationals schedule. I'm not sure how your regional or state tournaments would deal with that timeslot.

Ah, thanks. We can only hope, I guess...

[dxu46]

Predictions:

Division B:
Anatomy (topics?)
Battery Buggy -> Mousetrap Vehicle (https://www.soinc.org/sites/default/fil ... orm_19.pdf)
Boomilever
Crime Busters
Density Lab
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Elastic Launch Glider
Experimental Design
Fossils
Game On
Heredity
Herpetology -> Ornithology
Meteorology (Everyday Weather -> Severe Storms)
Mystery Architecture -> ? (Awesome Aquifers?)
Potions and Poisons -> Can't Judge A Powder
Road Scholar
Roller Coaster -> Mission Possible
Solar System -> Reach For The Stars
Thermodynamics -> Simple Machines
Water Quality
Write It Do It

Division C:
Anatomy (topics?)
Astronomy
Boomilever
Chemistry Lab (Acids/Bases & ?)
Circuit Lab
Codebusters
Designer Genes
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Experimental Design
Fermi Questions -> ??? (Technical Problem Solving/Hydrogeology??)
Forensics
Fossils
Geologic Mapping
Herpetology -> Ornithology
Mission Possible -> Robot Arm
Mousetrap Vehicle -> Gravity Vehicle?
Protein Modeling
Sounds of Music
Thermodynamics -> Compound Machines
Water Quality
Wright Stuff
Write It Do It

Wouldn't it be wheeled vehicle for the div B vehicle event?

Not sure, but Mousetrap is due to change for div C and the soinc thing says its gonna be an event(?)

[Unome]

This is slightly off topic, but oh well.

Does anyone know if they change the time slots for events from year to year? Like, will events that always conflict this year also always conflict next year as well?

(I'm asking as someone who wants to be an epidemiologist, but loves Experimental Design with all of her heart. Will I get to do both Disease and Experimental next year? Or will those in charge screw me over once again?)

The timeslots for events on the nationals schedule do change year-to-year. On the nationals schedule, Disease Detectives is always run in the "early bird" timeslot. Although Experimental Design is also in that timeslot this season, it wasn't last season. And it was the year before that (2017), and not the year before that (2016).

Now that's just the nationals schedule. I'm not sure how your regional or state tournaments would deal with that timeslot.

Ah, thanks. We can only hope, I guess...

Pennsylvania has followed the Nationals schedule in recent years, if I remember correctly.