Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

[BennyTheJett]

Expected changes:
- A&P returns to whatever systems it had in 2016
- Herpetology -> Ornithology
- Water Quality focus changes to saltwater or estuaries, something like that
- Dynamic Planet topic probably changes to Freshwater
- Astronomy topic will change, details unknown but I expect star and planet formation may return
- Meteorology topic changes to Severe Storms
- Solar System -> Reach for the Stars
- Thermodynamics -> Simple Machines (B)/Compound Machines (C)
- Potions and Poisons -> Can't Judge A Powder
- Chemistry Lab topic probably becomes Acids and Bases, & Aqueous Solutions
- Battery Buggy -> Mousetrap Vehicle
- Mousetrap Vehicle -> Gravity Vehicle
- Mission Possible -> probably Robot Arm
- Mystery Architecture and Fermi Questions will almost certainly rotate out, but I have no idea what will replace them

Is there any official list from Science Olympiad of the changes in events?

Not currently. Sometime over the summer there will be an event list released. People are predicting events based on the way they cycled previously to this year.

[retired1]

For a reasonable guess, take a look at what they are going to cover at the summer event classes in Phoenix.
It will not be perfect, but it will give you a decent idea.

[zsg11]

Slightly off topic, but still in the realm of this thread, but when does the national schedule typically come out?

[CookiePie1]

Slightly off topic, but still in the realm of this thread, but when does the national schedule typically come out?

For next year, the national schedule comes out with the rules manual in early september.

[pb5754]

This had been released by PA Science Olympiad a while back.

http://www.pascioly.org/files/Events_2020_041619.pdf

[rfscoach]

Slightly off topic, but still in the realm of this thread, but when does the national schedule typically come out?

For next year, the national schedule comes out with the rules manual in early december.

early September....

[CookiePie1]

oof sorry, my bad

[zsg11]

Slightly off topic, but still in the realm of this thread, but when does the national schedule typically come out?

For next year, the national schedule comes out with the rules manual in early december.

early September....

That's what I thought, thank you both:)

[RandomPerson10123]

Expected changes:
- A&P returns to whatever systems it had in 2016
- Herpetology -> Ornithology
- Water Quality focus changes to saltwater or estuaries, something like that
- Dynamic Planet topic probably changes to Freshwater
- Astronomy topic will change, details unknown but I expect star and planet formation may return
- Meteorology topic changes to Severe Storms
- Solar System -> Reach for the Stars
- Thermodynamics -> Simple Machines (B)/Compound Machines (C)
- Potions and Poisons -> Can't Judge A Powder
- Chemistry Lab topic probably becomes Acids and Bases, & Aqueous Solutions
- Battery Buggy -> Mousetrap Vehicle
- Mousetrap Vehicle -> Gravity Vehicle
- Mission Possible -> probably Robot Arm
- Mystery Architecture and Fermi Questions will almost certainly rotate out, but I have no idea what will replace them

We had an informational meeting in the library today. They gave us what every event would be, if anyone would like the events feel free to ask.

[builderguy135]

Expected changes:
- A&P returns to whatever systems it had in 2016
- Herpetology -> Ornithology
- Water Quality focus changes to saltwater or estuaries, something like that
- Dynamic Planet topic probably changes to Freshwater
- Astronomy topic will change, details unknown but I expect star and planet formation may return
- Meteorology topic changes to Severe Storms
- Solar System -> Reach for the Stars
- Thermodynamics -> Simple Machines (B)/Compound Machines (C)
- Potions and Poisons -> Can't Judge A Powder
- Chemistry Lab topic probably becomes Acids and Bases, & Aqueous Solutions
- Battery Buggy -> Mousetrap Vehicle
- Mousetrap Vehicle -> Gravity Vehicle
- Mission Possible -> probably Robot Arm
- Mystery Architecture and Fermi Questions will almost certainly rotate out, but I have no idea what will replace them

We had an informational meeting in the library today. They gave us what every event would be, if anyone would like the events feel free to ask.

Unome is 100% right on his/her predictions actually. They were released a few months ago too.

Also, I happened to see part of the informational meeting you're talking about lmao. Some of the events were kinda wrong, by the way. Don't trust all your sources, and double check them as well.

Here's some clarifications (just from what I heard lol)
1) No "Indoor Bottle Rocket" - not sure where they got this. It's supposedly called Ping Pong Parachute (PPP) and its an inquiry, not a build event.
2) No "Simple Machines" - it's (rumored) to be just "Machines" now.
3) Road is not an inquiry event >:(

A lot of the things that the speakers mentioned were wrong actually. I think they used outdated information lol. Assuming you were at the same meeting as me (WWP gang heh) then you should probably double check your sources on the scioly.org wiki or event archives over at soinc.org, which are unlikely to be wrong or outdated.