Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

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No it's supposed to be Simple Machines for div B and Compound Machines for div C, I think they only wrote "Machines" for brevity

Really? I think they just made it machines for both B and C because they wanted to keep things uniform for Division B and Division C, similar to how they changed the name from Shock Value to Circuit Lab to match it up.

I thought it would be something like how Mission Possible in div C is chemical reactions but it's simple machines in div B, to match the skill level that both divisions should have, making it equal but not the same.

I think they just renamed both Simple Machines and Compound Machines to Machines.

[Unome]

Really? I think they just made it machines for both B and C because they wanted to keep things uniform for Division B and Division C, similar to how they changed the name from Shock Value to Circuit Lab to match it up.

I thought it would be something like how Mission Possible in div C is chemical reactions but it's simple machines in div B, to match the skill level that both divisions should have, making it equal but not the same.

I think they just renamed both Simple Machines and Compound Machines to Machines.

I think renaming to have the same name is most likely, possibly because it makes the rules easier to write from a logistical standpoint (there have been occasions where a change to the rules in one division wasn't made in the other division accidentally).

[BennyTheJett]

Off topic, but does anyone know if Wind Power is coming back next year?

Unlikely, but always possible.

[reldog]

Does anyone have an exact list of the event changes for the 2020 season.

[dxu46]

Does anyone have an exact list of the event changes for the 2020 season.

Yeah, it's posted somewhere in this thread (a post by me has changes directly), I'll try to find and edit this post with it,

Division B:
Anatomy
Battery Buggy -> Mousetrap Vehicle
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 -> pInG pOnG pArAcHuTe
Potions and Poisons -> Food Science
Road Scholar
Roller Coaster -> Mission Possible
Solar System -> Reach For The Stars
Thermodynamics -> Simple Machines/Machines?
Water Quality
Write It Do It

Division C:
Anatomy
Astronomy
Boomilever
Chemistry Lab (Acids/Bases & Aqueous Solutions)
Circuit Lab
Codebusters
Designer Genes
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Experimental Design
Fermi Questions -> pInG pOnG pArAcHuTe
Forensics
Fossils
Geologic Mapping
Herpetology -> Ornithology
Mission Possible -> Detector Building
Mousetrap Vehicle -> Gravity Vehicle
Protein Modeling
Sounds of Music
Thermodynamics -> Compound Machines/Machines?
Water Quality
Wright Stuff
Write It Do It

[MoMoney$$$;)0)]

Looks like robot arm got kicked out of this rotation, that's kind of unforntunate since I was looking forward to it.

[kaurs]

Does anyone know what will be the vehicle event for Division B next year? I really hope battery buggy stays, I had some plans to add to mine, but it would be cool to ry a new type of vehicle.

[kaurs]

I was hoping to try roller coaster next year. Will it stay?

[dxu46]

Does anyone know what will be the vehicle event for Division B next year? I really hope battery buggy stays, I had some plans to add to mine, but it would be cool to ry a new type of vehicle.

Sorry, it will be replaced by Mousetrap Vehicle. Don't worry, it's a fun event as well (and, if you're a 6th grader, you might have the opportunity to do Electric Vehicle C later on)

I was hoping to try roller coaster next year. Will it stay?

No, it will be replaced by Mission Possible B. It's still a fun event - you can try out for that!

[kaurs]

Thanks! I looked into mousetrap car and mission possible. They both sound very fun. Also, will there be a glider event next year? I've been looking into that too. One last question: What is sounds of music and will it ever be a division B event?