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Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: January 26th, 2019, 3:33 pm
by bearasauras
If you mean the rules for the events, you can download them for free on the National web page:
https://store.soinc.org/us/page/manuals ... llfilter=1
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: January 26th, 2019, 5:33 pm
by dxu46
Nba2302 wrote:do you know where you can get/find Road Scholar Coaches Manual?
Might be on the Bio/Earth CD, available on the soinc.org store.
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: January 27th, 2019, 11:59 am
by Nba2302
where is a good place I can get notes on Highway maps. Im looking everywhere, and I cant find a lot of info on highway maps
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: January 31st, 2019, 5:46 pm
by Nba2302
Should I get a longitude/latitude ruler for this event? There were many videos of people using this ruleer.
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: January 31st, 2019, 7:58 pm
by dxu46
Nba2302 wrote:Should I get a longitude/latitude ruler for this event? There were many videos of people using this ruleer.
It's perfectly doable without one, but if you can afford to spend the extra money, go for it.
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: February 2nd, 2019, 9:39 pm
by AdiMohapatra77
Is there a specific way to study for the tests that write a story and you need to use the maps to fill in the blanks?
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: February 2nd, 2019, 9:52 pm
by dxu46
AdiMohapatra77 wrote:Is there a specific way to study for the tests that write a story and you need to use the maps to fill in the blanks?
Just do them a lot, also remember to read the story.
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: February 3rd, 2019, 7:23 am
by IsabellaC92343
dxu46 wrote:IsabellaC92343 wrote:Hello! I Have 2 questions.
1) I seem to be better at Highway Map and struggle with topographic ones. Does anyone have any tips for studying for these maps? For example reference links or tricks regarding the map itself?
2) Last competition my partner and I had some trouble dealing with the time aspect of the competition. Does anybody have any tips on how to manage the time better? Would it be better to split the test or to do it together? To do all of a certain map first or to kind of jump around?
Thanks!
1. Just look at them a lot. A good way to study is to get a topo map of somewhere you know, then try to locate those features on the map. You can become familiar with topo maps and learn about your surroundings!
2. Road Scholar tests are too long for both partners to work together. You need to split the test. Usually one person does highway maps and the other does topo maps. The map drawing, profile, and satellite images part can be divided whichever way you want. If you say you're bad at topo maps, do highway maps and make your partner do topo.
Thanks! This helped a lot.
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: February 4th, 2019, 3:36 pm
by Nba2302
Is it necessary to get a transparent UTM grid for this event? Many videos and websites say that you need one for plotting
Re: Road Scholar B
Posted: February 4th, 2019, 7:05 pm
by builderguy135
Anyone have any more road tests that don't require highway maps? I'm willing to trade as well.