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Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 2:29 pm
by masterWIZ
Is Codebusters going to stay for next year?

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 2:36 pm
by John Richardsim
masterWIZ wrote: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).

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 3:48 pm
by kate!
John Richardsim wrote:
masterWIZ wrote: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...

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 4:18 pm
by builderguy135
kate! wrote:
John Richardsim wrote:
masterWIZ wrote: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...
:roll:

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 4:22 pm
by sciolyperson1
dxu46 wrote: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?

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 5:10 pm
by 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?)

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 5:22 pm
by John Richardsim
zsg11 wrote: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.

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 5:27 pm
by zsg11
John Richardsim wrote:
zsg11 wrote: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...

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 8:14 pm
by dxu46
sciolyperson1 wrote:
dxu46 wrote: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(?)

Re: Science Olympiad Events 2019-2020

Posted: March 4th, 2019, 8:41 pm
by Unome
zsg11 wrote:
John Richardsim wrote:
zsg11 wrote: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.