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EVENT CATEGORIES
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EVENT |
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DESCRIPTION |
| LIFE SCIENCE |
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| Anatomy | M. Greer |
Skeletal, Muscular, and Circulatory System |
| Bio-Process Lab | Bejnood |
Biology laboratory skills. |
Sheeler |
Population Growth | |
Callaway |
Grasslands - Tiaga | |
| Ornithology | Sheeler |
North American birds |
| PHYSICAL SCIENCE/CHEMISTRY | ||
| Can't Judge a Powder | Shar |
Characterize a pure substance using data collected. |
| Physical Science Lab | Fabian |
Physical concepts: heat, simple machines, etc. |
| Science Crime Busters | Godde/Kanya |
Forensic Crime Science |
| Shock Value | Carrico |
Understanding electricity, magnetism, and simple devices |
| Trajectory | Gardner |
Projectile launching. |
| EARTH/SPACE SCIENCE | ||
| Dynamic Planet | Fabian |
Earthquakes and Volcanoes |
| Fossils | Goldstein |
Fossil Identification |
| Meteorology | Fabian |
Basic weather principles |
| Road Scholar | Fabian |
Interpretation of maps |
| Solar System | Zhuang |
Planets and their satellites. |
| TECHNOLOGY/ENGINEERING | ||
| Battery Buggy | Gardner |
Construct an electrical vehicle. |
| Elevated Bridge | Thompson |
Construct the lightest bridge which holds 15kg. |
| Junkyard Challenge | Goble |
Junk box construction |
| Wright Stuff | Henderson |
Design, construct the lightest propeller driven plane. |
| INQUIRY/NATURE | ||
| Compute This | TBD |
Computing technology |
| Experimental Design | Edralin |
Design, conduct, & report of an experiment. |
| Pentathlon | B. Greer |
Physical challenges & answer questions. |
| Write It Do It | Jones |
Description writing, another performs the task. |
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