Fossils Update...

There is now a fossils resource page on our olympiad resource pages site. On this page I have included some website links to either help you with current studies or help expand your knowledge.

Mr. Wandel Event Checklist

By the end of Christmas Break you should be able to.....

Anatomy: Pass a quiz based upon the first two tutorials (Bone and Muscle)

Disease Detective: Complete 3 tutorials on Infectious Disease on the Website

Ecology: Have a deep understanding of basic ecology based on the 7th grade curriculum

Elevated Bridge: Have a detailed design completed and be ready to build off from it.

Bio Process: I will print off the first three activities today. You should have them done by 1/1

Experimental Design: To Be Announced

Mr. Malefyt Event Updates...

Here are some updates for my events:
1. Fossils: Continued work on assignment #1. A quiz will happen shortly after Christmas Vacation. Assignment #2 will be assigned when you get back!

2. Shock Value: Assignment #2 will be ready to go when you get back from vacation. Right now you should be completing Assignment #1.

3. Ornithology: Last week's quiz is being graded...you will receive that shortly. You should be working on assignment #2. There will be a quiz when you get back from vacation and you will assigned the next assignment!

4. Compute This: You have until this week Friday to hand to me your first practice run. You will be given another one the first day back from Christmas Vacation.

5. Trajectory and Battery Buggy: Continued Work @ Home for these events. Some target dates will be announced after break.

6. Wright Stuff: Plane kits will be ready to go when you get back from break. Research and Learn before you build is the name of the game!

Ornithology

Reminder...First quiz this week Thursday!
You are required to know:
1. General Rules
2. General Morphology
3. Shapes of Bills
4. Types of Feet
5. The Roles birds play in the ecosystem
6. Challenges to bird populations health and long term survival.

Wright Stuff

On the event tab to the left you will find two links to some valuable reading material. All plane kits have been purchased as we now wait for arrival!

Beginning Instructions for the following:

Junkyard Challenge

Have the following done by Friday, December 18th…..
1. Read and understand/know event description.
2. Go through training PowerPoint (understand all aspects of event)
3. Complete a preliminary detailed design (simple is better!)

Solar System

Have the following done by Friday, December 18th…..
1. Read and understand/know event description.
2. Go through PowerPoint, begin taking notes and organizing info.
3. Start your 2-sided cheat sheet on your computer account.

Physical Science Lab

Have the following done by Friday, December 18th…..
1. Read and understand/know event description.
2. Begin researching the 4 topics under “h” of Part II of “The Competition”.
3. Begin assembling resource binder – be sure to organize as you do this.

Meteorology

Have the following done by Friday, December, 18th…..
1. Read and understand/know the event description.
2. Go to the following website to START researching and taking notes:

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml

NOTE: you should be working on ONE letter of “The Competition” section at a time.

3. Begin your 2-sided cheat sheet in a word document on your computer account (copy and paste info., pics, diagrams, etc.)

Disease Detectives: Getting Started

The following link will take you to a set of tutorials.
1. Click on the first tutorial
2. Click Login The login Hamilton and the password is hawkeyes.
3. Begin by taking the What is epidemiology in public health tutorial.
4. DO NOT take the test at the end.
5. Provide feedback to Mr. Wandel about how this worked.

http://www.nwcphp.org/training/courses-exercises/index_html

Let's Get Started!

Welcome to Science Olympiad 2010! Thank you for your interest and commitment to the task that we are all undertaking. You should be doing the following things right now:

1. Researching the events to decide which ones you will tentatively pursue (until we get the actual schedule). This should be done by Monday, Dec. 7th.

2. Becoming familiar with this blog, the national and state SO sites, and the students site (see Mr. F's computers for these addresses).

Welcome and Password

Welcome to our Olympiad blog!
When taking quiz's found on this site...the password should be hawkeyes. We do that to prohibit other people taking the quiz and messing up our data that we collect from your results.