Mini+Competition+Information

Handouts and What's Happening at BCS SO

**Mini Competition Schedule**
[|Mini Competition Schedule 2011.doc]

Mini Competition Events
1. Experimental Design [|Experimental Design Rubric 2011] [|Experimental Design Practice Test.doc] [|Experimental Design Practice Test 2011.doc]

Students will not be assessed on all parts of the rubric during the mini-competition. Please see the Student Worksheet to see which portions they will be required to complete. This rubric will be used to score mini-competition tests.

2. Science Process Lab

3. Compute This

The following site will be used for the mini competition. [|http://www.cdc.gov] [|How to create a chart in Excel 2007] [|Video tutorials on using Excel 2007]

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4. General Knowledge Science Test (Parts of Ecology, Dynamic Planet, Solar System & Circuits)

[|General Knowledge Test Objectives 2011.doc]

5. Building Design Portfolio

[|Building Design Portfolio 2011.doc]

If your child is not continuing on with Science Olympiad for the rest of the year Nov. 1-5 is the last week to drop and still get reimbursed the $35 pay-to-play fee.