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Divisions B/C Events

Divisions B & C 2023-24 Events

Agricultural Science

States Only (Trial Event)

Participants will solve problems and answer questions about agricultural sciences using their knowledge of ecology, animal and plant biology, and environmental chemistry.
BC
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Astronomy

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will demonstrate an understanding of Stellar Evolution: Star Formation & Exoplanets.
C
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Code Analysis

States Only (Trial Event)

Given a set of computer programs or parts of programs, teams will determine either the output or the error that each would produce.
B
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Cybersecurity

States Only (Trial Event)

Competitors will be assessed on their knowledge of cybersecurity through hands-on tasks as well as theoretical questions focused in the areas of cryptography and web architecture.
C
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Dynamic Planet

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the large-scale processes affecting the structure of Earth’s crust.
BC
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Fast Facts

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will fill in a grid of terms that begin with a given letter to match given science categories.
B
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Forensics

All VASO Tournaments

Given a scenario and some possible suspects, participants will perform a series of tests which along with other evidence or test results, will be used to solve a crime.
C
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Geologic Mapping

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will demonstrate understanding in the construction and use of topographic maps, geologic maps, and cross sections, and their use in forming interpretations regarding subsurface structures and past depositional environments on Earth and other planetary bodies.
C
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Optics

All VASO Tournaments

Teams must participate in an activity involving positioning mirrors to direct a laser beam towards a target and are tested on their knowledge of geometric and physical optics.
BC
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Robot Tour

All VASO Tournaments

Teams design, build, program and test one Robotic Vehicle to navigate a track to reach a target at a set amount of time as accurately and efficiently as possible.
C
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Tower

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will design and build a Tower (Structure) meeting requirements specified in these rules to achieve the highest structural efficiency.
BC
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Write It Do It

All VASO Tournaments

One student will write a description of an object and how to build it, and then the other student will attempt to construct the object from this description.
BC
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Air Trajectory

All VASO Tournaments

Prior to the competition, teams will design, construct, and calibrate a single device capable of launching projectiles onto a target and collect data regarding device parameters and performance.
BC
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Can't Judge a Powder

All VASO Tournaments

Students will test and characterize one pure substance and then, based only on data they collect, answer a series of questions about that substance. Students will not be asked to identify the substance. Emphasis of this event is on the quality of data collected, answering questions about the substance and providing data to support their answers.
B
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Codebusters

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cryptanalysis techniques for historical and modern advanced ciphers.
BC
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Detector Building

States Only

Teams will build a durable ORP or Redox Probe that will accurately measure and display both voltage and the concentrations of NaCl in parts per million from 0 to 5000 ppm of different water samples.
C
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Ecology

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology and adaptations in featured North American biomes.
BC
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Fermi Questions

All VASO Tournaments

Teams provide answers to a series of “Fermi Questions”; science related questions that seek fast, rough estimates of a quantity, which is either difficult or impossible to measure directly.
C
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Forestry

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will be assessed on their general forestry knowledge and the trees found in the United States that are on the 2024 Official Science Olympiad National Tree List.
BC
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Meteorology

States Only

Participants will use scientific process skills involving qualitative and quantitative analyses to demonstrate an understanding of the factors that contribute, cause and influence Severe Weather and Storms.
B
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Reach for the Stars

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the formation and early-stage evolution of stars and their observation across the electromagnetic spectrum.
B
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Roller Coaster

All VASO Tournaments

Prior to the competition, teams design, build, and test a Roller Coaster track to guide a ball/sphere that uses gravitational potential energy as its sole means of propulsion to travel as close as possible to a Target Time.
B
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Wheeled Vehicle

All VASO Tournaments

Teams must design, build, and test one Vehicle that uses a non-metallic, elastic material as its sole means of propulsion to travel a distance as quickly and accurately as possible.
B
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Anatomy and Physiology

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will be assessed on their understanding of the anatomy and physiology for the human Cardiovascular, Lymphatic, and Excretory systems.
BC
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Chemistry Lab

All VASO Tournaments

Teams will complete one or more tasks and answer a series of questions involving the science processes of chemistry focused in the areas of Periodicity and Equilibrium.
C
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Crime Busters

All VASO Tournaments

Given a scenario, a collection of evidence, and possible suspects, students will perform a series of tests that along with other evidence will be used to solve a crime.
B
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Disease Detectives

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will use investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health and disability in populations or groups of people.
BC
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Experimental Design

States Only

This event will determine a participant's ability to design, conduct and report the findings of an experiment entirely on-site.
BC
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Flight

States Only

Prior to the tournament, teams will construct, collect data on test flights, analyze and optimize a free flight rubber-powered aircraft to achieve maximum time aloft.
BC
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Fossils

All VASO Tournaments

Teams identify and classify fossils and demonstrate their knowledge of ancient life. Tasks will be related to interpretation of past environments and ecosystems, adaptations, evolutionary relationships, and the use of fossils in dating and correlating rock units.
BC
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Microbe Mission

States Only

Teams will answer questions, solve problems and analyze data pertaining to microbes.
BC
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Road Scholar

All VASO Tournaments

Participants will answer interpretive questions that may use one or more state highway maps, USGS topographic maps, Internet-generated maps, a road atlas or satellite/aerial images.
B
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Scrambler

All VASO Tournaments

Teams design, build, and test a mechanical device, which uses the energy from a falling mass to transport an egg along a straight track as quickly as possible and stop as close to the center of a Terminal Barrier (TB) without breaking the egg.
C
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Wind Power

All VASO Tournaments

Teams construct a blade assembly device prior to the tournament that is designed to capture wind power and complete a written test on the principles of alternative energy.
BC
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