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Anatomy and Physiology
Disease Detectives
Water Quality
Entomology
Designer Genes
Life, Personal, & Social Science
Disease Detectives
Tests a duo's knowledge of epidemiology and public health and their ability to apply that knowledge to case studies. One note sheet is allowed.
Water Quality
In this event, a duo will be assessed on their understanding and evaluation of freshwater aquatic environments. One note sheet is allowed.
Entomology
Tests a duo's ability to identify insect species by order and family. Students will be asked questions about insects and must use or construct a dichotomous key. Each team may bring a binder containing any information compiled before the tournament.
Anatomy and Physiology
Tests a duo's knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of 3 human body systems, which change every year. The systems tested in the 2025-2026 are the Nervous, Special Senses, and Endocrine Systems. One note sheet is allowed.
Designer Genes
A duo will solve problems and analyze data or diagrams using their knowledge of the basic principles of genetics, molecular genetics and biotechnology. One note sheet allowed!
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Astronomy
Dynamic Planet
Rocks and Minerals
Remote Sensing
Earth and Space Science
Dynamic Planet
Tests a duo's knowledge of a topic in geology, which changes each year. The topic tested in the 2025-2026 season is physical and geological oceanography. Each team may bring a binder containing any information compiled before the tournament.
Rocks and Minerals
A duo will identify and classify rocks and minerals and demonstrate knowledge of how rocks and minerals help to understand geologic processes, interpretation of Earth’s history, the development of natural resources, and use by society. Each team may bring a binder containing any information compiled before the tournament.
Remote Sensing
Tests a duo's ablity to use remote sensing imagery, data, and computational process skills to complete tasks related to climate change processes in the Earth system.
Astronomy
Tests a duo's knowledge of general astronomy in addition to a topic that changes each year, which for the 2025-2026 season is Stellar Evolution From Formation to Destruction., one's ability to answer questions on math and astrophysics relating to these questions, and one's ability to identify and answer questions about a list of about 16 deep sky objects (DSOs) that change every year, which can be found in the Rules Manual. Each team may bring two computers, two binders, or one of each.
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Circuit Lab
Chem Lab
Materials Science
Forensics
Hovercraft
Machines
Physical Science & Chemistry
Chem Lab
Tests a duo's ability to answer questions and complete lab tasks relating to Periodicity and Equilibrium. Each team may bring two note sheets.
Materials Science
Requires a duo before the tournament to build and bring one ceramic puck. At competition, the puck will be dropped from increasing heights onto a cement or steel slab until failure. Teams will also be tested on the materials science of ceramics, with an emphasis on chemical and crystalline structure, through a series of lab experiments and test questions.
Forensics
Tests a duo's ability, given a scenario and possible suspects, to perform and interpret lab tests to solve the crime and answer questions relating to general forensics chemistry and analysis. Each team may bring two note sheets.
Circuit Lab
Circuit Lab is a laboratory event that deals with the various components and properties of direct current (DC) circuits. The event consists of two parts: the written test and the hands-on component. Participants must complete tasks and answer questions about electricity and magnetism.
Hovercraft
Prior to the competition, a duo will design, construct, and calibrate a self-propelled, air-levitated vehicle that moves down a track. They will also be tested on their knowledge of classical mechanics and related topics.
Machines
Competitors will take a written test and use a homemade lever/lever system to determine the ratios of unknown masses. The included simple machines are levers, pulleys, wheels and axles, inclined planes, wedges, and screws.
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Helicopter
Robot Tour
Electric Vehicle
Boomilever
Technology & Engineering
Robot Tour
Requires a duo, before the tournament, to design, construct, program, and test a Robotic Vehicle that is capable of following track lines to reach a target at a set amount of time as accurately and efficiently as possible during the tournament.
Electric Vehicle
Requires a duo, before the tournament, to design, build, and test a mechanical device that uses electrical energy as its sole means of propulsion to travel as quickly as possible and stop close to a target point. Distances to the target point vary from 8 to 10 meters, and teams are only given the target point distance at competition.
Boomilever
Requires a duo, before the tournament, to design and build a Boomilever Structure meeting requirements specified in the rules manual to achieve the highest structural efficiency during the tournament.
Helicopter
Requires a duo, before the tournament, to construct and optimize a free flight rubber-powered helicopter that must achieve maximum airtime during the tournament.
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Codebusters
Experimental Design
Bungee Drop
Engineering CAD
Inquiry & Nature of Science
Experimental Design
Tests a trio's ability to design, construct, and write a lab report on an experiment that is only revealed during the tournament.
Bungee Drop
A duo will design, construct, and calibrate a single elastic cord to conduct two separate drops at specified heights and attempt to get a drop mass placed in a bottle as close as possible to, but not touching, a landing surface.
Engineering CAD
Teams will read a set of engineering drawings and collaborate to CAD (computer-aided design) the parts in Onshape and then assemble the components. They will use Onshape on two computers with mice to create the model. Engineering CAD is a new event, debuting in the 2025-2026 season!
Codebusters
Tests a trio's ability to decode encrypted messages in historical and modern advanced ciphers.
FAQ
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DIV B EVENTS
View the events in Division B (6-9) for the 2023-24 season.
More info
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