Build-It Events
Bio Sciences Events
Physical Sciences Events
Tournment Tidbits
SO By Numbers
100
This event requires a structure built from wood and is capable of bearing a load.
What is Boomilever?
100
This event uses the scientific method to study distribution and determinants of disease in human populations and control those diseases.
What is Disease Detectives?
100
In Dynamic Planet event, you study about glaciars like this, which is 127 miles long and located in Alaska. It is also the longest glacier in North America.
What is Bering Glacier?
100
The 2013 SO Regional tales place at this venue in UNCC.
What is Halton Arena?
100
This is the total number of events in Division B Science Olympiad
What is 23?
200
In Bottle Rockets, if this has been removed, you must bring it to the competition.
What is a bottle lablel?
200
Which one of the following is considered an invasive species in North Carolina--The Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel, the Tar River Spiny Mussel, or the European Gypsy Moth.
What is the European Gypsy Moth? The other two are endangered.
200
Chlorofluorocarbons have contributed to depletion of the ozone layer, which is located in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the Stratosphere?
200
Team members says this to tournment staff at the end of every event
What is Thank You?
200
This is the maximum number of students allowed in a Division B SO team in NC
What is 18?
300
In Sounds of Music , when creating your instrument, these two items are the only parts allowed to be from professional instruments.
What are strings and reeds?
300
The topic for Anatomy (2013) tournament is the structure and function of these two systems, and the effects of aging and disease on them.
What are digestive and nervous systems?
300
In this event, participants will use map reading skills to go on a fictitious journey that is written out for them, and answer questions along the way.
What is Road Scholar?
300
You go here if you want to quickly know the dates for SO tournments at regional, state and national levels.
300
There can be 2 students per team in each SO event, except this one event.
What is Experimental Design?
400
This is the place Build-It event teams go to have their devices inspected before an event.
What is Impound?
400
One is double-stranded, one is single-stranded. This is a major difference between them.
What is DNA and RNA?
400
In Shock Value, you study the formula V= R x I, which is widely known as this.
What is Ohm's Law?
400
Entire JMR SO family, students and parents, occupy a part of the arena close to the center court, to project a spirited presence befitting a leading SO program in Charlotte area, to watch this.
What is Award Ceremony?
400
This is total number of students in 2013 JMR SO Program (Varsity, JV Blue & JV Green)
What is 48?
500
All build-It events require teams to wear this safety item.
What are Goggles?
500
You could get disqualified if you don't wear gloves, lab coats, shoes and safety goggles for this event.
What is Food Science?
500
In Rocks and Mineral event, silky, pearly and metallic are terms used to describe this characteristic.
What is Luster?
500
2014 SO national tournment takes place here
What is Univ of Central Florida, Orlando?
500
It is the number of times JMR went to SO Nationals in the last 8 years
What is 6?