oak valley middle school science olympiad 2015-16
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Oak Valley Middle School Science Olympiad
2015-16
Timeline2
Time Line• 8/26 - 9/4/15Student Registration Period
• 9/8/15Classes begin this week (depending on coaching)
• 10/7/15 First Meeting for San Diego Regional Teams (Head Coaches only - no students) at San Diego County Offices of Education; 4:00pm
• Oct./Nov. Top ninety students selected to form Regionals Teams (6 teams of 15)
• November Saturday optional “Invitational” competition; students who did not make Regionals Team will be invited to represent OVMS
• 11/14/15 Event Workshop (for ALL head and event coaches, assistant coaches - no students), location TBD; 2:30-4:00pm
• 1/6/16 Meeting of all Head Coaches and Event Coaches for Division B Teams; at San Diego County Offices of Education; 4:00pm
• January Saturday optional Invitational
• 2/6/16Division B San Diego Regional Competition at Carlsbad High School (ALL DAY LONG!)
• 4/___/16 Southern California State Science Olympiad Competition (Saturday date TBD; all day long)
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OVMS Philosophy & Strategy3
OVMS Philosophy & Strategy• Learning, teamwork and fun
• Students should select events that they are interested in, not parents
• All work and effort should be from your student
• Long-term strategy of growing students each year
• Students should:Put their best work forward, but don’t be afraid to make mistakes
Have a cooperative spiritThank parents for their time, effort and support
• Parents – please encourage and support the volunteers and coaches
• Support Coaches and Leadership Team with researchers, administrative and event management volunteers
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Long Term Philosophy4
Long-term philosophy promotes reasonable
expectations plus
a winning team!
So Cal State
(15 students)
San Diego Regionals
(90 students)
OVMS Team (120+ students)
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Division B Events5
Division B Events
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Life, Personal & Social Science
Earth & Space Science
Physical Science & Chemistry
Technology & Engineering
Inquiry & Nature of Science
Anatomy & Physiology (Skeletal, Muscular, Integumentary)
Bio-Process Lab Disease Detectives
(Population Growth)
Green Generation Invasive Species
Dynamic Planet (Oceanography)
Fossils Meteorology
(Everyday Weather)
Reach for the Stars
Road Scholar
Physics Air Trajectory Crave the Wave Wind Power
Chemistry Crime Busters Food Science
Bridge Building Elastic Launched
Glider Mission
Possible Scrambler
Bottle Rocket
Experimental Design
Picture This Write It Do It
How to Choose an Event/Class6
How to Choose an Event/Class
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Event Selection Page7August 26,
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OVMS Policies and Scoring Procedures
August 26, 2015 OVMS Policies and Scoring Procedures
Point System – 6 point maximum for any student, with a maximum of 5 events for any student.1. All participants from 2014-15: 1 POINT2. Previous medal holders at the Regional from last 2 years (2014 and 2015 Regionals): 1 POINT3. State medal winners from last 2 years (2014 and 2015 Regionals): 0.5 POINT4. Highest marks in the tests, quizzes for lab/study events, and highest marks for effort and quality of the design in
building events. Points will be assigned as follows:
CLASS RANKING
PONTS EARNED
MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF EVENTS
Top 3 0.5 X no. of eventsTop 5 0.4 X no. of eventsTop 10 0.3 X no. of eventsTop 12 0.2 X no. of eventsTop 15 0.1 X no. of events
5. Parent Volunteer points (maximum 1 POINT) Coaches/Leadership Team: 1 POINT Assistant Coach/Team Captain/Treasurer: 0.5 POINT Researchers: 0.3 POINT Class Helpers/High School volunteers: 0.2 POINT Administrative Volunteer: 0.2 POINT Event Management: 0.2 POINT
Points Example9August 26,
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For example:
Jack is a 7th grader who participated in SO last year and was placed 3rd at the Regional in one event and 10th in another. He also won 10th place in an event at the State level. His mom is coaching an event and dad is an assistant coach for another event. This year, Jack is participating in 3 events and was placed 2nd in the first, 3rd in second and 13th in third in the class quizzes. Then his points would be calculated as…
o All participants from last year 2014-15 1 POINTo Previous medal holders at the Regional from last 2 years 1 POINTo State medal winners from last 2 years 0.5 POINTo SO Event Class placement points
For the first event… 0.5x1=0.5For the second event… 0.5x1=0.5For the third event… 0.1x1=0.1So, the total in this section would be 0.5+0.5+0.1= 1.1 POINT
o Parent Volunteer points… 1 POINTJack’s total SO points= 1+1+0.5+1.1+1=4.6 POINTS
Event Coaches and Assistant Coaches10
Event Coaches and Assistant Coaches
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Communications: www.ovmsso.org
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