September 4th, 2014

Science Olympiad Information Night

Agenda

Introduction What is the Science Olympiad? Student Commitment Coach Commitment Parents Volunteer Registration Website Important Dates Events List

Introduction

Head Coach Committee Ilham Rui Sheirman Xianxian Yan

What is Science Olympiad?

Annual science competition 23 individual and team events Students focus on optimal 3-4 events Team – 15 students per team Compete against other San Diego middle

schools in February (Division B) Top 20 teams are placed in each event Top 8 schools will be advanced to State Only 1 team per school for State

Benefits

Promotes teamwork & collaboration Improves study skills Exposure to sciences outside of regular

science class

Coach Commitment

Adherence to coaching schedules Take attendance at each practice Work to accommodate student interest Advise to Head Coach Committee for team

assignment Adherence to SO General Rules & Code of

Ethics Require PUSD Volunteer Level I & II

clearance

Parents Commitment

We LOVE volunteers Looking for additional coaches Need at least one parent to support coach

during weekly training session. Additional parent volunteers needed for building events.

Need help on Competition Day, T-Shirt & Team Banner Design

Need PUSD Volunteers Level I clearance Adherence to SO General Rules & Code of Ethics

Sponsorship/Wish List

Supplies – storage containers, clipboards, paper, markers, rulers

Equipment - goggle, lab coat, beaker, pipette, scale, architecture map(Road Scholar), lab meter stick, magnifier glasses

Materials for Robo-Cross, Bridge building, Bottle rocket, Wheeled Vehicle

Team T-Shirt Team Banner

Corporate Match – please contact Head Coach Committee if your employer offers Corporate Match

Student Commitment

14-16 weeks of training: Sept 22-Feb 6 3-6 hours per week (Prepare 3-4 events

is optimal) Attendance & participation at all

trainings Completion of work assigned by

coach(es) Adherence to D39C SO Policy and SO

General Rules & Code of Ethics

Student Commitment

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything

new."  ~Albert Einstein

Important Dates

September 4th, 2014 (Thurs) - Parents Info Night / Coaches Meeting

September 19th, 2014 (Fri) - Last day to register  (all paperwork, parents permission slip and donation turned in to consider completed the registration)

September 23nd, 2014(Tue) - Training begins this week November 15th, 2014(Sat) – Event Workshop @ RBMS Mid November, 2014 – Finalize Team Roster January 30th, 2015 (Fri) -  D39C Pre-Regional Science

Olympiad meeting February 7th, 2015 (Sat) - Regional Science Olympiad

Competition April 4th, 2015 (Sat) - State Science Olympiad Competition Spring 2015 (Sat) – D39C Science Olympiad Post-Event

Picnic

Registration

Student and Parents review National Science Olympiad website(www.soinc.org) and decide what events you are interested in and rank them in priority order

Complete the online registration, make sure click “Submit” at the end Review & Sign

D39C Policy & Parent Permission SO Code of Ethics document San Diego SO Hold Harmless Agreement Form

$100 donation per student to help fully fund the SO team. Team Registration Supplies, study/building materials and coaching CDs

Turn in your completed forms and donation to D39C Welcome Center. Please staple your check and forms together and label it for ‘Science Olympiad’

Registration 9/8 – 9/19/2014

Website

http://science.d39c.org/ Login will be provided once registration

has completed.

2014-2015 Events List

Category Event Coach / Assistant Coach

Life, Personal and Social Science

Anatomy Christian McClung / Kartiki Gaur

Life, Personal and Social Science

Disease Detectives Christian McClung / April Xie

Life, Personal and Social Science

Bio-Process Lab Allen Hoong / Fiza Shaghel

Life, Personal and Social Science

Entomology Vivien Huang / Jane Huang

Life, Personal and Social Science

Green Generation

Life, Personal and Social Science

Road Scholar

Chemistry Can't Judge a Powder

Chemistry Crime Busters Ilham Ahmed / Brian Wang

Physics Simple Machines Song Pu

Physics Crave the Wave Jing Deng

Physics Trajectory

Earth and Space Science Solar System Vijay Marwah / Fiza Shaghel

2014-2015 Events List

Category Event Coach / Assistant Coach

Earth and Space Science Dynamic Planet Akash Gaur / Kartiki Gaur

Earth and Space Science Fossils (rocks and minerals)

Julie-Anne Zimmer

Earth and Space Science Meteorology Jing Deng

Inquiry & Nature of Science Write It Do It Jose Luis Contreras / Hriday Trivedi

Inquiry & Nature of Science Experimental Design

Inquiry & Nature of Science Picture This Sonali Carlton / Elizabeth Pegg

Technology & Engineering Elastic Launched Glider

Yun Deng

Technology & Engineering Robo-Cross

Technology & Engineering Wheeled Vehicle Ashraf Saad

Technology & Engineering Bottle Rocket Shilpa Palacharla

Technology & Engineering Bridge Building Shan Liang

Questions??

Email Head Coach Committee: so-headcoach@d39c.org