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SCIENCEOLYMPIAD
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Competitive Tournament
RULES MANUAL
Division A
GRADES K-6
6th Edition
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RULES
A is for Anatomy . . . . . . . . . .21
Aerodynamics . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Animal, Vegetable or
Mineral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Barge Building . . . . . . . . . . .24
Biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Black Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Boggle Science . . . . . . . . . . .27
Bottle Music . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Bridge Building . . . . . . . . . . .29
Calculator Contest . . . . . . . .30
Can Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Chopper Challenge . . . . . . . .35
Circuit Wizardry . . . . . . . . . . .36
Clay Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Color Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Cool It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Crime Busters . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Crossword Science . . . . . . . .42
Deep Blue Sea . . . . . . . . . . .43
Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Disease Detectives . . . . . . . .45
Don't Bug Me . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Egg Drop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Elements, Compounds
Mixtures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Energy Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Estimania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Extinction Is Forever . . . . . . .51
Food for Thought
and for Energy . . . . . . . . . . .52
Food Web-Food Chains
Owl Pellets . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Fossil Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Get Your Bearing . . . . . . . . . .56
Grab A Gram . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Grasp A Graph . . . . . . . . . . .58
Gunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59
Hangman Science . . . . . . . . .60
Hot Air Balloons . . . . . . . . . .58
How Do You Spell
Science? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
“Knock, Knock Who's There?” . . . . . . . . . . .63
Large Number Estimation . . .64
Leaf and Tree Finder . . . . . . .65
Leaf Bingo Tree Identification 66
Magnets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Making and Using
A Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Map Reading . . . . . . . . . . . .69
Mary, Mary How Does
Your Garden Grow? . . . . . . .70
Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Metric Mastery . . . . . . . . . . .72
Mission Possible . . . . . . . . . .73
Monster Match . . . . . . . . . . .75
Mystery Architecture . . . . . . .76
Mystery Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Mystery Liquids . . . . . . . . . . .78
Mystery Powders . . . . . . . . . .79
Name the Scientist . . . . . . . .80
No Bones About It . . . . . . . .81
Orienteering . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Paddle Boat
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Paper Rockets . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Pasta Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Pastamobile . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Pentathlon . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Picture This . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Pill Bugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Plastics Detective . . . . . . . . .93
Pond Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Propeller Propulsion . . . . . . .96
Reflection Relay . . . . . . . . . .97
Rock Hound . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Rocketry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Rubber Band
Catapult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Save Our Earth . . . . . . . . . .105
Say It Again . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Scavenger Hunt . . . . . . . . . .107
Science Bowl . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Science Detectives . . . . . . . .111
Science Jeopardy . . . . . . . . .113
Simple Machines . . . . . . . . .114
Simple Machines 2 . . . . . . .115
Sink or Float . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Solar Collector . . . . . . . . . .117
Solid, Liquid, or Gas . . . . . .118
Starry, Starry Night . . . . . . .119
Straw Egg Drop . . . . . . . . . .121
Straw Tower . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Super Pulley . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Surfing the Net . . . . . . . . . .124
Tennis Ball Catapult . . . . . .125
Treasure Hunt . . . . . . . . . . .127
Using Your Computer . . . . .128
Water Rockets . . . . . . . . . . .130
Weather or Not . . . . . . . . . .132
What Went By? . . . . . . . . . .133
Which Way Is North . . . . . .134
Wildlife Safari . . . . . . . . . . .135
Write It/Do It . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Zowie Metrics . . . . . . . . . . .137
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