Homework Assignment: Time Period 1
Due: Dec 4, 2013
3-2-1 Blast Off
OBJECTIVE: You will
construct a rocket designed
to stay aloft for the greatest
amount of time.
MATERIALS:
• 2-liter plastic carbonated
beverage bottle
• Tape and/or silicone or
polyurethane-based glue
• Other materials such as
cardboard or poster board
may be necessary for fins,
nose, etc.
Backyard Botanist
Create a poster, booklet or
brochure that identifies
items from the Specimen
List that are NC official
state Symbols. *
OR
Create a PowerPoint or
Prezi presentation that
identifies at least 10 of the
items on the Official
Specimen List.*
Rockets must use a blunt or
round nose with a minimum
radius of 1.5 cm.
*see Event Resources for
this event
Describe It, Build It
Weather Permitting
OBJECTIVE: You will build a
device using various materials
found at your house. Write
directions of how you built your
device so that someone would be
able to build an exact replica.
(Your materials will be returned to you
after being reviewed by coaches.)
MATERIALS:
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Any inexpensive materials
found around your house:
straws, push pins, styrofoam
balls, paper cups, Popsicle
sticks, etc
Commercial sets:
Googolplex, K’nex, Tinker
Toys, Lincoln Logs, Legos
Create a picture book that
identifies and explains the
following severe storms:
tornado, hurricane, derecho,
haboob, water spout, and
dust devil.
OR
Research either the jet
stream or the Gulf Stream.
Be able to tell it’s effect on
local weather. Find a
creative way to teach this to
your fellow Olympians.
Work It Out
The Heat Is On
Show us your physical side!
Create a 1-2 minute routine that
includes at least 4 different
physical activities (jumping
jacks, pushups, sit ups, lunges,
hula hooping, etc.)
Create a foldable which includes
a list of common conductors and
insulators.
OR
Create a placemat that shows the
major food groups and common
foods in each group.
OR
Pretend you are a container of
water. Write and act out a skit
that shows what happens to
water as it is heated and cooled
down.
Homework Assignment: Time Period 2
Due: Dec 11, 2013
Homework Assignment Time Period 3
Due: Dec 18, 2013
Junk Box Build Off
Bridge-a-Roni
Genes R Us
OBJECTIVE: You will create a
device constructed out of
specified materials to protect a
raw egg from breaking when
tossed horizontally at a target
placed on the floor.
OBJECTIVE: You will build a
structure using only the
materials listed below. For this
assignment, you will build a boat
that holds the most marbles or
pennies before sinking.
OBJECTIVE: To design and
build the lightest pasta bridge,
with the highest structural
efficiency, capable of supporting
a load of up to 10 kg.
Identify 5 traits that you have
inherited from someone in
your family. Think of a
creative way to display/share
these traits.
MATERIALS:
MATERIALS:
1. Cups, plates, or bowls made from
paper or Styrofoam
2. Rubber bands
3. Copy paper
4. Paper or plastic straws with or
without wrappers
5. Cotton balls
6. Natural or synthetic fiberfill (i.e.
Polyfill)
7. Styrofoam peanuts
8. Bubble wrap
9. Plastic bags
10. Tape (any kind)
11. Standard cardboard tubes of toilet
paper or paper towels (not the actual
roll)
1. Plates, cups and bowls made from
Data Crunchers
Ecology Expert
Trajeggtory
Perform a simple task and
collect data (e.g. number of
water drops various coins can
hold) and represent that data in a
correctly labeled graph or data
table.
OR
Create a chart which lists
various items that would be
measured in each of the
following units: mg, g, kg, mm,
cm, m, km, mL, L, kL.
paper or Styrofoam.
2. Paper or plastic drinking
straws/hollow stir sticks with or
without wrappers.
3. Craft sticks (i.e. Popsicle sticks),
tongue depressors, and/or toothpicks
made of wood.
4. Any type of non-metallic tape.
5. Copy paper, construction paper,
cardstock, paper or tag board, and/or
poster board (may be cut down or
folded to fit in box). This may be
recycled paper, as long as whatever is
written on it is irrelevant to the
event.
6. Non-metallic string or thread
7. Rubber bands 8. Paperclips
MATERIALS:
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Pasta
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Hot glue
Bridge must:
 Be free standing and span a 35
cm opening
 Not exceed 55 cm in length, 15
cm in width, nor extend more
than 2.50 cm below the surfaces
when unloaded
 Have a roadbed that is continuous
and unobstructed from one end to
the other so that a block
measuring 5.0 cm long x 5 cm
wide x 2cm thick can slide along
the roadbed
 Have an opening in the roadbed
that allows a loading hook
(hanging from loading block 5
cm long x 5cm wide x 2cm thick)
to pass through.
OR
Sky Quest
Create a PowerPoint, Slide
show, or Game that identifies at
least 10 of the Major
Constellations from the official
list (see event resource).
OR
Be able to explain, using a
model that you bring in, why we
have day and night AND
different seasons.
Create a foldable or brochure
that explains the following
ecosystems and biomes (Marine,
Freshwater, Arctic)
Research Food webs. Create a
food web (by drawing, creating
on computer, cut out pictures,
etc.) that could be found in any
of the above mentioned biomes
(marine, freshwater or Arctic).
OR
Create flashcards, a picture
book, or glossary of the
following words: genes,
alleles, genotype, phenotype,
chromosomes, DNA,
homozygous,
heterozygous, dominant, and
recessive
Fossil Frenzy
Create a PowerPoint, Prezi or
booklet that identifies at least 10
of the items off the official
Fossil list. (see event resource
for list)
What’s the Matter?
Create a model that provides a
visual representation of the
atoms in a solid, liquid or gas.
OR
OR
Create at least 3 sets of
fingerprint cards (three different
people). Identify type of
fingerprints.
Classify the vertebrate dinosaurs
by their time period (Triassic,
Jurassic, Cretaceous) or whether
they are carnivores, herbivores,
or omnivores.
Be able to explain the difference
between a solution and a
mixture. Be able to explain how
they can be separated.
OR
OR
Science Charades
Create a game that could be used
to help learn the bone and joints
from the Official Bone and
Muscle List.
*see Event Resources
Collect samples of at least 4 of
the following: table salt, baking
soda, talc, borax (sod,
cornstarch, sugar (crystal),
sand, flour. Identify at least four
properties of each.
Select at least 10 words from the
list of vocabulary (see event
resource). Write one word per
index card or post it note. Come
up with an action (charade) to
represent each word.
Bone & Brawn
Create a foldable that defines
and gives examples of the three
muscle types: Skeletal, Cardiac
and Smooth.
Super Sleuths
Tentative
Schedule
November 20 -Intro Meeting
December 4 - Discuss Time Period 1
Events, HW #1 Due
December 11- Discuss Time Period 2
Events, HW #2 Due
December 18- Discus Time Period 3
Events, HW #3 Due
Before Break- Students will be assigned to
individual events.
January 8 – Time Period 1
January 15 – Time Period 2
January 22 – Time Period 3
January 29– Time Period 1
February 5- Time Period 2
February 12- Time Period 3
February 19 –Time Period 1
February 26 – Time Period 2
March 5 – Time Period 3
March 12- Time Period 1
March 19-Time Period 2
March 27 (Thursday) - all 3 Time Period
This meeting will be longer than 3:30.
March 29 (Saturday)- Competition at
South View High School.
Scien
ce
Olym
piad
http://www.sciencenc.com/
http://2013schuescience7.wikispaces.com/
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be
learning about the 18 events in this year’s
competition. We want to know which ones are
your strengths. To do this, you will select a
minimum of one event per time period to show us
what you are interested in learning more about.
Be ready to present your homework assignment
on the designated date. If you want to be
considered for the team, these first homework
assignments are crucial. We have high
expectations of each of you!
Any Questions:
kristenschue@ccs.k12.nc.us
georgeloucks@ccs.k12.nc.us