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Check this page often for updates on WSO announcements, tournaments, events, NSO information, and coaching tips.
> Announcements
> WSO Unified Schedule
> Trial Events
> Teams Advancing to State Tournament
> SO Event Alignment with WA GLEs
> Meeting and Coaching Workshops
> Science Olympiad Videos
> Coaching Tips / Information
Registrations for 2011-12 season are now CLOSED. We are ecstatic to announce that registrations went from 110 in 2010-11 to 126 this season!!!
For teams wishing to compete in 2013, complete the registration form and return with payment OR purchase order. Team registration includes a rules manual and entry into regional tournament. Rules manuals are available by mid-September, so the earlier you get your registration form/payment or PO in, the sooner you'll receive your rules manual and can begin preparing for the tournament. NOTES: (1) Purchase of a rules manual from national Science Olympiad Store does NOT register your team for Washington Science Olympiad; (2) Teams registering with a purchase order must submit a hard copy of the purchase order to finalize registration; (3) Teams must formally withdraw registration by January 31, 2012, in order to obtain a refund -- rules manual must be returned intact for full refund; (4) Registered teams will receive a unique team number that will be used in ALL tournaments in the state -- invitational, regional, and state.
Schools registering 3 or more teams AFTER January 1 may register for $150 on a space-available basis. Complete registration form and send PO or payment.
Forestry Tree List - preliminary list for Forestry event (B & C). Event Supervisors will be advised this is the list they should use for testing. No additional trees will be added to any tournament in Washington.
2012 Rule Clarifications - Check NSO site
All tournaments in Washington state adhere to the same schedule in order to provide continuity of competition from the regional to the state tournament. Click on the link below for the most recent schedule. Contact State Director if you are unable to open the document.
2012 WSO Unified Schedule - FINAL
Trial events are selected by the WSO Board of Directors based on coach feedback/request and/or trial events scheduled as regular events for later years on the NSO lineup. Trial events for this year are:
B Trial Events - Helicopter Egg Drop & MagLev Vehicle
C Trial Events - MagLev Vehicle & Materials Science
Click on the links above for rules to be used in Washington tournaments (do not use the rules on the national Science Olympiad web site).
NOTE: Inclusion of trial events at regional tournaments is at tournament director's discretion. Trial events WILL be included at the state tournament. Descriptions and rules for trial events are not in the official rules manual sent to registered teams. Go to http://soinc.org/trial_events for event parameters.
Number of Teams Advancing from Regional Tournaments to State Tournament:
The number of teams advancing to the state tournament from regional tournaments: 20 teams per division
Numbers are determined after the registration deadline (Jan 31). The formula used is:
# teams in division at regional tournament / total # teams in that division in the state X # of total slots in that division at state tournament.
Example: 25 B teams at Everett tournament / 49 total number of B teams X 20 B slots at state = 10 teams from that regional tournament will advance to state tournament.
2012 Season:
Eastern regional (Spokane) - 5-B; 5-C
Northwest regional (Highline) - 4-B; 5-C
Northwest regional (Seattle) - 5-B; 4-C
Southwest regional (Longview) - 6-B; 6-C
Event Alignment with Washington State GLEs:
B division alignment
B matrix
C division alignment
C matrix
MEETINGS & COACHING WORKSHOPS:
Meetings and Coaching Workshops - Click on link for information about the NSO Summer Insitiute and other clinics.
Southwest region is planning a coaching clinic in October. Click here for more info.
For a list of invitational tournaments (opportunities to practice prior to regional tournaments), check out the Tournaments page.
Science Olympiad video clips
COACHING TIPS:Check out the latest brochure from the Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology - brochure
Check out the latest brochure from the Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology - brochure
Awesome Aquifers Website - brought to you by the Ground Water Foundation. Check out the Competition Tips for Students. While this event is not currently on the Science Olympiad schedule, most events rotate through every few years. Teachers may want to use this as a classroom activity.
Probes and other measurement devices are used in a variety of Science Olympiad events like Bio-Process (B) and Technical Problem Solving (C). Texas Instruments has many products that meet event requirements. See their web site for product and education details: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/homePage/index.html
Information on funding and grants for TI products: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/sectionHome/grantandfunding.html
WRIGHT CENTER FOR SCIENCE EDUCATION
A great place for coaches to find practice tests.
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