ENG

Division B Events

HomeDivision B Events

Overview

Description of Events

Anatomy and Physiology

Participants will be assessed on their understanding of the anatomy and physiology for the Nervous, Special Senses, and Endocrine Systems of the human body.

Boomilever

Teams will design and build a cantilevered beam or truss structure that extends from a vertical Testing Wall and supports a load at a specified distance from the Testing Wall. The structure must meet the requirements specified in these rules to achieve the highest score, which is a combination of structural efficiency and Load Scored Bonus.

Circuit Lab

Participants must complete tasks and answer questions about electricity and magnetism.

Codebusters

Teams will cryptanalyze and decode encrypted messages using cryptanalysis techniques for historical and modern advanced ciphers.

Crime Busters

Given a scenario, a collection of evidence, & possible suspects, students will perform a series of tests. Test results, along with other evidence, will be used to solve a crime & answer questions.

 

 

Disease Detectives

Participants will use their investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health, and disability in populations or groups of people.

 

 

Dynamic Planet

Teams will complete tasks related to physical and geological oceanography.

Entomology

Students will be asked to identify insects and selected immature insects by indicated taxonomy order and family, answer questions about insects, and use or construct a dichotomous key. All insects will be representatives of insects found in North America, north of Mexico.

 

 

Experimental Design

This event will determine the participant’s ability to design, conduct, and report the findings of an experiment entirely on-site.

Helicopter

Prior to the tournament, teams will construct, collect data on test flights, analyze and optimize free flight rubber-powered helicopters to achieve maximum time aloft.

 

Heredity

Teams will answer questions, solve problems, and analyze data pertaining to classic and molecular genetics.

Hovercraft

Prior to the competition, participants will design, construct, and calibrate a self-propelled air-levitated vehicle that moves down a track.

Machines

Teams will complete a written test on simple and compound machine concepts and construct a lever-based measuring device prior to the tournament to determine the mass ratios between three test masses.

 

 

Meteorology

Participants will use scientific process skills involving qualitative and quantitative analyses to demonstrate an understanding of the factors that influence Everyday Weather through the interpretation of meteorological data, graphs, charts, and images.

 

 

Metric Mastery

Teams will estimate and then measure properties of identical objects, including mass, area, volume, density, force, distance, time, and temperature. Teams will also perform metric unit conversions.

 

Mission Possible

Prior to the competition, participants design, build, test, and document a Rube Goldberg®- like Device that completes required Start and Final Actions through a series of specific actions.

 

 

Potions and Poisons

This event is about chemical properties and effects of specified toxic and therapeutic chemical substances, with a focus on household and environmental toxins or poisons.

 

 

Remote Sensing

Participants will demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of remote sensing and use imagery, data, and maps to complete tasks related to Earth systems processes. An understanding of mapping principles is a component of this event.

 

 

Rocks and Minerals

Teams will identify and classify rocks and minerals and demonstrate knowledge of how rocks and minerals help to understand geologic processes, interpretation of Earth’s history, the development of natural resources, and use by society.

 

 

Scrambler

Teams design, build, and test a mechanical device, which uses the energy from a falling mass to transport an egg along a track as quickly as possible and stop as close to the center of a Terminal Barrier (TB) without breaking the egg.

 

 

Solar System

Participants will demonstrate their knowledge of planet formation and structure within and beyond the Solar System.

Water Quality

Participants will be assessed on their understanding and evaluation of freshwater aquatic environments.

Write It Do It

One participant will write a description of an object and how to build it. The other participant will attempt to construct the object from this description.