The competition will use a state road map and one or more USGS topographic maps. All maps will be from the same state. The event will be an adventure storyline which requires the students to use the maps to fill in blanks in the text. Tasks requiring the use of process skills, knowledge of rock and mineral formation, and identification of specimens will be presented at a series of stations. Participants should be familiar with each specimen type, name, characteristics, economic importance, and classification.
Emphasis is upon individual and public health effects of balanced exercise and nutrition.
The contribution of common factors that reduce fitness, such as smoking, inactivity, and poor diet, are included. Students should know basic anatomy and physiology of relevant body systems at rest, and apply this understanding to solve problems posed by the effects of exercise and diseases. Calculators AND reference materials may be used. The fitness of the students will NOT be evaluated. The contestants will design and build a purely mechanical device that will transport a large Grade A uncooked chicken egg a distance of 8 to 12 meters along a straight track as fast as possible and stop as close to the center point of a terminal barrier as possible without leaving a 2 meter lane.