• Anatomy & Physiology   -  Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts including the Nervous & Endocrine Systems and the Sense Organs.

• Bottle Rocket  - Prior to the tournament, teams construct two rockets designed to stay aloft for the greatest amount of time.

• Crime Busters & Forensics  - Teams will identify the perpetrators of a crime or crimes by using analysis of unknown solids, liquids, fibers, fingerprints, and chromatography at the scene of a crime.

• Disease Detectives - Students will use investigative skills in the scientific study of disease, injury, health and disability in populations or groups of people with a focus on Food Borne Illnesses.

• Duct Tape Challenge  - Teams will arrive at the competition and be given a set of materials, primarily Duct Tape, and a task. They will then have a given amount of time to complete whatever task they are assigned.  At the end of the build time, teams will test their structures to determine the winner.

• Dynamic Planet  - Teams will demonstrate an understanding of the large-scale processes affecting the structure of the Earth’s crust.

• Ecology  - Students will answer questions involving content knowledge and process skills in the area of ecology & adaptations in the North American biomes of Tundra, Tiaga, and Deciduous Forests.

• Fast  Facts - Teams will fill in a grid of terms that begin with a given letter to match given science categories.

• Food  Science - Teams will build a calorimeter and answer questions around the topic of food grains.

•  Hovercraft  - Prior to the tournament, teams will build a self-propelled air-levitated vehicle that can move down a track.  There will also be a test on classic mechanics and related topics.

• Invasive Species   - Teams will be asked to identify invasive species by order and family, answer questions about their origin, economic impact and treatment.

• Meteorology - This event involves the use of process skills to demonstrate a multidisciplinary understanding of the Earth systems and anthropogenic factors that influence Severe Storms.

• Microbe Mission  - Teams will answer questions, solve problems, and analyze data pertaining to microbes.

• Mission Possible  - Prior to the competition, participants will design, build, test and document a Rube Goldberg-like device that completes a required Final Task using a series of simple machines.

• Optics  Teams will participate in a laser beam challenge as well as be tested on their knowledge of geometric and physical optics.

• Reach for the Stars  - Teams will demonstrate an understanding of the basic concepts of math and physics relating to stellar evolution and star formation.

• Road Scholar - Teams will answer interpretive questions that may use one or more state highway maps, USGS topographic maps, Internetgenerated maps, a road atlas or satellite/aerial images.

• Rocks & Minerals  - Teams will demonstrate their knowledge of rocks and minerals.

• Scrambler Car - Competitors must design, build and test a mechanical device that 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 without breaking the egg.

• Towers - Teams will design and build the lightest tower with the highest structural efficiency that can span a given opening meeting the requirements given.

• Wind Power - Teams will build a blade assembly that consists of any kind of propeller/pinwheel/rotor attached to a CD which will be used to capture wind power. Students will also be tested on their knowledge relating to alternative energy.

• Wright Stuff - Prior to the competition teams design, construct and test free flight rubber-powered monoplanes to achieve maximum time aloft.

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