Below are descriptions of each event in which Piedmont will be competing in the 2016-2017 season.
- Test Events are research-based events that require students to prepare research materials (aka "cheat sheets") prior to the competition and use them in the event, which consists of a written test.
- Lab-Based Events require students to complete a lab activity on competition day.
- Build Events are engineering based in which students build a device to accomplish a task or goal and the device is tested onsite at the competition.
Event Name
(with link to official site) Ecology
Fast Facts
Hovercraft
Wright Stuff
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Event Description
Teams will be tested on their knowledge of anatomy and health concepts including nervous and integumentary systems.
Teams will build ahead of time up to 2 water rockets using a 2 LITER (or less) CARBONATED BEVERAGE BOTTLE pressure vessel.
Teams will identify the perpetrators of a crime or crimes by using chromatography paper and analysis of unknown solids, liquids, and plastics found at the scene of the crime.
This event requires students to apply principles of epidemiology to real life health situations or problems. (Food Illness)
Teams will work at stations that display a variety of earth science materials and related earth science questions. (Tectonics)
This events requires students to learn about biomes and how the environment interacts with organisms.
Given a set of unknown objects, teams will design, conduct, analyze, and write up an experiment.
Teams will develop a list of scientific terms beginning with a specific letter applying to a topic.
Teams will be tested on the chemical and physical properties of food based products. Students will also prepare a substance to be tested at competition site.
Teams will construct 2 self propelled air levitated devices ahead of time. Competitors will also be tested on classic mechanics and other topics.
Teams will work at stations to identify invasive species and answer questions about them.
This event involves the use of process skills as applied to meteorology. (Severe Storms)
Teams will work at stations answering questions about different microbes and the principles of microscopy.
Teams construct a Rube Goldberg Machine which uses certain tasks and runs as close to the ideal time as possible.
Teams will study light and how light travels and the nature of light.
Teams will study and identify stars and constellations and how they are created.
Students will learn to interpret and understand various map features using a variety of road and topographic maps.
Teams will work at stations to identify rocks and minerals and answer questions about them.
Competitors must design, build, and test one vehicle that uses a non-metallic, elastic solid as its sole means of propulsion to travel a distance and stop as close as possible to a wall without cracking an egg.
Students will build and test the lightest tower that will hold the most weight within specific parameters.
Students will construct a device that can turn wind into energy and answer questions relating to alternative energy.
Competitors will design, build, and fly an airplane powered by a twisted rubber band with the goal of achieving the longest flight.
A technical writing exercise where students write a description of a contraption and other students will attempt to recreate it using only the written description.
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Event Type
Test
Build
Lab
Test
Test
Test
Test
Lab
Lab
Build
Test
Test
Lab
Build
Test
Test Lab Test
Build
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Test Build
Lab
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