Oak Valley Middle School
Head CoachPaul Carff
Who has done this before?
Agenda• Introductions• Sign-up/Child’s
Name• Description of the
Competition• Event Descriptions
- Coaches• Newsgroup• Practice Schedule
• Supplies/Equipment
• Fingerprinting• Fundraising• Expectations• Team Names• Questions
Program• Team - 15 Students in 23 events
(usually 2 students per event)• Awards
– 1 – 15 in each event– Top 10 Schools (top 8 go to state)
• Practices – 1hr per week per event.
Schedule• September 20/21 – Organizing meeting
– October 5th – Regional Meeting (assistant?)• October 11 – first team meeting• October – December – Practices
– November 12 – Event Workshop• (2:30 – 4:30 pm at RB High)
• January – Final Team meeting and practices– January 18th – Coaches and Event Captains
• February 4th – Regionals• April – State• May - Nationals
The Competition• Practice• Morning Breakfast• Check-in at High School/Camp• Compete• Awards Ceremony
The Events• Awesome Aquifer• Bottle Rocket• Balloon Race• Bridges• Can’t Judge a Powder• Compute This• Disease Detectives• Don’t Bug Me• Dynamic Planet• Experimental Design• Food Chemistry• Heredity
• Meteorology• Mission Possible• Mystery Architecture• Road Scholar• Rocks & Minerals• Science of Fitness• Sounds of Music• Storm the Castle• The Solar System• Water Quality• Wheeled Vehicle
CoachesAwesome Aquifer Paul Bober
Balloon Race John Hewett
Bottle Rocket Stan Romio
Bridge Building Ken Kwok
Can't Judge a Powder by Its Color Stephanie Jimenez
Compute This Matthew Hedayat
Disease Detectives Karen Hermsen
Don't Bug Me
Dynamic Planet Mike Campbell
Experimental Design Munir Ahmed
Food Chemistry Stephen Brinsfield
Heredity Gothami Pamabandu
Meteorology Diane Nichols
Mission Possible Pete Casalegno
Mystery Architecture Jeff Debrose
Road Scholar Dave Ellison
Rocks and Minerals Tracy Williams
Science of Fitness Larry Luke
Meteorology Meera Varigonda
Storm the Castle Dave Ellison
The Solar System Carman Thull
Water Quality
Wheeled Vehicle Dennis Burke
Storm the Castle
Bottle Rockets
Mission Possible
Click for Honda
Commercial
MISC• Newsgroup: science-olympiad-coaches
at Yahoo.• Websites:
– www.soinc.org National Site– www.ovmsscioly.org Oak Valley Site
• Practice Times• Supplies/Equipment• Fundraising
– Dues– Donations
Clearance• TB• FINGER PRINTING
• Karen Peterson– [email protected]
This Year• Team Names• T-Shirt Design
• EXPECTATIONS