Workshops and Invitationals
2011 Bearden Middle School Invitational Tournament
Date: Saturday, February 4
Location: Bearden Middle School, Knoxville
Registration Fee: $75 per team ($50 for each additional team)
Division B teams are invited to participate. All 23 events will be run. Participating teams will receive copies of tests and keys for each event to take back for study.
More information: Download invitational information
Registration
Download registration form
For more information about the Bearden Middle School Invitational contact:
Bob Fabian
(865) 584-1023
robert.fabian@att.net
2011 Tennessee Science Olympiad Coaches' Workshop
Date: Saturday, October 22
Location: University Center, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Registration Fee: $25 per coach
Registration Deadline: October 14, 2011
| Time | Event Session | Event Session |
| 8:00 a.m. | Continental breakfast | Overview of Science Olympiad |
| 9:00 a.m. | Water Quality | Rocks and Minerals |
| 10:00 a.m. | Compute This | Robot Arm |
| 11:00 a.m. | Forestry | Experimental Design |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 1:00 p.m. | Keep the Heat | Protein Modeling |
| 2:00 p.m. | Mission Possible | Gravity Vehicle |
| 3:00 p.m. | Microbe Mission | Sounds of Music |
| 4:00 p.m. | Event Day Strategy | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
Travel Subsidy for Participating Schools
Each participating school will receive a travel subsidy based on distance from the workshop site.
More than 100 miles - $200
Less than 100 miles - $25
Inservice credit for teachers
We will provide each participant with a certificate of participation or another form of verification that can be used to obtain inservice credit. Teachers should check with their schools to determine the nature of verification needed.
Registration
The registration deadline is October 14, 2011.
Download registration form (PDF)
Download registration form (DOCX)
For more information contact:
Rai-Lynne Alexander
(865) 974-0756
ralexander@utk.edu
2010 Coaches Workshop Presentations
Dynamic Planet Labotka (PDF)
Dynamic Planet Labotka circular 1139 (PDF)
Dynamic Planet Labotka circular 1245 (PDF)
Microbe Mission Fozo (PDF)
Microbe Mission Disease Focus (PDF)
Protein Modeling (PPTX)
Storm the Castle Pionke (PDF)
Contact Information
Jeffrey Kovac
Director, Tennessee Science Olympiad State Tournament
Professor of Chemistry
Director, Tennessee Governor's Schools for the Sciences and Engineering
Coordinating Editor, Foundations of Chemistry
jkovac@utk.edu
Rai-Lynne Alexander
Coordinator, Tennessee Science Olympiad State Tournament
ralexander@utk.edu
Science Olympiad Office
The University of Tennessee
657A Buehler Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-1600
Phone: (865) 974-3594
Fax: (865) 974-4010