Florida Science Olympiad 2020!
Happy September to everyone!
A big change this year is the location of our state tournament. This year the state tournament will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville on March 21st, 2020. Your team wants to work hard and excel at their regional so they can attend this great tournament. Here are some other things that are changing his year:
- Increased participation: We are inviting 48 teams in each division to come and compete and the state tournament – 6 more than in previous years!
- Less work for you: All events will be written, reviewed, and run by experienced Science Olympiad alumni from UF and other universities across the country.
- Quality Events: Our event supervisors will be among the best in the country, with many having national medals and experience running events at MIT, Princeton, Golden Gate, and even Nationals!
- Fun Activities: In addition to Saturday’s tournament events, we will also be hosting campus tours and other activities on the Friday before the tournament to showcase our campus and what UF has to offer to the best and brightest in Florida.
- Indoor Awards: We will be holding our awards ceremony in the Phillips Center. In addition to the individual and team medals, our UFSO team and our UF sponsors will be presenting some special prizes to event champions in select events.
I am excited about the changes (especially the indoor awards ceremony) and hope you are, too!
Keep up to date on what is happening in Florida on our updated website or by liking us on Facebook or following us on Twitter. You can also join our Coach’s Group to share strategies at https://tinyurl.com/FLSOcoach
Thank you for your support of STEM and Florida students!
Sincerely,
Valerie Ledford, Director- Florida Science Olympiad
Interested in helping support STEM education?
Florida Science Olympiad is a non-profit organization committed to providing high quality science inquiry activities, support, and instruction for students and teachers.
We are a volunteer run organization and donations are appreciated for tournament and workshop costs and to offer scholarships and/or supplies for high need teams.
EVENT SPOTLIGHT OF THE MONTH DETECTOR BUILDING (DIV C)
Science Olympiad 2020 season welcomes a brand-new event that Florida ran as a trial last year: Detector Building.
The Detector Building event combines coding, engineering, math, and science into a working sensor that is calibrated and coded to collect data. The program students write will cause various LED’s to turn on or off based on the temperature readings. During the competition, students must adjust their code and calibration equation to match that of a store-bought digital thermometer closely.
While teams may use any microcontroller and device for coding, but Texas Instrument has a lot of tools if you want to use a TI Inspire calculator for the coding.
Go to https://resources.tistemprojects.com/tistemprojects-home/?resource_id=2793 for lots of resources from Texas Instrument.
UFSO (University of Florida Science Olympiad)
Regional Director & Executive Board Member
Hello! I am a former competitor from Boca Raton Community High School, and I am entering my 2nd year as an aerospace engineering major at the University of Florida. In addition to overseeing preparation for the Northern Florida Regional tournament, my Science Olympiad involvement includes outreach to local schools for registration, supervising Fossils, and coordinating fossil specimens and test material with other state and regional directors.
IMPORTANT DATES
September 21, 2019
Coach’s Workshop
(University of Florida, Gainesville)
September 28, 2019
Coach’s Workshop
(Columbia High School, Lake City)
October 5, 2019
Coach’s Workshop
(Ocoee High, Orlando)
January 18, 2020
Northern Regional Tournament
(University of Florida, Gainesville)
February 8, 2020
West Regional Tournament
(Hillsborough Community College, Tampa)
February 15, 2020
Central Regional Tournament
(Ocoee High, Orlando)
Eastern Regional Tournament
(Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona)
Northwest Regional Tournament
(University of West Florida, Pensacola)
February 29, 2020
Southern Regional Tournament
(Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton)
March 21, 2020
State B/C Tournament
(University of Florida, Gainesville)
Blog Posts
September 2019
Florida Science Olympiad 2020! Happy September to everyone! A big change this year is the location of our state tournament. This year the state tournament will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville
August 2019
Florida Science Olympiad 2020! Happy September to everyone! A big change this year is the location of our state tournament. This year the state tournament will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville
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