• 2009 Regional Elementary Science Olympiad

     

    The University of West Alabama (UWA Campus Map) is pleased to serve as the host for the Regional Elementary Science Olympiad (ESO) on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Please note that the tournament will once again be held in Bibb Graves Hall this year (refer to the campus map for directions).
    2009 ESO Tournament Schedule

    Instructions for our new tournament event: Orienteering

    Please submit a team registration form so that we can be sure we have the correct names for your team members.

    Enter the 2009 UWA-ESO Design Logo Contest

    Registration forms and other information are available at the Alabama Science Olympiad website: http://aso.isu.edu.  

    Students taking part in the Olympiad learn science through hands-on participation in innovative science activities. Over 12,000 schools from all 50 states participate in Science Olympiad, and the number is increasing rapidly. Involvement of students in the ESO improves the quality of science education and stimulates student interest in the sciences.

    The Elementary Science Olympiad, a scaled-down version of the Division B (Grades 6-9) and Division C (Grades 9-12) Science Olympiads, is an academic interscholastic competition consisting of a series of individual and team events for which students prepare throughout the year. Participating students interact with one another, learn subject matter, and have fun with science. The Division A2 Elementary Science Olympiad is intended for students in Grades 3-6. Teams of 12 students (plus 3 alternates) are invited to participate from area elementary schools. More than one team may enter from a single school. Teams compete in a number of individual and group competitions, for which they earn points for their team. Team and individual awards are provided at the end of the competition.

    Participation in Science Olympiads has been directly related to increased interest and achievement in science and math. Events in the ESO relate directly to National Science Education Content Standards and to Alabama Content Standards for Science. An illustration of the relationship of specific events to content standards can be found here.

    Alabama Power is sponsoring this event this year and publicizing their Science in a Suitcase program. Alabama Power will have several suitcase kits set up throughout the day at the ESO for people to try out and see what the program is all about. These kits will be on the 1st floor of Wallace Hall. Also with their sponsorship, Alabama Power employees have agreed to direct some of the ESO activities.

     

    Elementary Science Olympiad Committee - University of West Alabama

    Jeffery Merida (Chair)
    205.652.3771 ~ jmerida@uwa.edu 

    Roger Campbell
    205.652.3873 ~ rcampbell@uwa.edu 

    Younbae Jun
    205.652.3698 ~ yjun@uwa.edu

    Brian Keener
    205.652.3796 ~ bkeener@uwa.edu

    YunHo Kim
    205.652.3496 ~ ykim@uwa.edu

    John McCall
    205.652.3724 ~ jmmcall@uwa.edu

    Andrew Rindsberg
    205.652.3416 ~ arindsberg@uwa.edu

    Frank Rogers
    205.652.3413 ~ frogers@uwa.edu

    Ketia Shumaker
    205.652.3406 ~ kshumaker@uwa.edu



    COACHES: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING THE UPCOMING UWA ELEMENTARY SCIENCE OLYMPIAD.

    Participation Forms

    On the day of the tournament, be sure that you and your students (and any helpers) know which team members are will participate in each events. Then, at the time of the event, those students participating in that event will present the event facilitator a form that has the following information on it: the name of the team, the name of the event, and names of the students participating in the event.

    To help speed up things on the day of the tournament, that form is available here as either a Word or PDF file. 

    Participation form (PDF)

    Please print this form out, make copies, and cut it in half because two forms are on one page.
    [If you have these forms already filled out before the tournament starts it will save a lot of time and busy work.]


    Other Reminders
    Pizza will be served for lunch on the day of the tournament. If anyone has any special dietary needs we are asking that those individuals bring their lunch with them.

    Please note that in the "Name That Scientist" event students can earn extra points for their team if that dress-up like a famous scientist of their choice on the day of the tournament.