April 6, 2013

Preliminary Results are now posted here.

April 3, 2013

Event Clarifications:
All the Event Clarifications that we will be following for the upcoming 2013 Southern California State Science Olympiad Tournament are posted at here. Please note that these are the only clarifications which we will be utilizing in the program, in addition to the rules found in the rules manual. You can also download these clarifications in an excel spreadsheet format here.

Online Self-Scheduled Sign Up:
The online self-scheduled sign up is now closed. However, you can still log in and click on the "View Your Event Times" tab to see the events and time you have signed up and reserved. Please make sure your students are aware of the time your team has reserved for this purpose.

Keeping the Campus Clean:
We will be providing each head coach a trash bag as they check in the morning of the event. Please be courteous and help pick up any trash in your area as a way of thanking the school for their hospitality and help in hosting this year’s program. The goal is to keep the grounds free of any debris and trash and restore it to its pre-event condition before our arrival. Thanks for your help and support in making this possible.

Chipotle Sponsorship Update:
We are proud to announce that Chipotle, Inc. is, once again, a sponsor for this year’s Southern California State Science Olympiad program. There are 3 store locations in the area near Canyon High School. These locations are listed below for your information:
- 8182 East Santa Ana Canyon Road
Anaheim, CA 92808
(714) 283-3092

- 501 North State College Boulevard
Fullerton, CA 92831
(714) 525-2121

- 2202 North Tustin Street
Orange, CA 92865
(714) 283-5010

Preliminary and Finalized Scores:
Preliminary scores will be posted for review on the State web page by the end of Saturday, April 6th and they are subject to review. Head coaches have until Monday. April 8th at 5:00pm to submit any questions/concerns or issues that have been found regarding the Preliminary Scores. The scores will be considered finalized when they are posted on the State Web Page following this review period.

March 29, 2013

As we're approaching this year’s State Tournament, we ask that the head coaches to remind their team (students, parents, co-coaches, and guests) to maintain good sportsmanship and demonstrate courtesy to all during the upcoming program. Our staff has worked hard to implement the use of technology in an effort to more efficiently run the tournament. The successful implementation of this now allows us the ability to devote more time to the students participating in their events instead of the administrative processes which were utilized as part of past programs (e.g. checking ID cards before students enter an event, checking students off based on the school name written on their wristband, requiring students and coach to fill out change of student forms, etc.). We are happy to say that the high level of conduct and integrity shown in past programs has allowed for a reduction of these types of checks and procedures because of teams' ability to follow the rules. In order for us to keep these freedom and privileges, please make sure to review the Science Olympiad Code of Conduct and pledges with all members of the team.

In particular, we want all members of the team to be reminded of the following:
- The number of students in an event cannot be more than what is allowed in the rules. At one of the Regional Tournaments this year, a team sent more than the allowed number of students to take the test because the other students wanted to see and experience it for themselves. We share this with you only to illustrate an example of when the rules are not strictly followed and that this error in judgment in future programs might result in disqualification of the team, cause an entire event to be thrown out, and/or stricter processes in checking in each student at the beginning of the event.
- If you want to take a picture of another team’s device, you must ask that team and receive their verbal permission in order to do so.
- One or more of the 15 current team members must have constructed all pre-built devices presented for judging.

The head coaches are responsible for the action of their team as well as all individuals accompanying their team. Please make sure they are courteous and respectful to other teams and event personnel. When the head coach arrives the morning of the event, he/she should submit all of the following in an envelope at the check in table:
Team Roster
General Release Form signed by everyone from the team (head coach, student participants, student non-participants, co-coaches, parents, guests)
Photo and Video Release Form signed by everyone from the team (head coach, student participants, student non-participants, co-coaches, parents, guests)
Code and Ethics Form (Coach Version) signed by the head-coach
Code and Ethics Form signed by everyone from the team (student participants, student non-participants, co-coaches, parents, guests)
Medical Release Form signed by all students (both student participants and student non-participants)

Once the head coach has turned in these required forms, he/she will receive the official team packet (e.g. a official schedule, a map, an appeal form, etc.) and wristbands for your students (up to 15 official members). Please note that the wristbands are only for the official members of the team (the alternates for the trial events do not need wristbands). Finally, please make sure to print out enough copies of the map and schedule for the team’s use as there will be a limited number of maps and schedule will be available on the day of the event.

Please review the list of useful information and contacts, shown below, that you may wish to use on the day of the program:
Emergency Contact Information:
In case of a medical emergency, please call 911. The address of Canyon High School is 220 S. Imperial Hwy, Anaheim Hills, CA 92807.
Minor Procedural Issues Contact number:
On the day of the event, if there are quick procedural issues, head-coaches can call 818-570=0333. Quick procedural issues are things like: Event Supervisor is missing for an event; Event Supervisor is checking for student ID to let them in, Event Supervisors not allowing certain items that should be allowed, etc. In general, call this number to get something fixed quickly (not to appeal). Resolving procedural issues is not meant to replace the appeal process that's currently in place. Please make this option a useful one and only use this number judiciously to make sure it helps facilitate the process and not negatively impact it.
Arbitration:
If your team needs to file an appeal, the head coach please complete an arbitration form, making sure that the Event Supervisor signs it before bringing it to the Check-in Table (or Rm. 200 after we take down the Check-in Table). Only the head coach of the team can submit an appeal. They may be accompanied only by the students who participated in the appealing event.

We look forward to seeing you and your team on April 6th. We wish you a very successful visit, filled with enthusiasm, praise worthy conduct, personal integrity, and wonderful learning experience. We exhort your team to once again utilize and uphold the rich traditions embodied within the Science Olympiad program.

Best wishes to you and all the members of your team and parental community.

March 27, 2013 Update

Parent Volunteer Assignments
The parent volunteer assignments are now posted. Each school has ~2.5 hours of parent volunteer assignments. You can either ask 1 parent volunteer to complete it or 2 parent volunteers to split up the time. Please make sure you let your parent volunteers know when and where they need to be there on the day of the event. There are no cards or paper to sign. When they report to the assignment, they need to let the event supervisor(s) know that they're a parent volunteer and the school they're representing. As stated last week, teams running medal-only events will have the medal-only event count toward their parent volunteer assignments. If you have any questions regarding your assignment, please let us know.

Summary of Activities before Awards Ceremony
There are multiple options for students and coaches between the end of the last event and the beginning of the ceremony:
Geocaching: Holly is running a geocaching scavenger hunt for students. Each school can send up to 4 students to participate in this. Make sure you sign up with geocaching@socalstatescioly.org if your school is planning to participate. Meeting place will be the amphitheater area outside the cafeteria. More information will be sent out next Monday.
TI Workshop: Texas Instrument will be sending Mike Smith, a national instructor from Ohio, to provide teachers and coaches insight from the Science Olympiad program at the national level. Mike has helped lead and develop Science Olympiad programs across the country and he has expertise ranging from Technical Problem Solving to Chemistry Lab, all using the TI-Nspir technology. This will take place in Rm 120 from 4:00pm until around 5:00pm
Movie in the gym: Canyon High School will be showing October Sky for everyone to watch starting at 3:20pm.

Event Clarifications:
As a reminder, all event clarifications must be submitted by Friday, March 29th, 5:00pm. All requests after that time will not be answered. All clarifications will be finalized by Tuesday, April 2, 11:59 PM, after which there will not be any more clarifications posted. The only clarifications we will be following will be the ones posted here. To submit a question, go here and fill out the form.

March 22, 2013 Update

We want to thank you for the prompt replies from yesterday’s update. All the medal only events are now covered. We now have about 15 attendees for the TI workshop. If you haven’t responded, please let me know so we get a more accurate count so that we can pick a room that will be sufficient for everyone.

MagLev C Hands On Portion:
Due to popular demand, we have added additional time slots for the MagLev C Hands on Portion (Medal Only Event). We have added 4 additional spots from 4:00 pm to 4:30 pm.
Important note: While creating the new additional spots, we accidentally removed one team from the MagLev sign up in the time slot 2:50 pm to 3:50 pm. Please check if your team is the team we removed accidentally and please let us know as soon as possible. Our apologies to that team.

Parent Volunteer Assignments:
Sometime this weekend or early next week, we will be sending out the parent volunteer assignment for all the teams. If your team is contributing to one of the medal only events, that will count as your parent volunteer assignment. In general the parent volunteer assignments for each school will be about 2.5 hours. More information will be coming regarding this.

Mousetrap Vehicle B Clarification:
We want to clarify the update on Mousetrap Vehicle B. Yesterday, we stated that we will not be using photogates to time the vehicles and we will not be providing the wooden dowel. The wooden dowels are not needed because we will not be using photogate. Students should ensure that their vehicle will operate properly without the event supervisor provided dowel. Students may use a dowel of their own as part of their device as long as it complies with the rules (e.g. rule 3.f. at no time may any part of the vehicle extend higher than 0.90 m above the floor).

Geocaching Scavenger Hunt:
Holly from Beechwood School has graciously offered to run a geocaching scavenger hunt activity on campus for the students between the end of the last event and the beginning of awards. The scavenger hunt will consist of clues given in geocaches, through QR codes, through simple navigational directions and perhaps through a few trivia/math questions. There will be a total of 20 groups that can participate and each school can submit 1 group of up to 4 students. Schools interested in participating should email geocaching@socalstatescioly.org no later than Monday, April 1st, 5:00 pm. In the case that more than 20 schools are interested, 20 schools will be randomly selected. We will email the teams who are selected by Tuesday, April 2nd morning.

Groups participating in this must have the following item among the entire group:
- 1 pencil
- 1 clipboard
- 1 smart phone (with a compass app, a maps app that has the ability to enter GPS coordinates, and a QR code reader app).

March 21, 2013 Update

Texas Instrument Workshop:
We’re planning to invite Texas Instrument to do a workshop using Texas Instrument technology for the teachers and coaches on the day of the Science Olympiad Tournament between the end of the last event and the awards ceremony (e.g. from 3:45pm to 4:45pm). In order for this to happen, we need to have enough interest. So far, we have only heard back from 2 coaches. Please let us know as soon as possible if you’ll be interested in attending and if so, how many teachers/coaches from your school. Thank you very much.

MagLev C Hands On Portion:
We have asked teams interested in participating in the hands on portion of MagLev to let us know. Only 3 teams replied but we had 13 teams already signed up on the self-scheduled sign up. If your team hasn’t done the self-scheduled sign up for MagLev or wasn’t able to sign up for MagLev because all the slots were filled, please email us immediately.

Medal Only Events:
In order for us to run the medal only events, we will need coaches and/or parents to help with administering and grading these events. As of now we still need:
Geologic Mapping C: Someone to run the event
Green Generation B: Someone to write the event and run the event (they can be different people)
Invasive Species B: Someone to run the event

If you or anyone you know is able to help with any of those, please let us know.

Mousetrap Vehicle B:
We will not be using photogates to time the vehicles and we will not be providing the wooden dowel.

March 15, 2013 Update

Texas Instrument Workshop:
We’re planning to invite Texas Instrument to do a workshop using Texas Instrument technology for the teachers and coaches on the day of the Science Olympiad Tournament between the end of the last event and the awards ceremony (e.g. from 3:45pm to 4:45pm). Please let us know as soon as possible if you’ll be interested in attending and if so, how many teachers/coaches from your school.

MagLev C Hands On Portion:
Please let me know if your team is interested in participating in the hands on portion of MagLev so that we can get an idea of how long we need to run this medal-only event. To clarify, the hands on portion of MagLev referred to on the schedule is the vehicle testing portion. Since the hands on portion of MagLev is medal-only event, the students who participated in the written portion of MagLev (the official portion counting toward team total) do not have the same students participating in the hands on (medal-only) portion.

Clarification on Alternates:
Please note that each school can send up to 2 students to each of the medal-only events. The 2 students for the different medal-only events can be different and all of them should be listed as alternates on the team roster. This means that Div C teams should have up to 6 alternates and Div B teams should have up to 4 alternates. The updated team roster form which has enough spaces for the 6th alternate for Division C teams. Please also note the updated wording at the bottom of the page. Please make sure you check the Science Olympiad guidelines on who can be on your team.

Time Slots for Online Self-Scheduled Events:
The time slots available and the number of teams that can sign up for the different time slots for the self-schedule events can be found here: Div C Div B
The time slots for MagLev is subject to changed based on the number of team participating in it.

Please remember that the log in information for the online self-scheduled sign up will be email to you on either Sunday March 17 or Monday March 18. If you do not receive your log in information by noon, Monday, March 18, please let us know so we can resend your password. The sign up for the self-scheduled event will start Tuesday, March 19, at 3:00pm and will close on Tuesday, April 2nd, at 3:00pm. Please note that you will NOT be able to sign up for these events after April 2nd at 3:00pm.

Write It Do It B/C Venue Change:
The venue for Write It Do It B/C has been moved from the Library to the Cafeteria. The updated schedule reflects that change.

Rotor Egg Drop B Venue confirmed:
The venue for Rotor Egg Drop B has been confirmed for the east staircase in the back of the gym, as stated in the last email.

Mission Possible B Dominos Clarification:
In order to be aligned with the National Science Olympiad changes to the rules on Mission Possible B, the maximum dimensions of the dominoes listed rule 4.m. line 3 has been changed to 6.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 1.0 cm. The dominoes must be unaltered, commercially manufactured, and less than 6.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 1.0 cm. This increase in size is due to the difficulty of finding the smaller size dominoes in certain regions of the country.

Codes and Algorithms C (Medal-Only Event)
The computers will all be running Windows 7. Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 15, (and possibly Chrome) will be available. All Javascript versions will be either 6 or 7. The text editor available will be notepad.

Parking, Student/Device Drop Off and Team Check In Location:
Parking is available in the lower parking lot. Student and devices can be dropped off at the south end of the lower parking lot where the ramp is (next to the gym) for students on the 14th. The team registration check-in table will be located at the top of this ramp. Buses can park on the north end of the lower parking lot. The parking lot and the drop off area on the south end of campus (upper circle of campus) will be limited to event staff drop off and parking and will require permit to enter and/or to park.

Team Staging Area:
Team are welcome to select a location for a “home base” during the day of the Science Olympiad. Please refrain from using the quad area show on the campus map to reduce the noise level near testing events. Thank you for your corporation.

March 12, 2013 Update

This year, in addition to the general release of all claim form, photo release form, and code of ethics forms, there is an additional medical release form that is required to be turned in at check-in the morning of the event. All students participants and all student non-participants accompanying the school must fill out the medical release form.

Liz Jablecki, the San Diego Regional Science Olympiad Director, has reminded us to alert you of the following:
Please check with your school to see if you need to have field trip permission slips for your students to attend the Southern California State Olympiad Tournament on April 6, 2013. In some states permission slips are required for all students travelling to any event in any vehicle other than an authorized school bus. The purpose of these slips is to protect the drivers of private cars from litigation in the event of an accident. Some permission slips note emergency numbers for each child and/or stated permission for necessary medical treatment. Without the stated permission for necessary medical treatment, some hospitals have been unwilling to start medical care in the absence of parents or guardians. Please be aware of this as you plan for the upcoming program.

March 7, 2013 Update

Congratulations and welcome to the 28th annual Southern California State Science Olympiad hosted by the Southern California Association of Science Specialists (SCASS) on the campus of Canyon High School, Anaheim, CA on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Below, you will find some important and useful information about the upcoming program. Please be aware that some of these items are time sensitive and require immediate attention!

Spring Break Recess:
We understand that many of you will be on Spring Break in the upcoming weeks. Please note that any updates will be both sent to your email address and posted here. Please ask your students to check the web page during their Spring Break especially if you will not be able to relay relevant information to the team. Also, for future planning, please let us know when your Spring Break has been scheduled.

Online Registration and Parent Volunteers (Time Sensitive):
This year we will once again, be registering all teams online. Please fill out the requested form by noon on Saturday March 16th. This is how we will confirm that you are receiving our emails and updates and are planning to attend the upcoming program. Please note that you do not need to submit the names of students, alternates, or parent volunteers during registration, at this time,so please register ASAP.

Certificate of Liability Coverage (Urgent and Time Sensitive Follow-Up):
The California State Science Olympiad program directors, the Southern California Association of Science Specialists (SCASS) & the Orange Unified School District require that your school/district provide us with a "Certificate of Liability Insurance" or "Evidence of Coverage" Certificate in order to attend and participate in the April 6th, 2013 State Science Olympiad program being held on the campus of Canyon High School in Anaheim Hills, CA.

You, as the coach for your team, will need to immediately request from your district/school/risk management office contact, insurance coverage, in the form of a Certificate of Liability, for your team's participation in the State Science Olympiad 2013 program. The State program requires different agencies to be named and now includes three agencies which are involved in running and hosting the State program.

The Certificate of Liability coverage certifies to the Orange Unified School District, the Southern California Association of Science Specialists (Host agency), and California State Science Olympiad program directors that your district/school is aware of your school’s participation in this event and authorizes your team's attendance in the State Science Olympiad program on April 6th, 2013 at Canyon High School in Anaheim Hills. The 'Certificate' also allows for all involved to understand that the district or insuring agency will provide liability coverage for each team's participants and district staff who participates in the program.

Insurance Certificate Language: (Certificate of Liability Insurance or Evidence of Coverage Certificate)
Certificate Holder:
California State Science Olympiad Program Directors, the Southern California State Science Olympiad-South and their officers, agents, employees and volunteers of each of them

Additional Insured:
The Orange Unified School District, its Trustees & Board Members and the staff members of Canyon High School, its officers, agents, employees, and volunteers of each of them and The Southern California Association of Science Specialists (SCASS), and their officers, agents, employees and volunteers of each of them

Please note that if a district has more than one school participating in the upcoming program and the issuing agency allows for this, one certificate for all the participating schools in a district can be issued providing all of the participating are named in the "Certificate of Liability" or "Evidence of Coverage" Certificate that is provided. Should your Risk Management Office or Insurance Agent have questions regarding the requested information, please contact, Director Ed Rodevich by email or by phone at 714 = 280-2681

Required Insurance Forms Destination:
Once completed, you or the your school district must e-mail a pdf copy of the Certificate of Liability to insurance@socalstatescioly.org and a hard copy of the original Certificate must be mailed directly to the State Science Olympiad program office at
State Science Olympiad Program Office
52 Castillo
Irvine, CA 92620
Attn: Ed Rodevich, Director

Regardless of the how the copy of the 'Certificate' is provided, the "original certificate(s)" must be mailed to the State Science Olympiad program office at the address provided above. Please include the name of the district, name of the school, and the team number to ensure that the documents are credited to the proper school. The Certificate of Liability or Evidence of Coverage Certificate must be received by March 25, 2013 (E-Mail or US Mail) to enable program staff to verify that all insurance requirements for your team have been met.

Please give a copy of this information to your risk manager or insurance agency contact to make them aware of the wording and time-lines needed for completion and receipt of the required information. In addition, please remember to check with your risk management office/insurance agent on a regular basis regarding the status of the completion of your 'Certificate'.

Lodging Accommodation Options:
For teams needing to find lodging in the area near Canyon High School, Residence Inn Anaheim Hills (located 2.5 miles away from Canyon High School) has contacted us to provide a discount rate for Science Olympiad teams.
Reserve by March 28 and request for the Science Olympiad Group Rate to get the rates below:
$115.00 + tax for studio suite
$119.00 + tax for one bedroom suite

125 South Festival Drive, Anaheim Hills, CA 92808
Phone: (714) 974-8880

Click here for other hotels in the area.

Check-in on the Day of the Tournament:
Check-in is scheduled to begin at 8:00 AM on April 6th, 2013. The head coach of the team should go to the registration area check-in and to turn in registration materials. The registration materials we’re expecting are:
- Final team roster with the name of the students and grade level
- General Release(s) for all participants, alternates, parents, chaperones, coaches, volunteers, non-participating students, and guests of the teams
- Photo Release for all participants, alternates, parents, chaperones, coaches, volunteers, non-participating students, and guests of the teams
- Code and Ethics Form for all participants, alternates, parents, chaperones, coaches, volunteers, non-participating students, and guests of the teams
After providing all of the items requested to the staff in the Registration Check-In table, you will receive a packet which will include the 15 wristbands, a map, a schedule, and an arbitration form. You will need to download and make sure you print off enough copies of the map and event schedule for your students, parents, and guests before arriving on campus. The Olympiad will not provide multiple copies for the map and event schedule.

15 Official Team Members Roster Requirement:
Our current practice at the Southern California State Science Olympiad is for the head-coach of the team to bring and submit a final official roster of participating students on the day of the tournament during the morning check-in time. The head-coach needs to also submit any of the various release forms and code of ethics forms that are required. If there is a change in the composition of the team, this is simply recorded on the roster you bring on the day of the event.

Wristbands are provided for your team members. You will receive fifteen (15) wristbands when you check-in. It is expected that the students (maximum fifteen) that you bring will compete in as many of the events as your team plans to participate as some schools do not compete in all of the events. Please be aware that there is no maximum or minimum number of events that a given student must compete in at the State Tournament. We are aware that teams may employ an organizational system that includes maximum or minimum numbers in order to manage the team and schedule, but that is not a requirement of the State Science Olympiad program.

We do not expect schools to substitute team members during the tournament. However, if an emergency should arise and a student on your team is unable to compete, you should discuss that situation with a member of the Executive Steering Committee on the day of the event.

Science Olympiad Code and Ethics & General Rules:
Please review with your students and parents the Science Olympiad Code and Ethics & General Rules

Photography on the Day of the Event:
We will have media and official photographers on the day of the tournament. If your student(s) wish not to be in photos/videos on the day of the event, they should be instructed to remove themselves from the photo, videos, and/or interview situation to avoid compromising the information for broadcasting and newscasts, as instructed on the required photo release forms.

Please note that teams can only take pictures of a device if the device belongs to the photographer's affiliated school. In the case that a team wants to take pictures of another school's device(s), permission from the owner of the device(s) must be given. Please refer to the National Science Olympiad Media Recommendation and check unacceptable scenarios 1 and 4. If your team has a unique design that you do not want other teams to use, please make sure you take the needed action to protect it by covering the device in some manner.

Hosting Campus Location:
There are a number of different Canyon High Schools in California; please note that the address for State Science Olympiad Canyon High School is 220 S. Imperial Hwy., Anaheim, CA 92807. A map of the campus can be found here. Please note that the red lines mean that there is a gate/fence and it is not possible to walk through them.

Schedule, Team Numbers:
The preliminary schedule and the team numbers are posted on the State web page. While we do not expect any major changes to the schedule at this point, we will let you know if there are any updates to the schedule and send you a pre-final schedule a few days before the program. As we update the schedule, the one posted on this web page will also be updated. A final schedule will be provided on the day of the event for each team.

Medal-Only/Trial Events
Please note that we will be running the following trial/medal only events:
Codes and Algorithms C
Geologic Mapping C
Green Generation B
Invasive Species B
Maglev C (hands on portion)

In order for us to run these medal-only events, we must need support from teams. If you or an adult from your team can run this event, please let us know ASAP. While these event results will not count toward the team overall total which determines the team advancing to the National Tournament, the 2 participants from the top 3 places for each of the trial/medal only events will receive medals at the award ceremony. Any member of the school can participate in the trial (medal only) events. They do not have to be part of the 15 member team (and will not need wristbands) and the maximum of seven 12th graders and five 9th graders do not apply to the participants of the trial (medal only) events. Please check the National Web Page if you have questions regarding the number of students allowed on your team.

Online Sign Up for Self Scheduled Events (Time Sensitive):
We will be using a new online system, Event Sign Up System (ESUS), for the self-scheduled events sign ups. The links to access the self-schedule sign up are
Division B http://socalscioly.org/esus/state/b/
Division C http://socalscioly.org/esus/state/c/

Username and password will be emailed to the head coach of the team on March 17th. If you do not receive the username and password by March 18th, please contact us immediately because the self-scheduled event online sign up will open Tuesday, Mar 19th, at 3:00pm and will close on Tuesday, April 2nd, at 3:00pm. Please note that you will NOT be able to sign up for these events after April 2nd at 3:00pm. For technical issues, please call 818=570-0333. The available time slots will be ready for your preview starting next week and you will not need your username login information to see this.
Division B available slots: http://socalscioly.org/esus/state/b/slots.php
Division C available slots: http://socalscioly.org/esus/state/c/slots.php

Once you have logged in, by default, you will be on the page with different events and time slots which you can sign up for. By clicking on “Get this time” in the time you want, you will have selected that time for this event and the slot will turn green and read "You have this slot." If you decide to select another time for this event, you can click the “Get this time” button for another time and it will automatically drop your original slot and get you the new slot.

You can review the time slots which you have signed up for by clicking on the tab on the top that says "View Your Event Times." On this page, if you decide you do not want to participate in an event, you can click the "Drop This Slot" button to drop your time for that event. You can also go back to select and/or change your times afterwards by click on "Select Event Times."

After the sign up period is over, you will still be able to log in and click on the "View Your Event Times" tab to see the events and time you have signed up and reserved.

Sign up for each event is on a first come first serve basis starting at the date and time listed above. Each team should sign up for one of the 5 or 6 time slots for each of the events they are interested in participating. Each time slot is 1 hour long and depending on the event and the time slot, between 6 and 9 teams will be able to sign up. On the day of the event, all of the teams which signed up for a particular hour will show up to their event within that hour and demonstrate/test their device according to the rules. The order in which the teams within the hour demonstrate/test their device will be done on a first come first serve basis as well. It will be advantageous for teams to get the event at the beginning of the time slot so that they will not have to wait for as many teams.

Important Note:
Mission Possible B: Students must show up sometime during the time slot they sign up for in Mission Possible B to start their 30 minute set up. If students have to leave immediately after their time slot is over, they should prepare to show up early in the time slot to make sure they can run their device and get to the next event in sufficient time. Students should check with the event Supervisors to see when they can start setting up. Please note that because of the set up time, a team that arrives in the middle of the time slot may have their 30 minutes of set up time and their 3 minute run time go over into the following time slot.

If your self-scheduled event requires impound, the device must be impounded during the time stated in the schedule. Per the code of ethics and general rules, any person designated by the coach can impound devices unless stated otherwise in the rules.

Event Clarifications:
We've moved the rules clarification process online. To submit a question, fill out the form here. The only clarifications we will be following will be the ones posted here. All clarification questions we answer will be automatically posted on the web page. Please note that the rules clarification form will close Friday, March 29th, 5:00pm. All requests after that time will not be answered. All clarifications will be final on Tuesday, April 2, 11:59 PM after which there will not be any more clarifications posted.

Elastic Launched Glider C and Helicopter B Venue Dimensions:
The dimensions for the Elastic Launched Glider and Helicopter B venue (Dance/Small Gym) are 8.6 meters high, 28.75m long, 13.85m wide. Pictures of venue ceilings for Elastic Launched Glider C and Helicopter B can be found here

Rotor Egg Drop B Venue:
Rotor Egg Drop B will take place at the staircase located at the east end of the back of the gym (an outdoor venue). The drop will be approximately 15 meters.

Water Quality B:
Student teams will need to bring their own container to test their hydrometer/salinometer device. Also, each team will be limited to a maximum of 1 Liter of saline solution for testing their salinometer/hydrometer.

Dinner:
For those of you who are interested in getting dinner before the awards ceremony, you can find a list of restaurants in the area here.