Please note that these are the events that will be run at the State Tournament. Regional Tournament Directors may choose not to run all of these events (see your tournament schedule). Events in the National Rule Book, but not listed in this list will NOT be run in North Carolina. "North Carolina Only" are starred (*) below and these rules can be found by clicking the event. Resources and help can be found by clicking any event.
Division A (Elementary)
Division B (Middle)
Division C (High)
Event Scoresheets can be found by simply clicking the events. Not all events lend themselves to having scoresheets. Only those that do will have these.
Please make sure to continue to check this list forEVENT CLARIFICATIONS. Only these clarifications will be honored at NC Tournaments. FAQs on the National Site are NOT rule clarifications and have no bearings on decisions made by Event Leaders in North Carolina.

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Division A Coaches Manual
Division A Tournament Committee Manual
Brief Description for all 18 events

3...2...1... Blast Off!
A Bug's World
All Charged Up!
Backyard Botany
Biome Bonanza
Chew the Fat
Describe It, Build It
Dinomite!
First in Flight
Landformers
Measurement Mania
Newton's Notions
Pasta Tower
Planet Protectors CLARIFICATION
Ramp'n'Roll IMPOUND CLARIFICATION
Science Sketchers
Sky Quest
Weather Permitting

Brief Description for all 23 events
Anatomy
Bottle Rocket
Crime Busters*NC
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Experimental Design*NC
Food Science CLARIFICATION
Forestry CLARIFICATION
Helicopters*NC CLARIFICATION
Heredity*NC
Meteorology
Metric Mastery*NC
Microbe Mission
Mission Possible IMPOUND
Mousetrap Vehicle IMPOUND CLARIFICATION
Reach for the Stars CLARIFICATION
Road Scholar
Rocks and Minerals CLARIFICATION
Shock Value*NC
Storm the Castle IMPOUND CLARIFICATION
Towers CLARIFICATION
Water Quality CLARIFICATION
Write It, Do It

*NC = North Carolina Event ONLY, follow link for event rules. Counts in tournament scoring

The following B National Events will NOT be run in North Carolina:
Awesome Aquifers (Replaced with Heredity)
Crimebusters- National version (Replaced with NC Only version)
Compute This (Replaced with Metric Mastery)
Experimental Design- National version (Replaced with NC Only version)
Keep the Heat (Replaced with Shock Value)
Optics (Replaced with Helicopters)

Brief Description for all 23 events
Anatomy and Physiology
Astronomy CLARIFICATION
Bottle Rocket*NC
Chemistry Lab
Designer Genes*NC
Disease Detectives
Dynamic Planet
Experimental Design*NC
Fermi Questions
Food Science*NC CLARIFICATION
Forensics*NC
Forestry CLARIFICATION
Gravity Vehicle IMPOUND CLARIFICATION
Helicopters CLARIFICATION
Microbe Mission
Remote Sensing
Rocks and Minerals CLARIFICATION
Shock Value*NC
Sounds of Music
Storm the Castle*NC IMPOUND CLARIFICATION
Towers CLARIFICATION
Water Quality CLARIFICATION
Write It, Do It

Materials Science will be offered as a TRIAL event at the State Tournament

*NC = North Carolina Event ONLY, follow link for event rules. Counts in tournament scoring.

The following C National Events will NOT be run in North Carolina:
Experimental Design- National Version (Replaced with NC version)
Forensics- National Version (Replaced with NC Version)
Optics (Replaced with Storm the Castle)
Protein Modeling (Replaced with Food Science)
Robot Arm (Replaced with Bottle Rocket)
Technical Problem Solving (Replaced with Designer Genes)
Thermodynamics (Replaced with Shock Value)