Announcements
3/8/20
Good morning all,
I hope that you had a great tournament day yesterday!
If you are the one who can log in to Avogadro, you can click on your team name and see a graph of how the team did versus everyone else and also the raw score in the event. I still do not have the ability to post how many total points were on a test.
If you see a problem in the scores, please email Alisa by Tuesday morning at the latest so that she can look into it. Scores become final at 5pm on Wednesday.
Div B
Here are the combined scores – This is what First Place Overall Winners come from. A description of our policy can
be found here. I have started a spreadsheet on the state tournament website and will add FPOWs after scores are final so that everyone can check in on their status.
As a reminder, because of some technical difficulties, Game On was counted as a trial event – medals were awarded, but it did not count towards the team trophy score.
The top 6 middle school teams are moving on to the state tournament. I will contact you soon with your team numbers.
Div C
Here are the combined scores – This is what First Place Overall Winners come from. A description of our policy can
be found here. I have started a spreadsheet on the state tournament website and will add FPOWs after scores are final so that everyone can check in on their status.
The top 6 high school teams are moving on to the state tournament. I will contact you soon with your team numbers.
Please let me know if you have any questions, congratulations on all your hard work!
KIM
3/4/2020
Hi Coaches:
We are looking forward to seeing you at the 2020 Charlotte NCSO Tournament, March 7. We are very grateful to be able to host this event at Phillip O. Berry Technology Academy HS located at 1430 Alleghany St, Charlotte, NC 28208. There will be parking available but there will not be food vendors at this event. You need to plan for your snacks and drinks and food but be well aware we are requesting that you clean up very well.
Again, we are partnering with Phillip O. Berry Technology Academy (POB) for NCSO so please be very well aware that everything must be as it should be for classes on Monday March 9th. I know that you all are educators and that you would appreciate the same respect for your school as you and your team will have for Phillip O. Berry Technology Academy.
Below are specific requests/rules that we are asking you to carefully follow.
- Assignments for home-bases for each school are located in the attached POB map. There is limited space in the Auxiliary Gym and space is first come first serve. Space is assigned in the cafeteria at 20 seats per team per school. Plan accordingly. Parents should find other locations to sit/hang out and the best space will be the main Gym.
- We are specifically requesting that each school bring trash bags and that you clean up your homebase space after the competition prior to the awards ceremony in the main Gym.
- Testing events will be in classrooms -2 per event and parents and coaches should not be in or loiter in the hallway. There will not be anything for these persons to view. Hallways will be kept clear of adults and students only will be allowed in the classrooms. Please tell your supporters, parents, etc. that we will enforce this rule.. We expect you as TEAM COACH to help us enforce the rule that parents and spectators should not be in the hallways near events. It is neither pleasant nor suitable for us to be required to police team parents. The focus of the event should be on the students and not parents.
- We will have ROTC members of POB at the event in the hallways to help us make sure all is going well so please let students know that they need to do as any ROTC student(s) request.
- The schedule of events with room locations is attached. The attached map has room and event locations marked.
Thank you. Alisa Wickliff
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3/2/2020
Hi Coaches!
The Charlotte Tournament is just 5 days away. This means that it is time to make sure all your ducks are in a row and you are fully prepared for this Saturday.
*****Please read this email in its entirety.******
Here are a few things that need to be done to avoid greater frustration:
1. Permission/Photo Consent Forms
If you have not sent or received consent forms back from your kids, it is time to start sending those reminders and bugging parents.
We will be checking if every single student has filled out this form before you receive your wristbands. NO EXCEPTIONS. I have attached a copy below for your convenience.
2. Team Roster
If you have not completed your team roster, it’s time to do so!
This roster needs to list the students on your team and we ask that you list each student’s gender, ethnicity, and grade level however this is not required.
Please list the students in the order you have your consent forms to make check-in as painless and quick as possible.
The team roster needs to be signed by you and your principal. I have attached a copy below for your convenience.
3. Avogadro
If you have not self-scheduled in Avogadro, self-scheduling closes on WEDNESDAY at 5 PM. You can still add students up until Friday evening however you must email me to self-schedule after Wednesday.
I have attached instructions below.
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If you have any questions or run into any issues leading up to tournament day, please send me an email at
ncscienceolympiad@ncsu.eduThanks for Sticking with Me,
Tim M
Coach Contact
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2/27/20
Hi Coaches:
We are looking forward to seeing you at the 2020 Charlotte NCSO Tournament, March 7. We are very grateful to be able to host this event at Phillip O. Berry Technology Academy HS located at 1430 Alleghany St, Charlotte, NC 28208. There will be parking available but there will not be food vendors at this event. You need to plan for your snacks and drinks and food but be well aware we are requesting that you clean up very well.
Again, we are partnering with Phillip O. Berry Technology Academy (POB) for NCSO so please be very well aware that everything must be as it should be for classes on Monday March 9th. I know that you all are educators and that you would appreciate the same respect for your school as you and your team will have for Phillip O. Berry Technology Academy.
Below are specific requests/rules that we are asking you to carefully follow.
- Assignments for home-bases for each school are located in the attached POB map. There is limited space in the Auxiliary Gym and space is first come first serve. Space is assigned in the cafeteria at 20 seats per team per school. Plan accordingly. Parents should find other locations to sit/hang out and the best space will be the main Gym.
- We are specifically requesting that each school bring trash bags and that you clean up your homebase space after the competition prior to the awards ceremony in the main Gym.
- Testing events will be in classrooms -2 per event and parents and coaches should not be in or loiter in the hallway. There will not be anything for these persons to view. Hallways will be kept clear of adults and students only will be allowed in the classrooms. Please tell your supporters, parents, etc. that we will enforce this rule.. We expect you as TEAM COACH to help us enforce the rule that parents and spectators should not be in the hallways near events. It is neither pleasant nor suitable for us to be required to police team parents. The focus of the event should be on the students and not parents.
- We will have ROTC members of POB at the event in the hallways to help us make sure all is going well so please let students know that they need to do as any ROTC student(s) request.
- The schedule of events with room locations is attached. The attached map has room and event locations marked.
Thank you. Alisa Wickliff
2/7/2020
Happy Friday everyone!
We had a great opening weekend to tournament season and now it is time for my annual debrief on trouble spots. I know many of you anxiously await my rambling emails and I hate to disappoint 🙂
The Chemistry events (Crimebusters, Forensics, Food Science, Protein Modeling & Chem Lab) are allowed 1 page of notes per person. These pages of notes do not have to be the same. If the event leader tries to start the event in any other way or take the notes, the kids have my permission to kick and scream and demand that they call me before starting the event. Go ahead, you have sheets of notes – have them add this one to their note sheet.
Div B
Circuit Lab – please bring your own multimeter is possible. And please – if you are sending kids in to this event, could someone teach them about a breadboard and resistors? I don’t think I am giving away huge trade secrets to tell you that the labs in this event have to do with electricity and even in year 2, people keep blowing up my stuff because they have zero idea how to use basic circuit equipment.
Crimebusters – remember goggles (not safety glasses) and lab attire.
Machines – please work with the students on understanding the ratio 2:1 is written as 2 and 1:2 is written as .5. It matters which container is heavier for your answr. Ratios will not be given credit on the answer sheet.
Ping Pong Parachute – practice logs, practice logs, practice logs. Pro tip – walking up without the log and asking if you can leave and come back with one later is not well received by the event leader.
Div C
Chem Lab – not all equipment is needed, but a solid array of basic supplies is needed or you will have to share the few common materials we have and may not finish the lab.
Circuit Lab – please bring your own multimeter is possible. And please – if you are sending kids in to this event, could someone teach them about a breadboard and resistors? I don’t think I am giving away huge trade secrets to tell you that the labs in this event have to do with electricity and even in year 2, people keep blowing up my stuff because they have zero idea how to use basic circuit equipment.
Detector Building – a reminder that water and electricity don’t mix. Event leaders have been instructed not to allow anyone with wires that aren’t waterproof to test their thermometer. It can blow up their USB port.
Forensics – goggles, pants,and lab coats, or long sleeves and those awesome rubbery lab aprons are also always in style.
Gravity Vehicle – the bottom of these ramps must be covered in something that won’t scratch a gym floor. We are not allowing them to impound if they aren’t covered.
Machines – the ratio 2:1 is written as 2 and 1:2 is written as .5. Ratios will not be given credit on the answer sheet.
Ping Pong Parachute – practice logs, practice logs, practice logs. Pro tip – walking up without the log and asking if you can leave and come back with one later is not well received by the event leader.
Hang in there, I know you feel like you are juggling 16 flaming hula hoops and trying to ride a unicycle getting ready for the tournament (or maybe that is just me…)
KIM
1/27/2020
Hello Everyone!
Hope you are all doing well! This email is very long however, I cannot emphasize enough that ALL of it is important and DIFFERENT than past years. Please bear with me.
I will break this email up into headed sections so you can easily refer back to this email as you prepare for the tournament on March 7th.
Avogadro and Self-Scheduling:
We have used Avogadro a little differently this year. All of you should already have your login as you used it to register (if you don’t — please email me).
Attached below is an updated step-by-step guide on how to self-schedule and add your team members into Avogadro (it is different this year!)
You need to login and self-schedule in to walk-in events as in years past — this opens at 8 am on Wednesday January 29th and will close at 5 PM on March 4th.
This year we have pre-scheduled you into non-self-schedule events. This will allow you to print your full schedule once you have self-scheduled.
Permission/Photo Consent Forms:
As many of you have noticed we have already attached the Consent Form to the website. We are not using Google Forms this year.
One parent/guardian needs to fill this out for their student that is on the team. Every student must have this filled out to compete. The student also needs to sign the form.
We will be checking if every single student has filled out this form before you receive your wristbands. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Team Roster:
This year we have merged the Vandalism & Behavior form with your Consent Form however, we have added a Team Roster.
This roster needs to list the students on your team and we ask that you list each student’s gender, ethnicity, and grade level, however this is not required. The gender and ethnicity sections are dropdowns. as a fillable PDF.
Please list the students in the order you have your consent forms to make check-in as painless and quick as possible!
The team roster needs to be signed by you and your principal. The form is attached and can be found on the website.
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If you have any questions or run into any issues leading up to tournament day, please send me an email at
ncscienceolympiad@ncsu.eduThanks for Sticking with Me,
Tim M
Coach Contact
