Durham Tournament

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 me by Tuesday morning at the latest so that I can look into it. Scores become final at 5pm on Wednesday.

Div B

Here are the scores divided by team group – this is what medals & trophies come from.

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 4 middle school teams are moving on to the state tournament. I will contact you soon with your team numbers.

Div C

Here are the scores divide by team group – this is what medals & trophies come from.

The top 4 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

2/21/2020

Hope you are well, coaches!

We are in the last hectic moments of preparing for our Durham Division B-C Regional Science Olympiad Tournament! We hope you are as excited as we are!

A couple of small notes:

The schedule for Division C has been modified to reflect an earlier test time for Sounds of Music (11:30 instead of 12). The revised schedule is attached.
Avogadro Self-Scheduling closes at 5 PM on February 26
Bring your Team Roster AND Vandalism & Behavior forms! The team roster must be signed by you AND your Principal!
We will hold an early team registration at Riverside on Friday, February 18 beginning at 4:30. If you want to miss the chaotic rush and long lines the morning of the tournament, PLEASE take advantage of this opportunity!
Pre-orders for lunch are due on February 26. There are two ways to order:

Online with Credit Card Payment – preferred method

You can place your order and pay ahead through our online store. We are requesting a $10 minimum when ordering this way. Please be sure to include your school, contact information and pick-up time when ordering. Click HERE to order.

Online Order with Payment Day of Event

If you are placing an individual order (less than $10) or have a team order that cannot be paid by credit card, please click HERE to complete our online form. You will receive an e-mailed confirmation of your order. Payment on the day of the event can be made with cash, credit card, or check.

And lastly, we are still in need of some volunteers for events! The Sign Up Genius can be found here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d49aca823aaf58-durham1. The events of concern are:

Road Scholar B (periods 1 and 2)
Detector Building C (periods 1 and 2)
Game On B (periods 3 and 4)
Machines B (periods 3 and 4)
Gravity Vehicle (periods 3 and 4)
Elastic Launch Gliders B (periods 3 and 4)
Mission Possible B (periods 3 and 4)

My cell number is 919.599.2574, should you need it.

See you next Friday and/or Saturday!

Linda

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2/5/2020

Good afternoon!

Hot off the presses (and hopefully with limited things that will need amendment), I am sending the schedules for our Durham Regional Science Olympiad B-C tournament on February 29, 2020. Also attached are the HomeBase assignments.

In addition, I have a number (5) of updates for you:

Concessions: PRE-ORDERING LUNCH IS NOW OPEN

The Riverside Engineering Parent Action Council will once again be offering concessions during the Science Olympiad! We will have a concession stand open all day outside of the gym, and will be open during the lunch period in the cafeteria as well. NEW THIS YEAR – coffee and a selection of breakfast items will be available at the beginning of the day at the upstairs concession stand.

Pre-ordering for lunch is now open! Available options include Chick-Fil-A sandwiches, pizza and hot dogs (regular and veggie). Additionally, we are offering a variety of chips and drinks.

There are two ways to order:

Online with Credit Card Payment – preferred method

Online Order with Payment Day of Event

The deadline for pre-orders is Wednesday, February 26th. To aid you in taking team orders, there is a list of available lunch items with pricing attached to this e-mail.

Any questions? Please send them to repactreasurer@gmail.com

2. Volunteers: WE ARE STILL SHORT ON VOLUNTEERS!

Please help us recruit volunteers for our event. In particular, we are short volunteers in the following events: Circuit Lab, Road Scholar, Ping Pong Parachute, Reach for the Stars, Detector Building, Machines, Sound of Music, Astronomy, Geological Mapping, Density Lab, Disease Detectives, and Game on. The Sign Up Genius can be found here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d49aca823aaf58-durham1.

3. We ARE hosting Codebusters Division C, but NOT Codebusters Division B (which is a trial event).

4. Gym Dimensions

Aux Gym: height: 24-30 feet (it is sloped), dimensions: 100’ x 64’ / 64,000 sq ft.

Main Gym: height: 28-32 feet (it is sloped), dimensions: 100’ x 125’ / 12,500 sq ft.

5. PRE-REGISTRATION: We will again offer pre-registration to coaches beginning at 4:30 at Riverside High School on February 28 (the evening before tournament). Please take advantage of this opportunity to save time on tournament day! If you are running late, please text me on my cell 919.599.2574. We hope to be on our way home that evening by 5:30 p.m.

Yay! Please let me know if you have questions! And, if you notice any mistakes in the schedule or homebase assignments, please let me know ASAP so we can make corrections. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Linda P. Tugurian, PhD NBCT

2020 Durham Tournament Homebase Assignments

Durham Regional B Tournament Schedule-XY– updated 2/5

Durham Regional C Tournament Schedule – updated 2/5

2020 Durham Tournament Lunch Pricing List

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.

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.

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

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1/20/2020

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 February 29th.

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 22nd and will close at 5 PM on February 26th.

This year we have pre-scheduled you into non-self-schedule events based on your XY assignment (in Div. B) which is attached below and also on the website. This will allow you to print your full schedule once you have self-scheduled. Division C Teams have been scheduled based on their schedule (without XY).

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.edu

Thanks for Sticking with Me,

Tim M

Coach Contact

2020 NCSO Team Roster

Avogadro Help Guide 2020

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1/3/2020

Good morning Science Olympiad coaches!

Welcome to the Durham Regional Division B-C Science Olympiad tournament to be held on February 29, 2020 at Riverside High School!

In the next few weeks there will no doubt be many emails and communications about our tournament as we begin to finalize our plans. For now, I wanted to bring a few things to your attention:

Coach Q&A

We will hold a Coach Q&A session with Kim Gervase, the Director of NC Science Olympiad on Tuesday, January 28 from 4:30-5:30 at Riverside High School. If you can’t join us in person, you can join us by Zoom! https://dpsnc.zoom.us/j/478902471. This will be your chance to ask questions about the events, see the venue, and pick up tips from other coaches. I think folks have found this extremely helpful in the past. This will be open to Durham Regional coaches from Divisions A, B, and C.

Volunteers

We ask each team to recruit volunteers (at least 2) to help run events. Parents can’t run an event in which their own child is participating and we prefer volunteers to be at least high school age (above 18 years old is preferable). Please have your volunteers register on our volunteer registration page. Don’t wait on this! Our stress level is greatly reduced by seeing filled slots on the SignUpGenius!

Schedules

I’m attaching the most recent early version of our schedules. Rooms will be added in the near future. Please note that Division B will run an XY schedule, because we currently have 28 teams registered for this tournament. Good news is we may get an additional bid to States because of the large number of teams competing in Division B.

I think that’s about it for the early news. Please let me know if you have questions! And, feel free to share this information with assistant coaches and parent assistants. I’ve included only the individuals that were listed as the head coach for each of our teams.

We look forward to seeing you on January 28 and then again on February 29!

Linda

11/22/19

Hello, all!

Hope you are well! I wanted to be sure to let you know the date of our Durham Regional Division B & C Science Olympiad tournament, to be held this season on February 29, 2020 at Riverside High School in Durham, NC.

Our volunteers are what makes our tournament so successful. We literally could not do it without you. And, we hope we’ll be able to count on your support again this year. It’s never too early to sign up! To sign up, please visit our volunteer registration page. This year, our Division B (middle school) teams will be following an XY schedule, while our Division C (high school) will be following a traditional schedule. The draft schedules are attached here and are reflected in the SignUpGenius for volunteers.

As we approach the date of our tournament, you can learn more about our tournament at our Durham Regional Science Olympiad webpage, which will be updated regularly as we approach the date of our first tournament on March 2.

You are receiving this email because you are a member of the DPS Science Alliance or have indicated at some time (perhaps in the past) an interest in participating as a volunteer in our Durham Regional Science Olympiad tournament. If you are no longer in the area or wish to be removed from this list please respond to this email to let me know. If you can’t join us on February 29 (or even if you can), we welcome your involvement in our Division A Durham Regional Science Olympiad on March 21. You can sign up for that tournament here. For more information on the Durham Division A tournament, please contact Willow Alston-Socha.

Thanks again for your support of NC Science Olympiad. We look forward to seeing you in February!