<p>Hello fellow, CCers.
Sometime in march, my science olympiad team qualified for States.</p>
<p>This was the first team ever created in our high school.
Naturally, this was the first time I had ever participated in this event. I knew nothing. We got in because , I think we were really lucky.</p>
<p>Not for States; I want to work even more.My events are fossils & ornithology. I heard there is a new fossil/bird list at States. Can you guys help me or give me strategies on how to prepare?
Are there any Olympiad veterans here?</p>
<p>Haha. Well, we had our state competition in March and we are also a first year team and came in 21st (could’ve done a lot better, but eh, it’s fine). Hmm. For you, I would say just keep reviewing the different species and make sure that your binders and field guides are easily navigable so you don’t waste time looking up info if you need to during competition.</p>
<p>Yay! I’m in Science Olympiad too. My school is usually one of the top schools for Science Olympiad in my state, but this year a ton of people didn’t go to state because of band and orchestra trips (including me), which killed the team. </p>
<p>I’m doing fossils too. In the past, I’ve usually done pretty well in fossils. The best strategy for fossils is to make sure you know every fossil on the list. Create a ton of notes, making sure to include a picture of each fossil and some general information about it (time period, general classification, unique features). Also, study the geologic time scale and the specific events and general evolutionary and geologic trends of each time period (or epoch for the Cenozoic). However, you can’t really be sure what will be tested, so just know as much stuff about paleontology in general as you can. </p>
<p>Good luck! Science Olympiad is really fun and awesome.</p>
<p>Science Olympiad is different from the science olympiads. They’re run by completely different organizations. The science olympiads are part of the international science olympiads, while Science Olympiad is US-only. Science Olympiad is more team-based and covers many more events, but at a much shallower level than the science olympiads (I think).</p>
<p>scioly is bullshi t. It’s always very snafu, and random coaches write the tests with little to no guidelines, so the tests are unpredictable. You’re better off putting your time in elsewhere. May I suggest usapho/usabo/usaco/usnco?</p>
<p>The competitions MeSsIaH recommends are not exactly alternatives to Science Olympiad, and it’s too late to enter any of them this year anyway. They are international competitions for high school students with advanced knowledge in physics, chemistry, biology, or computer programming. They are individual exams until a U.S. team is selected in the final round to go on to international competition. The O at the end of each acronym stands for Olympiad, but they’re nothing at all like Science Olympiad.</p>
<p>Try Science Olympiad forums or wiki at scioly.org</p>
<p>They’re a lot of help.</p>
<p>And the stuff messiah recommended are individual competitions, while Science Olympiad is more of a team thing. You can do all of them if you want. They’re not exclusive of each other, but they are completely different.</p>