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Science Olympiad Student Meeting

Science Olympiad Student Meeting. October 21, 2009. One Coach’s Sample. Team Meeting Agenda. Science Olympiad at XYZ School (history - omitted) Events 2009-2010 (event chart - omitted) TEAM Math Tournaments (schedule - omitted) Event Assignments Expectations: Preparing your Events

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Science Olympiad Student Meeting

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  1. Science Olympiad Student Meeting October 21, 2009 One Coach’s Sample

  2. Team Meeting Agenda • Science Olympiad at XYZ School (history - omitted) • Events 2009-2010 (event chart - omitted) • TEAM Math • Tournaments (schedule - omitted) • Event Assignments • Expectations: • Preparing your Events • The Contract • Blackboard • Wrap Up (omitted)

  3. 2009_2010

  4. TEAM Math Your places in the State Tournament: 1 + 3 + 50 = or, 10 + 10 + 10 = Which is better?

  5. More TEAM Math 23 events • 20 one- or two-person • 1 two-person • 1 three-person • 1 four-person • => If we do tournaments with different event conflicts, now how many? 15 member team # events/person=?

  6. Expectations 1 Preparing your Events (Time) • Minimum 2 after school sessions • Wednesdays, + Mondays or Thursdays • Expectations: min 5 hours/week • Ms Boomer’s Room -- Home Room • Mrs Miller’s Room -- Quiet/ Computer Room • Additional time before Tournaments • Some Wed Eve/Sun Morn: Gym • You must SIGN IN/OUT

  7. Expectations 2 Preparing your Events (Resources) • Start with the Official EVENT RULES • Event Binders, Materials in SO closet • Check out a TEAM Binder for use during study sessions only • Add materials to the TEAM Binders • Mark “Contributed by ___ Date:___” • Keep your own SO Binder! • Include list of resources and what they’re good for

  8. Expectations 3 Coaches’ Roles (General) • Come to us when you need help • Request from us any purchases of study guides, books, or building materials • Ensure a safe working environment • Ensure a productive working environment • Review your Study Plans,, provide assessments to ensure on-going progress • Help you get the most out of your SO experience

  9. Coaches’ Roles (Progress Assessments => State Team Selection) • One-on-one meetings (& Binder checks) • Event tests • Engineering competitions • Tournament Performance • Dedication and Effort • Teamwork & Contribution • Includes building the LMS resource library • Willingness to apply yourself to non-popular events

  10. Expectations 4 Team Member’s Roles • Good Sportsmanship!!! • In study sessions, with your partners, & team • Tournaments: teams disqualified • Respect students, parents, coaches, other teams • No Disruptive or Non-Productive Behaviors • No Un-Safe Behaviors • We don’t know where you are…. • Improper use of shop equipment… • Irresponsible actions away from home => stay home! • Read the Contract Carefully !!!!

  11. (yellow) (red) What are these? How many can you get of each?

  12. Expectations 5 Team Member’s Roles • YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN LEARNING THIS IS NOT SCHOOL YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR FUN!! • Learnhow to manage your own learning • Learn how to impact team effectiveness…positively • Plan your work with your partners • Find good resources - internet, people, books, old tests, field trips, ….etc • Share resources with all other event members (you may do events with different partners in different tournaments) • No whining! Partner not contributing? Why not? Look at your own behavior! Figure it out! Fix it!

  13. Event Assignments • Student Interests • Tournament Schedule Conflicts • VA vs Invitationals (vs Nationals?) • ~ Past Experience/Performance - but we want you to do NEW events each year • Breadth of Learning • Preparation Time, # New Events • Engineering Events -- only 5 !!! • Begin with knowledge events, no pairings

  14. What you will be doing… • Observation • Classification • Measurement • Prediction • Testing • Assessment • Inference • Communication Build a foundation of knowledge Develop new knowledge Make use of new knowledge

  15. Skills Critical to Success in Science & Technology • Process skillsare used to gather information • Reasoning skillshelp make sense of the information through a data-based approach to understanding the world • Critical thinking skillsrequire application of information in new situations and in solving problems • Learning to solve problems in a variety of contexts fosters the development of a general problem-solving ability that can be transferred to new contexts

  16. Blackboard Announcements Folders for each Event YOU post good resources, old tests, etc. …. Other uses?

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