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London District Science Olympics. Chair: Patrick Whippey pwhippey@uwo.ca. Youth Science Ontario. Has received two grants to promote Science Olympics Events throughout Ontario Contact Carolyn Rayfield Executive Director crayfield@youthscienceontario.ca. Opening Ceremony.
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London District Science Olympics Chair: Patrick Whippey pwhippey@uwo.ca
Youth Science Ontario Has received two grants to promote Science Olympics Events throughout Ontario Contact Carolyn Rayfield Executive Director crayfield@youthscienceontario.ca London District Science Olympics
Opening Ceremony London District Science Olympics
Centennial Collegiate London District Science Olympics
Goals • To do good Science and Engineering • To have fun doing it • To involve as many people as possible London District Science Olympics
History • 1981-1982 Physics Olympics 6 Events • 1984 - 2009 Science Olympics 23 Events London District Science Olympics
All Events 1981 - 2009 Functional Mathematics Heavy Engineering If the Key Fits Indoor Kite Flying INDYcator 500 Lightening Calculators London Bridge Metric Madness Microscopic Manipulations Mathematical Menagerie Metric Madness Mitosis Multiplication Mixed Company Mousetrap Derby Mystery Solutions Pendulum Ballista (Pentathlon Nine) (Pentathlon Ten) Population Estimation Robot Runner Robot Walker Rube Goldberg Scientist’s Apprentice Space Probe SPLAT (Sub orbital Payload Launch And Trap) Star Wars Stick-em Up Tea Making Treasure Hunt Weather Watch Word Search Add-Em-Up Amazing Rodents And This Little Pig Bach from Bamboo Back to Beethoven Chemical Capers Circuitous Circuits Compound Boggle Cryptic Crossword Cryptic Word Search Dante’s Peek Displacement Dragster Eggmobile Mossport Elementary My Dear Watson Fermi Questions Forensic Biology London District Science Olympics
Pentathlon Nine • Chemical Capers • Circuitous Circuits • Cryptic Crossword • Models of Mitosis • Space Probe London District Science Olympics
Chemical Capers London District Science Olympics
Circuitous Circuits London District Science Olympics
Cryptic Crossword London District Science Olympics
Models of Mitosis London District Science Olympics
Space Probe Launch London District Science Olympics
Space Probe Launch London District Science Olympics
Pentathlon Ten • Cryptic Word Search • Displacement Dragster • INDYcator 500 • Population Estimation • Weather Watch London District Science Olympics
Cryptic Word Search London District Science Olympics
Displacement Dragster London District Science Olympics
Displacement Dragster London District Science Olympics
INDYcator 500 London District Science Olympics
Population Estimation London District Science Olympics
Weather Watch London District Science Olympics
Amazing Rodents London District Science Olympics
Amazing Rodents London District Science Olympics
Dante’s Peek • Dante peeks at the model. • Dante can only give verbal instructions. No Hands! • The Team builds the model from Dante’s verbal instructions only. London District Science Olympics
Fermi Questions London District Science Olympics
London Bridge London District Science Olympics
Mystery Solutions London District Science Olympics
Rube Goldberg London District Science Olympics
Rube Goldberg • Get the marble in to the cup in the most complicated way possible using the materials provided. London District Science Olympics
Rube Goldberg At 6:30 am weight • automatically drops on head of dwarf • causing him to yell and drop cigar • which sets fire to paper • Heat from fire angers dwarf's wife • She sharpens potato knife (F) on grindstone (G) which turns wheel (H) causing olive spoon (I) to dip repeatedly into olives. If spoon does not lift an olive in 15 minutes, clock (J) automatically pushes glass-cutter (K) against bottle and takes out a chunk of glass big enough for you to stick your finger in and pull out an olive.
Rube Goldberg Kits London District Science Olympics
Anne-Marie DeCicco - Mayor London District Science Olympics
Deb Matthews MPP London District Science Olympics
Awards Ceremony London District Science Olympics
Budget London District Science Olympics
Cost to the Student $5 each London District Science Olympics
Achnowledgments • Natural Science and Engineering Research Council PromoScience Program • London District Roman Catholic School Board • Thames Valley School Board • The University of Western Ontario. London District Science Olympics
Web Pages 200 Science Olympics Events http://www.physics.uwo.ca/science_olympics/ London District Science Olympics http://www.ldstf.ca/olympics/ See the Movie http://www.ldstf.ca/olympics/images/olympics.mov London District Science Olympics