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General
Information:
Overview:
Science Competition Day at Boise State University
consists of a morning examination, followed by departmental tours, an
awards luncheon, and afternoon hands-on competitions. Locations and
times for the events are given on the EVENTS
page.
All awards, except for the
BSU scholarships, are open to both junior and seniors. Calculators
will be allowed during the morning exam; however, the questions
have been designed so that calculators are not necessary in most cases.
Those who do not attempt
the morning exam will not be eligible for afternoon competitions. Any
raw score GREATER THAN ZERO will be sufficient evidence that the exam
was attempted. Faculty advisors, please remind your students that the
exam is penalty scored so that random guessing leads to an expected
score of zero. At the end of the luncheon activities, a listing of
morning exam results for each school will be available.
Parking:
Parking for both busses and cars is
available in the General part of the Towers Lot nearest to Capitol
Boulevard (the green part of the lot in the C3-D3 area on the campus
map).
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Check-in
for Advisors:
Between 8:00 and 8:45, stop at the desk in the lobby of
the Education Building (map building E) to pay for luncheon (if not
already done), get luncheon tickets, and get tickets to assign each of
your students to exam rooms.
Examination:
The 90-minute exam starts at 9:00. The 100 multiple
choice questions test student knowledge of science and engineering
fields including Biology, Chemistry, Geosciences, Mathematics, Physics,
Engineering, and Scientific Reasoning (students complete sections on
Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning, and four of the other five
disciplines.) Each section has 15 questions, except for Scientific
Reasoning which has 10.
Activities
for Advisors During the Morning Exam:
A hospitality room (E-107) for faculty
advisors will be available during the exam, with extra textbooks
available. Exam grading, awards, and the overall event will be
discussed. Other activities may be announced.
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Tours and
Awards Luncheon:
Information about tours will be available at
the check-in desk in the lobby of the Education Building. Students and
advisors will be able to participate in one tour. The forty-minute tours
will begin there at 10:55, followed by the luncheon at 11:45 in the
Student Union Building.
Criteria
for Awards:
The exam is computer graded so
that the awards based on the exam scores can be presented at the
luncheon. Overall performance, which determines the scholarship winners
and some of the other awards, is based upon a student’s score in
sections on Mathematics, Scientific Reasoning, and the best four out of
the other five disciplines. One-fourth of incorrect and multiple
responses are subtracted from scores. Ties are broken with the
Scientific Reasoning score.
High schools are divided into large,
medium, and small sizes according to the Idaho High School Activities
Association classes. Large schools are in A-1 divisions I and II (Oregon
4A), medium sized schools are in A-2 (Oregon 3A), and small schools are
in A-3 and A-4 (Oregon 2A and 1A). Team awards and individual awards are
given. Teams are made up of the top individuals for each school with the
number of persons on a team determined by the school size (four for
large schools, three for medium sized schools and two for small
schools).
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Awards
Ceremony:
Awards are based upon the morning
exam results and are presented at the luncheon. Awards, except for the
scholarships, are open to sophomores, juniors and seniors. They are as follows:
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Medals for the top three individuals,
from large, medium, and small school classes, in each of the six
disciplines (Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Geosciences,
Mathematics, and Physics).
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Plaques for the top teams in each of
the six disciplines, with the disciplines engraved on the plaques.
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Medals for the three highest overall
performing individuals from each of the three school size classes.
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Trophies for the best teams in overall
performance in each school size category.
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For the top two performing seniors, a
$18,000 BSU scholarship ($4,500 per year for up to 4 years), and a
medal. Recipients must score in the 80th percentile or
above.
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Afternoon
Events: See the EVENTS
page.
Campus
Maps:
You can download and print a copy of the campus map in Adobe PDF format*.
* To view an Adobe PDF
file, you need to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader shareware installed on your
computer. It enables any computer (PC or Macintosh) to view and print PDF
(portable document format) files. To download this program, please click the
image link below.
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