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Ford Elementary Science Olympiad Application

Congratulations! You have taken the first step to joining the Ford Science Olympiad Team. Science Olympiad is a national organization dedicated to promoting science, and the coaches at Ford are interested in students who demonstrate a great interest in science, are self-motivated, responsible, work well with others and will make a commitment to attend the meetings and to compete with the team.

Our team will consist of eighteen motivated and highly qualified students. The National Science Olympiad Organization sets this team size. When we go to the State Competition in May, we can only have a team of eighteen Olympians compete. On the team of eighteen members, only eight can be from the fifth grade. The remaining ten will be from third or fourth grade. We will also select two alternates who will practice with our team.

Your next step is to review the schedule of practices and events for conflicts with your other commitments, and then fully complete the 3-part application attached and submit the application by the due date. Please return only attached Part I, II and III (pages 3, 4 and 5) by September 16^th to Mrs. Cauffiel. The schedule is listed on the next page. In this application you will need to get permission and an endorsement from your teacher, answer several questions and plan an experiment for a science demonstration after school. You will be scored on your application and experiment. We, the coaches, will be looking for presentation skills and an understanding of the science concepts in the experiment when we observe your experiment. The experiment does not need to be elaborate or costly. The highest scoring students will be on the Ford team. Please remember in completing the application that spelling, grammar, punctuation, completeness and neatness are important communication tools to scientists.

The application may be word processed or handwritten. You may write on the back of pages or add a page if you need, but you need to keep the first two pages for your records.

Thank you for applying to the Ford Science Olympiad Team,

Your Coaches,

Mrs. Cauffiel, Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Holmes, Mr. Plunkert

Anticipated Schedule of Events, Practices and Meetings

September 16- Applications are due by 2:30pm.

Week of 09/19/2011- Team selection. Students will demonstrate their experiment on Wednesday September 21^st or Thursday September 22^nd(2:45-4:00). Students can sign up for their preferred date when they submit their application. Location: Science Lab

09/23/2011- Team invitations will be sent home.

09/28/2011- First Meeting (2:30-3:30) - Select Team name, Design Team T-Shirt

(3:30-4:00)- Parent meeting to discuss team expectations

Practice Schedule

Practices to be held in the Science Lab on Wednesdays from 2:30-3:30pm

10/12

10/26

11/9

11/30

12/14- Team Building /Holiday Fun

1/11

1/18

1/25

2/1

2/8

2/15

2/22

2/29- Parent meeting from 3:30-4:00 to discuss competition details

3/3- County Competition at Walton High School

3/14

3/21

3/28

4/11

4/18

4/25

5/2

5/9

5/12**- State Competition at KSU (**Tentative Date- Subject to change)

8:00 – 4:00 State Science Olympiad at Kennesaw State University

A parent will need to accompany their Olympian and remain with that child all day.
**This date is subject to confirmation by Dr. Brown of KSU

5/ 16- Team Celebration Party

Science Olympiad Application Part I
Your Endorsements

Name: ___________________________ Contact Phone: (_)-____

Grade: ____________ Parent’s Names _____________________________________

Homeroom Teacher: _____________ Previous Science Olympian? Yes No

Parental Permission and Support Statement

As the parent of the above student I think my child will make a good Science Olympian, and I give my permission for him or her to participate on the Ford Science Olympiad Team. I will do all I can to support the team with assistance and snacks and by having my child at all practices. I also understand that a parent needs to accompany the student on the day of the Cobb County Science Olympiad, March 3^rd, and at the State Science Olympiad which will be on May 12^th^*.

______________________________ ________________________________________
Parent signature please Email address

If we had 6 parents at each practice to help students study and practice it would be great.

I will volunteer to help coach at scheduled practices.

I will help by sending in snacks. Please tell me when.

Science Olympiad Team Member Understanding Statement

As a Science Olympiad team applicant, I understand that my grades, my conduct and attendance both in school and at practice are important. I understand if my grades fall below a “C” for the 9-weeks in any subject, or if I am sent to the Principal for misconduct, or I miss more than two Science Olympiad practices without a written excuse, I may be excused from the team. I also understand that my attending the March 3^rd and May 12^th* events are critical to my team, and I will not let other events cause me to miss my obligations to my team.

_________________________________________________

Science Olympiad Applicant signature please

*The date of May 12^th, 2011, is subject to confirmation by Dr. Brown of KSU.

Home Room Teacher Statement

I believe this student will make a good Science Olympiad team member.

_________________________________________________________

Homeroom Teacher signature please

Science Olympiad Application Part II

General Information and Questions - 35 points

Name: _____________________ Teacher: Grade:

Why do you want to be part of the Science Olympiad Team? 10 points

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What areas of science interest you most and why? 5 points

Finish the following questions with something you have wondered about: 10 points

Why do … ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What makes … ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What do you do to develop your interest in science? 5 points

What are your strengths? 5 points

Science Olympiad Application Part III

Your Experiment

Total 65 points

Name: ____________________________ Grade:

The Question your Experiment will answer:____________________________________________

Equipment and Materials Needed: (please bring everything you need for your experiment)

Hypothesis you plan to test (should relate to your question above):

Steps in Experiment: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What was the Observation or Result of your Experiment?

Problems you encountered or questions you still have and how you are planning to handle them: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Scores for Application and Experiment (for Coaches to fill out)

Points for Part II max 35 points…………………… _________

Experiment Scoring (Part III):

Planning and Preparation max 20 points…………………… _________

Hypothesis max 20 points…………………... _________

Quality of Experiment max 20 points…………………… _________

Success of Experiment max 5 points…………………… _________

Total points…………………………………………………………………...… _________

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Anticipated Schedule of Events, Practices and Meetings

Science Olympiad Application Part I
Your Endorsements

Name: ___________________________ Contact Phone: (_)-____

Homeroom Teacher: _____________ Previous Science Olympian? Yes No

I believe this student will make a good Science Olympiad team member.

Homeroom Teacher signature please

General Information and Questions - 35 points

Name: _____________________ Teacher: Grade:

Science Olympiad Application Part III

Your Experiment

Total 65 points

Name: ____________________________ Grade:

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Homeroom Teacher: _____________ Previous Science Olympian? Yes No

I believe this student will make a good Science Olympiad team member.

Homeroom Teacher signature please

General Information and Questions - 35 points

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Your Experiment

Total 65 points

Name: __________________________________ Grade: ______

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