2022 SCIENCE OLYMPIAD RULES CLARIFICATIONS/CHANGES

Mission Possible (Division B)
11/08/21 - The published rules omitted information on how the Design Log (Section 4) will be scored. The following is a new addition to Scoring (Section 6).

6.o. Award 25 points for each of the following (50 points maximum).
i. The Design Log is submitted on time as specified in 3.e.i.
ii. The Design Log is legible and provides the information required in Section 4.

Remote Sensing (Division C)
10/01/21 - In the published rules Section 3.b.i. Wien's Law was misspelled.

3.b. The test should be divided equally, approximately 25% on each, across the following topic areas: i. Remote sensing instrumentation and physics: active vs. passive sensors; optical and infrared imagers; radiometers; LiDAR; radar altimetry; precipitation radar; blackbody radiation; Planck function, Wein's Wien's Law; Stefan-Boltzmann Law; beam attenuation; absorption and scattering by aerosols; refraction and refractive indices; scattering, gravity.

Trajectory (Division C)
10/07/21 - In the published rules Section 7.b. an important detail about how the Target Score (TS) will be calculated was omitted.

7.b. Target Score (TS) = 2000 (for the near one) or 4000 (for the far one) minus the straight line distance, in mm, from the center of the initial impact of the projectile to the CENTER of the target. Lowest possible TS is 0.

WiFi Lab (Division C)
10/21/21 - The standard for the encoded signal provided in Section 5.b. in the published rules has been updated to better reflect current encoding standards.

5.b. The Event Supervisor will provide the testing materials listed below, which will be the same for all teams: i. A transmitter that supplies a 2 mW, 2.4 GHz, 802.15.4 802.11 encoded signal (e.g. a standard WiFi access point / router with external antennas)


Science Olympiad Policy for Significant Figures (12/5/12)