Grades 6-9 can compete in any of the following events. All events have a team of "up to 2" unless noted. A single student can do the event, except for notes of 2, 3 or 4 students required.

B A is for Anatomy
Test your knowledge of anatomy and health concepts

B Amphibians and Reptiles
Identify specimens and explain the natural history of amphibians and reptiles.

B Bio Process Lab
Demonstrate your life science lab skills.

B Compute This (possible event)
Wax up your Googleboard and surf the net to find information at the USGS.

B Disease Detective
How did all these people get sick?

B Dynamic Planet
Shake and Bake! Use your Earth Science process skills to solve problems with earthquakes and volcanoes.

B Ecology
Use knowledge and process skills to solve ecology and adaptation problems.

B Elevated Bridge
Construct the lightest possible elevated bridge to hold 15 kg.

B Environmental Chemistry
Get all the dirt! Use your lab skills to analyze soil samples.

B Experimental Design (3 students)
Based on a given a kit of materials, you must design, conduct, and write up an experiment.

B Fossils
Identify and demonstrate knowledge of fossil specimens.

B Meteorology
Warm up to climate and climate change.

B Pentathlon (4 students)
A relay race to complete five athletic and science tasks. Cooperation a must!

B Physical Science Lab
Construct a wind turbine and use it to generate electricity.

B Reach for the Stars
Identify stars and galaxies, and solve problems in astronomy.

B Road Scholar
Story characters have terrible troubles! Solve them by interpreting road and topographic maps.

B Robo-Cross
Design and build a robot capable of performing a given task.

B Science Crime Busters
Analyze evidence from a crime scene and identify the guilty person.

B Scrambler
Construct a vehicle with an egg on the front to race towards a wall but not hit it.

B Trajectory
Construct a device powered by an elastic solid to throw a ball and hit a target.

B Wright Stuff
Construct a rubber band powered plane for maximum indoor flight time.

B Write It/Do It (2 students)
One student describes how to build a device; another uses that description to build it.