For those that want to go down the night
before, Friday, April 4, we will plan on staying at the Hyatt Regency
Wichita,
400 West Waterman
67202
Tel: 316-293-1234
This is optional and the location is also
optional. This is just where Mr. Shinn
and others are planning on staying.
Fossils, Rocks, & Time: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/
Dinosaurs: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/
Geologic Time: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/
Forensic Science Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~thekeither
Coaching Tips
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/preparing_events/bottlerocket/
rocketsites.html
A Coaches Handbook for Bottle Rockets
Event Leader information and score sheet
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2002scoresheets/rocket-
b.htm
National Event Leader Site
Water Rocket Resources and Materials
http://www.h2orocket.com/ Nerds Inc - Bottle Rocket Supplies
http://www.nerdsinc.com/rock_prod.html
About the Rocket Demo Different Rocket Configurations
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~rockets/demoinfo.html
Rockets Away OSU's 4H programs using experiments, simulations for
bottle rockets
http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~rockets/
Bottle Rockets Book On Line
http://www.netspace.net.au/~bradcalv/wrbook.htm
The Water Rocket Garage and free launcher plans
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/5402/
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/5402/launcher.htm
SAL (Swing Arm Launcher) by Scott Chestnut
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3810/jelly.htm
Water Rocket Websites
http://www.h2orocket.com/topic/links/websites.html
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/TRC/Rockets/RocketActivitiesHome2.html
http://spacelink.nasa.gov/Instructional.Materials/.index.html
Rocketry News Group news
NASA Spacelink
Water Rocket Index
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pagrosse/h2oRocketIndex.htm
Event Leader Information and Score Sheet
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2002scoresheets/
bridge.htm
Bridge Designs and Photos
http://bellnetweb.brc.tamus.edu/res_grid/trussb/designs.htm
http://www.ktca.org/newtons/12/bridges.html
Bridge Designs for Balsa Wood and web resources
http://www.ktca.org/newtons/12/bridges.html
http://peoria.k12.il.us/pahs/BalsaBridge.html
http://www.zimsweb.com/balsa/information/bridge.htm
http://www.zimsweb.com/balsa/information/info.htm
What Truss Bridge Design Holds The Most Mass?
http://www.zimsweb.com/balsa/information/info.htm
http://eduscapes.com/42explore/bridge.htm
Engineering Bridges
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/northbethesdams/bridgeover.pdf
Technology
Education
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/northbethesdams/bridgeover.pdf
Bridge Designer
Online Virtual Lab to Design and
http://www.jhu.edu/~virtlab/bridge/truss.htm
http://mvhs1.mbhs.edu/mvhsproj/bridge_model/bridges2.html
Coaching Tips
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/preparing_events/divisionb/
cantjudge.html
Neutralizing Distilled Water
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/neutralizewater.htm
Make a Conductivity Tester
http://www.soinc.org/condtstr.htm
Dynamic Planet
http://library.thinkquest.org/28022/>
http://www.lalc.k12.ca.us/target/units/river/lessons/stream_flow.html
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/OFR93-641/index.html
http://cgee.hamline.edu/rivers/Inquiry/guide/index.htm
http://www.wgby.org/edu/crei/pages/watershedcurriculum.pdf
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/mearthsw.html
http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/locate/index.cfm
http://www.amrivers.org/floodplainstoolkit/value.htm
http://cf.uwex.edu/ces/erc/eypaw/search.cfm
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthrivers.html
http://mbgnet.mobot.org/fresh/
http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/geog/
http://www1.umn.edu/bellmuse/mnideals/watershed/watershed2.html
http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/
http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/student/thermal/study.html
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1139/htdocs/
natural_processes_of_ground.htm#lakes
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/circ1139/htdocs/
effects_of_human_activities_on_t.htm#river
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/iln/index1.html
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualRiver/
http://wow.nrri.umn.edu/wow/teacher/heat/teaching.html
http://www.esf.edu/course/kschulz/LakeOrigin.html
http://www.fantasymaps.com/101/river.html
http://www.eastnet.ecu.edu/eastern/gis/ex2/
Event Leader Information
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2001events/
2001%20egg%20drop.htm
Ultimate Egg Drop
http://smaplab.ri.uah.edu/iptclass/intro.html
Egg Drop Photos
http://www.k12.de.us/science/olympiad/eggdrop/eggdrop.html
The Great Egg Drop
http://www.wvu.edu/~ruralnet/current/egg/egg04.htm
The Egg Drop Experiment
http://www.wvu.edu/~ruralnet/current/egg/egg04.htm
Egg Drop Science
http://www.sciencenter.org/eggdrop/eggdropsci.html
Design Questions to Consider
http://www.pky.ufl.edu/homepages/faculty/physics/eggdrop2.html
Help with Experimental Design
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/preparing_events/divisionb/
expdesignsamples.htm
Logistics for Event Leader
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://incolor.inebraska.com/dehlers/SciOly Regional 2001.pdf
http://incolor.inebraska.com/dehlers/SciOly State 2001.pdf
Scientific Method
http://www.sytsma.com/phad530/expdesig.html
Experimental Science Project Guide Intermediate Level
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjInter.html
Sample Controlled Experiment
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/cf/SciProjInter.html
The Basics of Experimental Design
http://www.sytsma.com/phad530/expdesig.html
How to Do the Experiment
http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/ScienceInternet/
Experiment.html
Frank Potter's Science Gems Experimental Design Resources
http://www-sci.lib.uci.edu/SEP/SEP.html
The Scientific Method of problem solving
http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/pmethod.htm
The Colossal Fossil Site
http://www.colossal-fossil-site.com/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/intro.html
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dinosaurs/
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/taxaform.html
http://interactive2.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers/geoage.htm
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/contents.html
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualDating/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks/flash/indexfull.html
Guide for Coaches, Event Supervisors & Participants
http://soinc.org/download/lifehand.pdf
Order form for Training Manual with lessons and sample competitions
http://soinc.org/download/03-TG.pdf
Science Lab Equipment
http://pc65.frontier.osrhe.edu/hs/science/labeq.htm
Basic Science Lab Techniques
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~concept/
Science Process Assessment
http://www.scienceprocesstests.com/
http://www.scienceprocesstests.com/continuum.html Science Process Skills
http://www.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/research/skill.htm
http://education.shu.edu/pt3grant/zinicola/skills_source.html
http://www.rickhershberger.com/bioactivesite/elemsci/lecturehall/
process_skills.pdf
Frank Potter's Science Gems Life Science Measurement & Scientific
Investigation
http://www.sciencegems.com/life.html
What the Research Says About Science Process Skills
http://www.rickhershberger.com/bioactivesite/elemsci/lecturehall/
process_skills.pdf
Exams from previous competitions
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellows/sci_olympiad/
sci_olympiad.html
Resource Listing for Weather and Climate Instruction
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/resources/wxresource.html
How the Weather Works
American Meteorological Society The Data Streme Project
http://www.comet.ucar.edu/dstreme
American Meteorological Society Education Program
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/index.html
DataStreme Project Participants page
http://www.meteor.wisc.edu/~hopkins/ams/
The Globe Program
Weather.com Educational Index
http://www.weather.com/education/index.html
The Weather Cycler (a great teaching aid)
http://www.weathercycler.com/ Order form for Audubon Weather Guide
http://soinc.org/download/02tguide.pdf
Resource Guide for Weather and Climate
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/resources/resourceguide.pdf
The Online Guides - Meteorology
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/Gh)/guides/mtr/home.rxml
Event Leader Information
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
Metric Estimation Game
http://teachers.net/lessons/posts/1275.html
Metric Mania Lessons
http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classmetric.html
Estimation & Measurement
http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/edu_act/measure.html
Measurement & Estimation Activities
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/math/measurement/
Cool to Rule: A Game of Prediction and Measurement
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/Mathematics/Measurement/
MEA0015.html
Metric Measurement/Estimation Three Lessons
http://cohort.educ.csus.edu/sanjuan1/metric/For_Students/
6th_Grade_for_Students/Metric_Measurement___Estimatio/
metric_measurement___estimatio.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2002scoresheets/mp-b.htm
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2002scoresheets/mp-c.htm
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/preparing_events/
mission_possible.htm
Suggestions for Event Preparation
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3812/missionp.html
The official Rube Goldbergฎ homepage
http://www.rube-goldberg.com/html/information.htm
Sample Energy Transfer Flowchart
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2002scoresheets/mp-c.htm
Pitsco Mission Possible Website
http://www.pitsco.com/Competitions/comprules.htm Rolling Ball Web
http://www.database.com/~lemur/rb-rolling-ball.html
Hints and Interpretations for 2002
http://webs.wichita.edu/scienceolympiad/so/missposs.hint02c.htm
http://webs.wichita.edu/scienceolympiad/so/missposs.hint02b.htm
Energy transfer types explained
http://home.nc.rr.com/rcormier/
Pictures of
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/preparing_events/devicepics/
deviceindex.html
http://www.k12.de.us/science/olympiad/missionpossible/mission.html
Information Sheet
http://www.uark.edu/depts/aeedhp/agscience/simpmach.htm
Science Olympiad
2000:
http://www.elysianaudio.org/personal/mission.html
Exams from previous competitions
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellows/sci_olympiad/
sci_olympiad.html
http://planet.weber.edu/physics/sci-oly.html
Order form for Audubon Night Sky Guide
http://soinc.org/download/02tguide.pdf
The 9 Planets
http://www.seds.org/billa/trip
Stars and Constellations
http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations.html
Sciences
http://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/astroed.html
Space Telescope Science Institute
Franklin Institute Guide to the Universe
Stars and Galaxies
http://www.eia.brad.ac.uk/btl/sg.html
NASA Space Science Missions
http://spacescience.nasa.gov/missions/index.htm
NASA Solar System Simulator
NASA Welcome to the Planets
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/
Orrery - Solar System Simulator
http://web.cuug.ab.ca/~kmcclary
Constellation Game
http://www2.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/science.cgi?A1=s&A13=(../
constellation/)(constellation)&A15=2&A3=1&A2=1&INSTRUCTS=1
Current Skies
US Naval Observatory Astronomical Information
Moon viewer
http://www.moonlink.com/data/moon_viewer/
Virtual Tour of the Sun
http://www.astro.uva.nl/demo/od95/
Amazing Space
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Space Weather
http://www.spaceweather.com/
AAS Educator Web references
http://www.astrosociety.org/education/resources/educsites.html
Astronomy Magazine
http://www.astronomy.com/home.asp
Stars & Telescope Magazine
http://www.skypub.com/sights/sights.shtml
Coaching Tips
Maps
http://wapi.isu.edu/Field_Exercise/topomaps/topomaps_index.htm
- coord
Field Exercises from
http://wapi.isu.edu/Field_Exercise/field_exercise.htm
Exams from previous competitions
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellows/sci_olympiad/
sci_olympiad.html
Mapping Information USGS
USGS: What Do Maps Show Grades 5-9
http://info.er.usgs.gov/education/teacher/what-do-maps-show/index.html
USGS Mapping
Information: GNIS
Base Query Form
http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form
Duke U. Perkins Library Public Docs & Maps - Maps & GIS
http://docs.lib.duke.edu/maps/index.htm
SARBC - Map and Compass
SARBC - Navigation
SARBC Maps
http://www.sarbc.org/sarbc/map.html
SARBC Compass
http://www.sarbc.org/sarbc/compass.html
TopoZone.com
USGS Earth Science Information Centers (Ordering Maps)
Private Retailers available on line
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/partners/bpmain.html
Finding Your Way
http://info.er.usgs.gov/fact-sheets/finding-your-way/finding-your-
way.html
Making Maps Easy to Read
http://acorn.educ.nottingham.ac.uk/ShellCent/maps/
Yahoo - Maps
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Geography/Maps/
Robo Billiards Page
IEEE Robotics Education web site
Illah Nourbakhsh Robots Institute
Marge Skubic Uni. of
http://www.cecs.missouri.edu/~skubic/
HVW Technologies
KISS Institute for Practical Robotics
Hobby Robotics list from UMass
http://www-robotics.cs.umass.edu/cgi-bin/robotics-hobby/
Acroname, Inc.
Tiny Tiger micro controllers:
http://www.industrialcontroller.com/wilke/
Crickets tiny computers for robots
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/projects/cricket/
Handy Board Microcomputer system for robots
Fred Martins Robotics Page
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/
Lego Mindstorms
Unofficial questions - Lego Mindstorms and the MIT programmable Brick
http://lcs.www.media.mit.edu/people/fredm/mindstorms/
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~reshko/PILOT/
Logistics of Science Crime Busters
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2001events/
2001%20mystery%20architecture.htm
Exams from previous competitions
http://www.tufts.edu/as/wright_center/fellows/sci_olympiad/
sci_olympiad.html
General Tips
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/preparing_events/divisionb/
2000regcrime.htm
Forensic Science Web Page
http://home.earthlink.net/~thekeither
Neutralizing Distilled Water
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/neutralizewater.html
CDC Science of Fitness website at
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/science_olympiad/index.htm
Science of Fitness Sample Exercise
http://www.soinc.org/download/fitnsmpl.pdf
National Institutes of Health
CDC Division of Nutrition and Physical Activities
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/index.htm
Surgeon General's Report on Physical Activity and Health
http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/sgr/sgr.htm.
Health Finder
Respiration Excellent resource with notes, diagrams and animated
charts
http://www.biology.eku.edu/RITCHISO/301notes6.htm
Circulatory System Excellent resource with notes, diagrams and
animated charts
http://www.biology.eku.edu/RITCHISO/301notes5.htm
E-medicine
Circulatory System - The Franklin Institute
http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/systems/circulation.html
An Online Exploration of the Heart The Franklin Institute
http://www.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html
Fast Food Facts Interactive Food Finder
Nutrient Data Laboratory Food Consumption Data
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/
Fitness Related Websites
http://www.montana.com/Stafford/fitnesslinks.htm
The Visible Human Project
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html
Medline Plus Health Information
Virtual Hospital Online
http://www.vh.org/Misc/Outline.html
Fitness Jumpsite: Calorie Calculator
http://primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/jumpsite/calculat.htm
Missouri Stream Team - Macro invertebrates
http://www.rollanet.org/~streams/macroinv/
Water Quality Information Center Page
Biological monitoring of Fresh Water
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Science/SWCS/ZOOBENTH/biotic.html
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Science/SWCS/ZOOBENTH/BENTHOS/ii.html
Freshwater Benthic Ecology and Aquatic Entomology Homepage
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Science/SWCS/ZOOBENTH/BENTHOS/benthos.html
Water Quality Home Pages
http://hermes.ecn.purdue.edu/server/water/water.html
Give Water a Hand
Key to Stream Invertebrates
http://imc.lisd.k12.mi.us/msc1/invert/key.html
Major Stream Invertebrates
http://imc.lisd.k12.mi.us/msc1/invert/inverts.html
World Education Foundation
Science Junction Water What Ifs
http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/depot/experiments/water/
SOS Stream Study
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~sos-iwla/Stream-Study/
StreamStudyHomePage/StreamStudy.HTML
EPA's Surf Your Watershed
Water Science for Schools by USGS
All Along A River Think quest
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/
site_sum_outside.html?tname=28022&url=28022/
Event Leader Information and Sample Score Sheet
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/index.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/2002scoresheets/
wright_b.htm
Academy of Model Aeronautics
Tips - Technology Student Association
http://www.mindspring.com/~thayer5/sotsa/main.html
Marcel's Free Flight
http://www.rivard.org/aeromodeling/freeflight.html
National Free Flight Society site
Thayer Syme's free flight site
http://www.mindspring.com/~thayer5/modelhp.html
Don Slusarczyk indoor modeling site
http://www.indoorfreeflight.com/
Tim Goldstein's indoor modeling site
http://www.indoorduration.com/
Wright Stuff Information Center
http://www.soinc.org/wsstuff02.htm
Places where you can find supplies for the Wright Stuff:
F.A.I. Model Supply
http://www.faimodelsupply.com/
Hannan's Runway
Indoor Model Supply
http://www.indoormodelsupply.com/
Midwest Products Co., Inc.
http://www.midwestproducts.com/
Peck-Polymers
Logistics for Write It, Do It
http://ncsu.edu/science_olympiad/leaderinfo/writeitlogistics.htm
Event Pages with suggestions
http://www.scioly.org/eventpages/writeitdoit.html
http://www.scioly.org/eventpages/widi.html
Academy of Model Aerodynamics