Texas Science Olympiad
State-wide tournament featuring a series of individual and team events for students grades 6-12
State Tournament:
May 3-4, 2013
Registration Open:
3pm, Wednesday, September 5, 2012 to 9am, Thursday, January 3, 2013
Teams & Coaches
(read this stuff first)
Regional Competition
(compete here to qualify for state)
Texas Invitationals:
(practice here before regional competitions)
State Tournament:
(held at Texas A&M University, College Station)
- Eligible Teams for State Tournament
- Rules, Forms & Deadlines for State Tournament
- State Tournament Events
- Clarifications for State Tournament Events
- Schedule - Division B (Middle School)
- Schedule - Division C (High School)
- Event Time-Slot Sign Up System- Division B
- Event Time-Slot Sign Up System - Division C
- Travel and Parking Information
Associations:
Payments:
Payments submitted without documentation will be RETURNED to sender. Documentation (invoice, registration confirmation, etc.) MUST accompany payment.
2013 Division B Results
2013 Division C Results
Texas Science Olympiad:
The Texas Science Olympiad (TSO) tournament is a rigorous academic interscholastic competition that consists of a series of individual and team events which students (grades 6-12) prepare for during the year. The competitions follow the format of popular board games, TV shows, and athletic games. These challenging and motivational events are well balanced between the various science and engineering disciplines of biology, earth science, chemistry, physics, computers, and technology. There is also a balance between events requiring knowledge of facts, concepts, processes, skills, and science applications.
Registration & Fees
Each team (see rules for team configuration) must register online to compete in a regional competition and pay $220 team registration fee. This $220 PER TEAM fee will pay for:
- entry of ONE 15 member team into ONE regional competition
- Invitational, State, and National affiliation fees for ONE team
- one Rules Manual for your teams' division
Teams MUST participate in a regional competition FIRST to qualify for State.
Regional competitions are limited to TWO teams per school. Additional teams may be requested after the close of registration if space is available and upon Regional and State Director approval.
Many Invitational competitions allow more than TWO teams to participate at their competition. This is at the discretion of the Invitational Director – check with them to see how many teams are allowed from each school. If a school wishes to have more than TWO teams compete at an invitational, they MUST register the additional teams and pay the discounted membership fee of $110 per additional team. This fee covers the necessary National, State and Invitational affiliation fees and one manual in their division. Each Invitational will have their own required entry fee for their competition – this fee is not included in the $110 affiliation fee.
Winning teams from State advance to Nationals. Please see the Rules page for details.
Teams at TSO
Team construction must follow the rules as stated in guidelines here. Winning teams from State advance to Nationals. Please see the Rules page for details.
Coaches Resources
Coaches clinic is set for October 13, 2012 at Texas A&M campus, in College Station, TX. More resources can be found here.
Payments:
Payments submitted without documentation will be RETURNED to sender. Documentation (invoice, registration confirmation, etc.) MUST accompany payment.
Awards:
Trophies will be awarded to the top four Division B (grades 6-9) and C (grades 9-12) school teams compiling the least total points during the Olympiad. Awards will also be given for each event and for best team spirit. Additionally, the 1st place team in each of Divisions B and C will be invited to represent Texas at the National Science Olympiad tournament. A second team in each division may also be invited to participate at National Science Olympiad depending upon total membership numbers.
Ethics statement:
Student participants are expected to compete in tournament events with an honest effort to follow the rules and the spirit of that competition. The goal of competition is to give one's best effort while displaying honesty, integrity and sportsmanship. Students, coaches, parents and guests are expected to display courtesy and respect toward Olympiad officials, other teams, and guests of the Olympiad. Failure to show honesty and/or courtesy by a participant, coach, parent, or guest of the team may result in the disqualification of the team from that event, the entire tournament or future tournaments.
judging support:
Educational Outreach and Women's Programs realizes that in any competition, differences of opinion about the judges interpretations may occur. It is the policy of the Outreach Programs to support the interpretations and final decisions of the judges panel.
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Regional Competitions:
February 23, 2013
Corpus Christi Regional at Texas A&M - Corpus Christ
February 23, 2013
Galveston Regional at Texas A&M Galveston, Galveston
February 23, 2013
Tarleton Regional, Stephenville
February 23, 2013
Rio Grande Valley Regional Science Olympiad - South Texas College, McAllen
March 2, 2013
Katy Regional Tournament at Beckendorff Junior High
March 2, 2013
Dallas/Ft. Worth Regional at North Lake College, Dallas
March 23, 2013
Gulf Coast Regional -
Lone Star College CyFair, Houston
March 23, 2013
San Antonio Regional at
Texas A&M University - San Antonio
