Texas Science Olympiad
State-wide tournament featuring a series of individual and team events for students grades 6-12
State Tournament:
Friday-Saturday, April 20-21, 2018
Registration Open:
10 a.m., Monday, September 11, 2017
Registration Deadline:
10 a.m., Thursday, January 4, 2018
Coaches' Clinic:
Saturday, November 18, 2017
Teams & Coaches
(read this stuff first)
Regional Competition
(compete here to qualify for state)
Texas Invitationals:
(practice here before regional competitions)
2018 Texas Member Teams
State Tournament Information:
(Texas A&M University, College Station)
- State Tournament Events
- Eligible Teams for State Tournament
- Forms & Deadlines for State Tournament
- Clarifications for State Tournament Events
- State Schedule - Division B (Middle School)
- State Schedule - Division C (High School)
- State Event Time-Slot Sign Up System
- State Travel and Accommodations
- State Tournament General Information
- State Tournament Frequently Asked Questions
Winners & History of TSO
Associations:
Payment Information:
Check*:
If paying by check, payments submitted without documentation will be RETURNED to sender. Documentation (invoice, registration confirmation, etc.) MUST accompany payment if by mail/check.
Credit Cards*:
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PO's:
Purchase Orders (PO's) are NOT accepted!
*A $30 fee will be charged for all returned checks and credit cards.
Absolutely NO REFUNDS!
2018 TSO state tournament Events and "texas" event guidelines
The Texas State tournament offers all 23 National events as well as 5 Texas events. All teams qualified for the State tournament will select 23 from the 28 events offered prior to the State tournament.
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DIVISION
B EVENTS (middle school) |
DIVISION
C EVENTS (high school) |
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Rules Manual for National events: New this year, rules manuals are available for download FREE at https://store.soinc.org/us/page/manuals?resetallfilter=1 |
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| To view a brief description of the National B Division Events (first 23) click here. | To view a brief description of the National C Division Events (first 23) click here. | |
| 1 | Anatomy & Physiology |
Anatomy & Physiology |
| 2 | Battery Buggy | Astronomy |
| 3 | Crime Busters | Chemistry Lab |
| 4 | Disease Detectives | Disease Detectives |
| 5 | Dynamic Planet | Dynamic Planet |
| 6 | Ecology | Ecology |
| 7 | Experimental Design | Experimental Design |
| 8 | Fast Facts | Fermi Questions |
| 9 | Herpetology | Forensics |
| 10 | Hovercraft | Game On |
| 11 | Meteorology | Helicopters |
| 12 | Microbe Mission | Herpetology |
| 13 | Mystery Architecture | Hovercraft |
| 14 | Optics | Materials Science |
| 15 | Potions and Poisons | Microbe Mission |
| 16 | Road Scholar | Mission Possible |
| 17 | Rocks & Minerals | Mousetrap Vehicle |
| 18 | Roller Coaster | Optics |
| 19 | Solar System | Remote Sensing |
| 20 | Thermodynamics | Rocks and Minerals |
| 21 | Towers | Thermodynamics |
| 22 | Wright Stuff |
Towers |
| 23 | Write It / Do It | Write It / Do It |
| Below are the Texas events offered — each event below will be linked to its guidelines as soon as they are available to post - please continue to watch this website for updates! | ||
| 24 | Code Busters | |
| 25 | Indoor Bottle Rockets | Robot Ramble |
| 26 | Naked Egg Drop | Science Word |
| 27 | Picture This | We've Got Your Number |
| 28 | We've Got Your Number | WiFi Lab File for building test equipment for WiFi Lab Transmitter Construction Additional Tips - WiFi Lab |
