Saturday Feb 26th 2022
Lone Star College Cy-Fair
Hosted by the Division I and II [Science and Mathematics]
Welcome!
Welcome to the 2022 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Science Olympiad at Lone Star College Cy-Fair! It is an honor to have this opportunity to be the hosts for the Regional Science Olympiad.
Due to the large number of students who traditionally register for this event, we cannot wait until the day of the competition to register them. There is an involved process that starts with the processing of the registration forms, and ends with your students having access to the tests. This is why, this year, it will be extremely important that students and coaches submit the required documentation before the deadlines!
Master Schedule
Please refer to pages 8 and 9 for the schedule of individual events.
Dec. 18th, 2020: Online Registration is open.
Friday Jan. 29th, 2021 at midnight: Division B deadline for student and team/coach registration
Friday Feb. 5th, 2021 at midnight: Division C deadline for student and team/coach registration
Friday Feb. 12th, 2021 at midnight: Division B and C student deadline to sign up for the specific events they will compete on.
Saturday February 20th , 2021: 8:00 am – 1 pm Event competitions.
Monday February 22nd, 2021, noon. Awards ceremony video available.
Lone Star College Cy-Fair Planning Committee
Directors Dario F. Martinez, Professor of Physics
Shalini Kapoor, Professor of Mathematics
Tournament Staff
| Interim Vice- President of Instruction Interim Dean of Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics Director of Career and Technical Education Registration | Claire Phillips Warner Bair Renae Davis Lisa Varney |
| Appeals | Troy Giambernardi |
| Scoring | Chinyoung Bergbauer |
| Volunteer coordinator | Tien Nguyen |
| Treasurer/ordering Division Staff | Lisa Cougot Adora Smith, Rebecca Moore & Angela Bars |
| Event Volunteers Website | Selected students from LSC – Cy-Fair and Honors College. Shalini Kapoor, Padmaja Vedartham. |
We would like to thank the following individuals for their support, volunteering their time and expertise as judges, especially on a weekend:
| Carolina Rangel Warner Bair (III) David Camejo Jared Cammon Madhu Chakranarayan Nina Javaher-Tarash | Maria Florez Troy Giambernardi Mohamad Hishmeh Milton Kandeh Shalini Kapoor Yiheng Wang | Kristen Vaczi Joann Labs Aurora Lugo Matt Masoumi Lepeeka Sabnavis Felipe Chavez-Ramirez | Gholam Toutounchi Dario Martinez Lyndon Brown Hui Tan Todd Thomas | Ann VanHeerden Padmaja Vedartham Sarada Moturu Louis Jisonna |
General Information
Competition Format
The 2020 Texas Gulf Coast Regional Science Olympiad will consist of 17 different events for Division B and 17 events for Division C. Each team will compete in all events for their division. All events are weighted equally. All events are online and students will compete in groups of 2, in separate locations, but with cell phone contact.
All tests will be available in D2L (Lonestar’s Learning Management System) on the day of the competition but students will have access to practice tests the week before the competition so that they can become familiar with the platform.
All tests will be set up using the proctoring service available in D2L called Lockdown Browser and Respondus monitor. Chrome books will not work with this proctoring system. Respondus Monitor requires the student’s computer to have a webcam and the student’s activity, only while taking each test, will be recorded. Event judges will review footage to check for academic honesty of all participants.
Scoring
Each team will receive points for each event entered. In each division (B or C), the total number of teams, “n”, will be used to determine the points a team receives in an event. Each team ranked in the event will receive the number of points equal to its rank, so first place will receive one point, second place two points, etc. Teams making an honest attempt to participate, but cannot be assigned a raw score because of time, internet outage, computer crash, etc., will be ranked with participation points (“P”) on the score sheet which will be “n” points. Tie-breaking procedures will be employed in the event of a tie. Teams that do not show up to the event will be given “n+1” points for No-Show (NS). Teams that are Disqualified (DQ) for behavioral problems, poor sportsmanship, or as provided in the event rules or the testing/cheating policies form will be given “n+2” points.
These scoring rules apply to each event, regardless of the number of teams that actually enter that particular event. Overall team’s scores will be determined by summing the points for each team for the total events it entered, with the lowest total being assigned first place. The first tiebreaker procedure for sweepstakes scoring will be “head-to-head” results in common events (i.e., which team outranked the other(s) in more common events.) In the unlikely event of a three (or more) – way tie, this procedure will be reapplied to continued ties, if appropriate. The second tie-breaking procedure will be a “head-to-head” rank in a common event. The event that will be used to apply this tiebreaker will be the first common event on the following list, in this order:
1) Anatomy & Physiology, 2) Fossils, and 3) Reach for the Stars for B division and
1) Anatomy& Physiology, 2) Fossils, and 3) Astronomy for C division.
Behavior/Conduct
The purpose of the Science Olympiad is to encourage student interest in science, to develop teamwork and cooperation and, above all, to have fun, with winning as a bonus. Unfortunately, in the spirit of being competitive, people’s good nature (students, coaches, parents, and observers) is sometimes unreliable. For this reason, signed “test-taking/cheating policies” must be submitted (uploaded into a D2L dropbox by each participating team the day the latest on the day before the competition.
Team Substitutes
Additional participants (2 per school team) are ONLY allowed to substitute for an ill team member. The substitute cannot participate on another team for their school. S.O. Gulf Coast directors must be notified at least 1h before the start of the first event for which the ill member has signed up previously. The alternates will be given online access to the test. The ill team member will not be allowed to take tests on that day.
Appeals Procedures
Teams will be provided with the email address of the appeals judge to submit any appeals, which must be submitted within one hour after the specific event ends. After this time has elapsed, all results are final and no appeals will be considered. Results of all appeals will be emailed to the filing individuals on the same day of the competition. Appeal forms will be available in D2L.
Clarifications
All clarifications are based on the State and National clarifications for 2020: https://www.soinc.org/events/rules-clarifications.
Protocol
· Parents, coaches, and observers are NOT ALLOWED to interact with the students in any way while the students are taking a test.
· Team members must be present in different physical locations. This is to allow students with different social distancing preferences to compete on level ground.
· Students must remain in front of the computer webcam used by Respondus Monitor, for the duration of the test. No bathroom breaks are allowed.
· Team members are ONLY allowed to use their cellphone to communicate while taking the exam. No other devices can be used while taking a test. Contestants violating these rules will be disqualified.
· Contestants may arrive late for an event; however, they WILL NOT be granted any extra time past the scheduled end of the regular event.
· If a competitor must leave a test, FOR ANY REASON, both team members must submit and end the session. The test will NOT be reopened.
· Any team, for which a team member loses internet connection for more than 2 min during the test, will only receive participation points for that event.
2022 Gulf Coast Regional schedule of events
Division B
| Time → Name of event ↓ | 8-8:45am | 9-9:45 am | 10-10:45 am | 11-11:45 am | 12-12:45 am | |
| B1 | Anatomy and Physiology (Nervous, Sense Organs, Endocrine) | |||||
| B2 | Botany | |||||
| B3 | Bridge | |||||
| B4 | Disease Detectives | |||||
| B5 | Dynamic Planet (Hydrology) | |||||
| B6 | Food Science | |||||
| B7 | Green Generation (Aquatic, Air & Climate Change) | |||||
| B8 | Mouse Trap Vehicle | |||||
| B9 | Naked Egg Drop | |||||
| B10 | Ornithology | |||||
| B11 | Ping Pong Parachute | |||||
| B12 | Rocks and Minerals | |||||
| B13 | Solar System | |||||
| B14 | Sounds of Music | |||||
| B15 | Write It, Do It |
Division C
| Time → Name of event ↓ | 8:00-8:45am | 9-9:45 | 10-10:45 | 11-11:45 | 12-12:45 | |
| C1 | Anatomy and Physiology (Skeletal, Muscular, and Integumentary) | |||||
| C2 | Astronomy | |||||
| C3 | Botany | |||||
| C4 | Bridge | |||||
| C5 | Cell Biology | |||||
| C6 | Chem Lab | |||||
| C7 | Code Busters | |||||
| C8 | Disease Detectives | |||||
| C9 | Dynamic Planet (Hydrology) | |||||
| C10 | Gravity Vehicle | |||||
| C11 | Green Generation (Aquatic, Air & Climate Change) | |||||
| C12 | Ornithology | |||||
| C13 | Rocks and Minerals | |||||
| C14 | Wright Stuff | |||||
| C15 | Write It, Do It |
REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS AND COACHES
The two links below take you to our registration form. Students and coaches need to fill out the corresponding form completely BEFORE THE DEADLINE. This form is critical for your registration to the Science Olympiad Gulf Coast/Houston Regional. With the information given below the Lonestar CyFair Continuing Education team will create a student account which will allow the S.O. competitors to access online tests on the day of the event. Students will be emailed the instructions to create a password to access their Lonestar account and take the test for the events that they signed up for.
Registration deadlines:
Division B: Friday Jan. 29th
Division C: Friday Feb. 5th
Student registration link:
Students need to completely fill out this form as part of their official registration for the Science Olympiad Gulf Coast/Houston Regional. With the information given below the Lonestar CyFair Continuing Education team will create a student account which will allow the SO competitors to access online tests on the day of the event.
https://forms.gle/zqnpkPtTBt1TsX8GA
Team/coach registration link
Coaches must fill in this information and send the link to the School’s Principal to enter his/her contact information and certify that the students in the team form are active members of the school. The Science Olympiad may contact the School’s Principal for further verification.
https://forms.gle/ro6x828v7mCmvhr38
Administrative Team at LSC Cy-Fair
Dr. Seelpa Keshvala, President (http://www.lonestar.edu/cyfair-president.htm)
Dr. Bennie Lambert, Vice-President of Student Success
Mr. Ted Louie, Vice-President of Administrative Services
Dr. Claire Phillips, Interim Vice-President of Instruction
Dr. Warner Bair III, Interim Dean of Math, Science, & Engineering
Lone Star College-CyFair is committed to academic excellence, exceptional service, and a dynamic climate for lifelong learning. Our passion for learning is supported by our core values: integrity; trust; dignity and respect.
Vision:
Lone Star College Cy-Fair is a responsive, innovative and collaborative learning community that thrives on preparing
students for a lifetime of learning and change.
Learning Signature
Lone Star College-CyFair’s Leaning Signature communicates the college’s unique attributes as an education institution. The colleges’ signature distinctively conveys its commitment to providing innovative and creative learning environments, which focus on student engagement and student success.
This comprehensive college provides a full range of university transfer, adult literacy, workforce development and life-long learning opportunities for the community. Its unique and award-winning design enhances learning in a digital world and provides support for students to be successful at any stage of their life. Not only is the college designed for 21st century learning skills, it also includes two national model partnerships within its founding facilities.
We sincerely thank our leadership at LSC Cy-Fair for supporting the Regional Science Olympiad for several years to serve the needs of high school and middle school students across the state. They also believe in the positive impact this event imparts on the overall student experience.
We also thank you all for choosing our beautiful campus as the venue for the Regional Science Olympiad.
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