Science Olympiad Volunteers Needed

The Science Olympiad National Tournament is coming to Orlando and we need your help!

Each year, the Science Olympiad National Tournament is hosted by a major university, and for the second time in three years UCF is taking the lead!   And – we need volunteers!

If you are familiar with our state tournament, you know the effort that is required to host the competition.  (More information about Science Olympiad is below in this email)  But for nationals, we need approximately 400 volunteers to help in various aspects.  Unlike the state tournament, where we ask our event supervisors to write and create an event, we are now in a hosting, yet supporting role.  We have local and national event supervisors who will arrive in Orlando and they need help running their event.  This means – NO ADVANCE PREP WORK – other than communicating with the event supervisor and becoming knowledgeable about the rules and activities for the specific event.

We have several ways you can help and be a part of the Science Olympiad National Tournament:

Sat. May 10 – Paperwork and Organizational Prep

Wed. May 14 – Headquarters volunteers

Thurs. May 15 – Headquarters volunteers

Fri. May 16 – Headquarters and opening cermonies volunteers

Sat. May 17 – Headquarters, events assistants, competition volunteers, and closing ceremony volunteers

Please consider helping!  Contact Charlese Hilton-Brown at Charlese.Hilton-Brown@ucf.edu to volunteer.   Our major needs right now are to provide assistants to the events below.  Also, if you have students who need volunteer hours, this is a tremendous experience and they will help out in non-event positions. 

Finally, if you are unable to help, please send this email on to organizations and groups you think might be interested!

Event Assistants Needed:

B - Anatomy

B - Boomilever

B - Can't Judge a Powder

B - Crime Busters

B - Disease Detectives

B - Dynamic Planet

B - Entomology

B - Experimental Design

B - Helicopters

B - Heredity

B - Meteorology

B - Metric Mastery

B - Road Scholar

B - RoboCross

B - Rocks and Minerals

B - Roller Coaster Trial

B - Rotor Egg Drop

B - Shock Value

B - Simple Machines

B - Solar System

B - Sounds of Music

B - Trial - Airjectory

B - Trial - Bridge Building

B - Water Quality

B - Wheeled Vehicle

B - Write It Do It

C - Anatomy & Physiology

C - Astronomy

C - Boomilever

C - Bungee Drop

C - Chemistry Lab

C - Circuit Lab

C - Compound Machines

C - Designer Genes

C - Disease Detectives

C - Dynamic Planet

C - Elastic Launched Glider

C - Entomology

C - Experimental Design

C - Forensics

C - GeoLogic Mapping

C - MagLev

C - Material Science

C - Mission Possible

C - Protein Modeling Trial

C - Rocks and Minerals

C - Roller Coaster Trial

C - Scrambler

C - Technical Problem Solving

C - Trial - Game On

C - Trial - Hydrogeology

C - Water Quality

C - Write It Do It

Supporting Roles:

Registration

Score Counselors

Score Entering

Signage

Preparing packets on the weekend before

Souvenir Sales

Tours

Providing Directions

Score Counseling

Opening Ceremonies

Passing out lunches

Help Desk

Award Ceremonies

Science Olympiad is a national organization in which middle and high school students compete as teams of 15 in a variety of science competitions in physics, chemistry, biology, earth space science, and engineering.  The events require students to construct pre-built devices, conduct experiments, and demonstrate their knowledge about a wide variety of scientific concepts.  Unlike other competitions, student demonstrate their knowledge in a day long competition in 23 different events.   For more information:  www.scienceolympiad2014.com