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Before the State Tournament:

  • Accept your invitation to the state tournament.  The Kansas tournament is held on the 1st Saturday in April

  • The team you take to the state tournament DOES NOT have to be composed of the same students as the team that competed at the regional tournament.  You are allowed to make changes remembering that there is a maximum of five 9th graders and seven 12th graders.

  • Look at your state schedule.  Remember for the state tournament you can request up to five schedule changes.  Follow the procedures found on the state tournament part of the web site.

  • As with the regional tournament, you do not need to compete in every event.  However you are encouraged to participate in as many events as possible to continue the learning process for 'next year'.

  • You may want to try and visit the site in advance anyway -- since competition day may not be the time to find buildings and rooms.

  • Prepare a master schedule for your team - who is where and when, and put a map on the reverse side. Each student should have a copy and it would be good to brief him or her before arriving at the tournament.

  • Organize materials for each event in bags so the required materials (pencils, goggles, etc.) are ready to take on tournament day.

Go on to State Tournament Day

Many of these tips were taken from the Alabama Science Olympiad Website.  Additional items came from the Wisconsin High School site.

This page last updated 03/17/2010