Events and Activities

Team-based competition with niche events

See Science Olympiad page

High speed, buzzer-style competition with a team

See Science Bowl page

Invitationals: volunteer to write questions in different categories, as well as read questions, time, keep score, or recognize competing teams

Remind: @bioly2324

USABO Open Exam: 50 minutes, 50 multiple choice questions

USABO Semifinal Exam: 120 minutes, 123 questions; top 20 scorers go on to represent the US in International Biology Olympiad

Fees: 

Remind: @fhschemol2

Multi-tiered chemistry competition

Local ChemOly: Open to all high school students, held in March (no fee!)

National ChemOly: Participants will be nominated based on local exam performance

International ChemOly: Top 20 scoring students from the national exam spend two weeks at a study camp from which four students are chosen to represent the U.S. at the international olympiad

F=ma: Open to all high students; only has algebra-based mechanics questions; 25 questions in 75 minutes; held around February

USAPhO: about top 400 students from F=ma selected; covers all topics in introductory physics; uses Calculus; 2 parts with 6 questions and 90 minutes each

IPO: Around the top 20 from USAPhO are chosen to participate in a training camp; the top 5 will then be selected to represent the U.S. in the international olympiad

What you’ll be doing: 

Manning booths

Making sure kids don’t (do) get set on fire 

https://www.apsu.edu/governors-school/ 

https://www.tntech.edu/engineering/about/outreach/gset/index.php 

https://www.etsu.edu/cas/math/mathexcellence/govschool/ 

https://gsse.utk.edu/ 

Conduct research in one of the following areas:

• Environmental Science

• Biomedical Sciences

• Life Sciences

• Medicine & Health / Behavioral Sciences

• Engineering & Technology

• Mathematics & Computer Science

• Physical Sciences

• Chemistry

Write a research paper and present the research to a panel of judges either through a poster or an oral presentation

If interested, please contact Mr. Reynolds (nick.reynolds@knoxschools.org)

If you need any help, just the officers know

Conduct and present a research or engineering project in the STEM field

Pre-approval Deadline: 

Registration Deadline: 

Submission Deadline: 

Actual Fair: 

IF INTERESTED: PLEASE CONTACT AN OFFICER

• Virtual Science Club: meetings to brainstorm and discuss research ideas with professors/mentors

• Nova77 STEM Workshop: NASA-funded STEM project engaging high school students and the public at large in exploring Mars through HiRISE images of Martian landscapes and AI-generated images (October 23, 2022)

• IT Fundamentals: at the Pellissippi Magnolia Ave Campus

  • learn topics around a pre-career certification

  • determine if a career in information technology is the right career path

• Congressional App Challenge: at the Pellissippi Blount County Campus

  • Team-based, use a programming language + platform to design an app 

  • Application theme or topic can be anything and is up to the team!   

A member presents about the shape of the universe and its infinite-ness