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 

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

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/ 

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

• NASA Space Apps

  • October 5-6th

  • The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is a hackathon for coders, scientists, designers, storytellers, makers, technologists, and innovators around the world to come together and use open data from NASA and its Space Agency Partners to create solutions to challenges we face on Earth and in space.

  • https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/ 

• 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