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This Year's Tournament Events 

The following is a list of Events your team can compete in, organized by the category of Science they are listed under.

There are 23 total events in the SD Science Olympiad tournament. All State-Tournament events align with the National Science Olympiad events and rules.

You can view the specifics of each event, access supporting materials, and review its rules by clicking on the given event in the table below. 

Retired Events 
Events retired for the 2025 Tournament Series
Division B
  • Forestry
  • Can't Judge a Powder
  • Flight
  • Roller Coaster
  • Wheeled Vehicle
  • Fast Facts
  • Solar power 
            Division C
  • Forestry
  • Detector Building
  • Flight
  • Scrambler
  • Fermi Questions
  • Solar Power
  • Wind power
Division B Event Archive
Division C Event Archive

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Links and badges for "New" events are being updated. Please check back for their completed updates.
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Division B Events


LIFE, PERSONAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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​​Anatomy & Physiology
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Disease Detectives
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Ecology
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Entomology
​(new)
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Microbe Mission

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Dynamic Planet
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Fossils
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Meteorology
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Reach for the Stars
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Road Scholar​

PHYSICAL SCIENCE​ & CHEMISTRY
Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Air Trajectory
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​Potions and Poisons
(new)
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Crime Busters
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Optics
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Wind Power​

TECHNOLOGY & ​ENGINEERING
Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Helicopter
(new)
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Mission Possible
(new)
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Tower
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Scrambler
(new)
INQUIRY  & NATURE OF SCIENCE
Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Codebusters
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Experimental 
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Design
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Metric Mastery
​(new)
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Write It, Do It

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Division C ​Events

LIFE, PERSONAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE
Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Anatomy & Physiology
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Disease Detectives
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Ecology
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Entomology
(new)
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Microbe Mission

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
​Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Astronomy
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Dynamic Planet
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Fossils
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Geologic Mapping
​(new)
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PHYSICAL SCIENCE & CHEMISTRY
​Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Air Trajectory
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Chem Lab
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Material Sciences
(new)
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Forensics
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Optics
(new)

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Wind Power
(new)

TECHNOLOGY & ​ENGINEERING
​Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Helicopter
(new)
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Robot Tour
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Electric Vehicle
(new)

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Tower


INQUIRY  & NATURE OF SCIENCE
​Event Link
YT Video Link (coming soon)
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Codebusters
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Experimental Design
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Write It, Do It
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Bungee Drop
(new)


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4 Ways OnShape Can Help Design Your Devices

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For more information, please contact:
James L Tracy, Jr (State Director)
South Dakota Science Olympiad
414 E. Clark St.
Akeley-Lawrence Building, Room 107
Vermillion, SD 57069

(605) 677-6141
[email protected]

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University of South Dakota

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