Events · Montana Science Olympiad

2025 State Tournament · Wednesday, March 25th, 2025

The State Tournament is held at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.

Division B (Middle School) Events:

• The 2024 Div B Rules Manual HERE
• The 2025 Div B Rules Manual will post HERE when available.
• Find the 2024 National Rules Clarifications HERE These are changes and clarifications made by the national organization after the manual is published.
• Montana Rules Clarifications are posted as the season progresses.
• Links in the Table below go to the national web page for each 2024 event hosted in Montana.  
• 2025 Events will be announced in September, 2025

*Asterisk indicates the event is open to the public.

+ indicates that further clarification for the Montana competition is listed below

^TRIAL EVENT · Students earn medals in trial events but points are not earned for team overall scores.

Division C (High School) Events:

• Download the 2024 Div C Rules Manual HERE
  
• The 2025 Div C Rules Manual will post HERE when available.
• Find the National Rules Clarifications HERE These are changes and clarifications made by the national organization after the manual is published.
• Montana Rules Clarifications are posted below as the season progresses.
• Links in the Table below go to the national web page for each 2024 event hosted in Montana
• 2025 Events and links are posted in September, 2025  

*Asterisk indicates the event is open to the public.

+ Cross indicates that further clarification for the Montana competition is listed below

^TRIAL EVENT Students earn medals in trial events but points are not earned for team overall scores.

Montana Event Rules Clarifications

Posted below are rules clarifications for the Montana state tournament only.

Forestry (Div B and C)

The list of trees used for the Montana state tournament is a subset of the national tree list and includes the western species.  The tree list for the Montana tournament can be found *HERE.  *This PDF is provided by a non-MSU site.  Species used in the Montana tournament are listed in the right column under 'Page-W'.

Students are not expected to study the entire list from the national tree list unless they attend the national competition. The national tree list can be found HERE.