2023 Events (posted 9/16/22)

Science Math Resource Center announces events for the 38th Montana Science Olympiad. The Montana State Tournament includes 14 events in Division B and 14 events in Division C. The tournament is March 8, 2023.

 

Division B (Middle School) 

The 2022-23 downloadable Rules Manual. Remember to keep checking the National Science Olympiad Website for Rules Clarifications that have come out AFTER the rules manuals were printed.

Links in the chart below go to the national web pages. We will post any Montana clarifications below.

* = Events marked with an asterisk have Montana clarifications; see information below the event table.

< = Events with a < are open to spectators; all other events are for competitors only.

Life, Personal & Social Science 

Earth & Space Science

Physical Science & Chemistry

Technology & 
Engineering Design 

 Inquiry & 
Nature of Science

Anatomy & Physiology

Rocks and Minerals*

Crime Busters

Bridge <

Experimental Design
Disease Detectives

Meteorology

Crave The Wave

Wheeled Vehicle <

Write It Do It

Forestry*

Road Scholar

 

 

Codebusters

 

Solar System

 

 

 

*Forestry - Montana state tournament 2023

This competition will include only trees from the Western region.

The test will include only trees from the National Tree List found in the Science Olympiad rules manual, from which we will choose ONLY trees that are in the Western section of the National Audubon Society Trees of North America, 2021 Edition. Teams that go on to national competition will need to know the entire 2023 National Tree List.

*Rocks and Minerals - Montana state tournament 2023

Since Montana's is a state tournament, all the rocks and minerals on study list that are marked for a state tournament would be possible as part of the competition. Any items that are designated ONLY as National would not be part of the competition.

 

Division C (High School) 

The 2022-23 downloadable Rules Manual. Remember to keep checking the National Science Olympiad Website for Rules Clarifications that have come out AFTER the rules manuals were printed.

Links in the chart below go to the national web pages.

* = Events marked with an asterisk have Montana clarifications; see information below the event table.

< = Events with a < are open to spectators; all other events are for competitors only.

Life, Personal & Social Science 

Earth & Space Science

Physical Science & 
Chemistry

Technology & 
Engineering Design 

Inquiry & 
Nature of Science

Anatomy & Physiology

Astronomy

Chem Lab

Bridge <

Codebusters

Cell Biology

Rocks and Minerals*

Trajectory<

Detector Building <

Experimental Design
Forestry*  

 

Scrambler <

Fermi Questions
   

 

 

fWrite It Do It

*Forestry - Montana state tournament 2023

This competition will include only trees from the Western region.

The test will include only trees from the National Tree List found in the Science Olympiad rules manual, from which we will choose ONLY trees that are in the Western section of the National Audubon Society Trees of North America, 2021 Edition. Teams that go on to national competition will need to know the entire 2023 National Tree List.

*Rocks and Minerals - Montana state tournament 2023

Since Montana's is a state tournament, all the rocks and minerals on study list that are marked for a state tournament would be possible as part of the competition. Any items that are designated ONLY as National would not be part of the competition.