Austin Peay State University's biennial Science ExpOlympics involves competitive events, activities and demonstrations, and a science bowl competition for
regional high school students. The purpose of the APSU
Science ExpOlympics is threefold: to show all of the
attending high school students that the sciences can be fun
and interesting, to challenge those high school students
who are already interested in the sciences, and to
promote APSU as a potential university for graduating
high school students. More than 2000 high school
students have attended the Science ExpOlympics program
since its inception in 1983. The Science ExpOlympics
program has been jointly sponsored by the Biology, Chemistry,
Geography and Geology, Industrial Technology, Mathematics
and Computer Sciences, Physics, and Psychology
departments. A list of departments and the events that each has
provided is shown below.
| Science ExpOlympics Events |
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| Competitive |
Noncompetitve |
| Biology Department |
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| Antibody Titer Calculations |
Bacterial Infection |
| Biological Scavenger Hunt |
Blood Analysis |
| Botanical Scavenger Hunt |
Cardiovascular Physiology |
| Name That Frog |
Carnivorous Plants |
| Name That Insect |
Continuous Flow Analysis |
| Phylogenetic Phun |
Scanning Electron Microscopys |
| Plants To Remember |
Snakes Alive! |
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Video Disk Computer |
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Who Lives There? |
| Chemistry Department |
|
| Titration Race |
Chemical Instrumentation |
| Nine Test Tube Mystery |
Computer Interfacing |
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T-Shirt Chromatography |
| Geology Department |
|
| Name That Mineral |
Mastodon Remains |
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Pet Rock Judging/Fossils |
| Mathematics & Computer Science Department |
|
| Computer Programming |
Computer Science |
| Hypsometer |
Microcomputer Applications |
| Match the Graph |
The Vibrating String |
| Mathematics Relay |
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| Mathematics Scavenger Hunt |
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| Rubik's Cube Race |
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| Stadia Device |
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| Topology and Probability |
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| Physics Department |
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| Cantilever Contest |
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| Fermi Questions |
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| Laser Target Shoot |
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| Paper Tower Construction |
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| Slow Bicycle Race |
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| Twenty-Three Meter Egg Drop |
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| Industrial Technology Department |
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| Graphics Computer Contest |
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| Psychology Department |
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Cybernetic Control |
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Horizontal-Vertical Illusion |
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Stroop Phenomenon |
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Visual Illusions |
For more information about the APSU Science ExpOlympics program or to obtain copies of a detailed planning outline, the event registration form, or the rules
for and descriptions of the various departmental events,
write to Fred J. Matthews, P. O. Box 4547, Department of
Chemistry, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
37044; or contact by phone (615/648-7622), FAX
(615/648-5996), or email
(MATTHEWSF@APSU02.APSU.EDU).
Acknowledgments
I gratefully acknowledge John D. Foote as creator of
the APSU Science ExpOlympics; others who have served as
Science ExpOlympic coordinators (John D. Foote, Diane
L. Simmons, and Lori L. Slavin); Donna S. Liverett, who
has worked tirelessly with the APSU Science
ExpOlympics program since 1983 as the unofficial registration
coordinator and as assistant to the Science ExpOlympics
and science bowl coordinators; and the many APSU
science faculty and students whose efforts have produced
quality programs for the past 14 years.
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