| All regional's will be held in the spring, before
April 1, 2007.
The following are the tentative dates and locations of regional's
Links to each regional will be provided as soon as possible.
- Gulf Coast Regional - Cy-Fair Community College - February 9,
2008
- University of Texas - Austin - February 16, 2008
- Tarleton State University - February 23, 2008
- Texas A&M Kingsville - February 23, 2009
- Blinn College - Bryan - March
1, 2008
- Texas A&M International University - Laredo - March 1, 2008
- Rio Grande Valley Regional - McAllen - March 8, 2008
- UT Dallas - Richardson - March 29, 2008
TSO Team Information
Each qualifying school is eligible to have one team of up to 15
team members participate in the state competition. A team may participate
in 23 of the 28 events within its division, but may only enter an
event one time. List of events are currently posted. For Division
B, a maximum of five ninth graders and for Division C, a maximum
of seven twelfth graders on a team is permitted. Middle schools
may invite five of their last year's eighth grade students to be
part of the team.
If a school fields multiple teams, students may not cross-over
from one team to the other. Disqualification in those events will
occur if an ineligible student participates.
TSO Program Objectives
The Science Olympiad tournaments are rigorous academic interscholastic
competitions that consist of a series of individual and team events
which students (grades 6-12) prepare for during the year. The competitions
follow the format of popular board games, TV shows and athletic
games. These challenging and motivational events are well balanced
between the various science and engineering disciplines of biology,
earth science, chemistry, physics, computers and technology. There
is also a balance between events requiring knowledge of facts, concepts,
processes, skills and science applications.
TSO Entry Forms and Fees
Each team will pay $180 team registration fee. This will pay the
State and National affiliation fees and provide each team with the
coach's manual and entry of one 15 member team into one regional
competition. Qualifying teams advance to State, with the State winners
advancing to Nationals.
TSO Coaching Resources
A Science Olympiad Coaches Manual and Rules will be mailed to
team coach upon receipt of tournament entry form and fee. The Manual
may not be copied without the express written permission of Science
Olympiad, Inc., except within the school building which holds the
membership.
Recommended statement to be placed on all printed pages distributed
within a school building: "Reproduced for distribution within
(school name) by permission of Science Olympiad, Inc."
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