California Institute of Technology 2022

California Institute of Technology 2022
General Information
Host	California Institute of Technology
Date	Festivities: May 9, 2022 — May 14, 2022 Competition day: May 14, 2022
Tournament Information
Total teams	121 (including Japan)
Host State	California
Opening Ceremony	Friday, May 13, 2022 (watch)
Awards Ceremony	Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Trial Events	Both Divisions Aerial Scramble, Agriscience, Botany, Digital Structures, Home Horticulture, Solar Power, Write It CAD It Division C Cybersecurity, Robot Tour
International Team	High School at Komaba, University Tsukuba
Results
Division B 1st Sierra Vista Middle School 78 2nd Kennedy Middle School 88 3rd Beckendorff Junior High School 220 Division C 1st Mason High School 214 2nd Mountain View High School 217 3rd Troy High School 222
Awards Information
Lockheed Martin Spirit Award B River City Science Academy C Cumberland Valley High School
Social Media
Website	scienceolympiad2022.com
Facebook	@scienceolympiad2022
Twitter	@scioly2022
Instagram	@scienceolympiad2022
Scilympiad	scilympiad.com/sont2022
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The 2022 National Tournament at the California Institute of Technology is the national tournament for the 2022 season. The tournament was announced during the awards ceremony at the 2021 Southern California State Tournament, where it was mentioned that the state tournament host, Caltech, would host the national tournament as a virtual tournament, using the Satellite SO tournament model. The tournament is hosting all standard of the events of the 2022 season (although some modifications were made to accommodate the tournament's virtual format), along with several trial events. The tournament planned to welcome teams from all member states, but because of COVID-19 or other causes, some teams declined their national bid.

Inspiring student engagement despite the virtual tournament model, the tournament has planned several "festivities" which take place before the start of the tournament, including social media contests and a virtual STEM expo. The opening ceremony will take place on May 13, one day before the official tournament day, May 14. The closing ceremony is planned to occur on Wednesday, May 18.

Tournament format

The tournament will be hosted virtually, as a Satellite SO tournament. The tournament will feature use of the Scilympiad platform for running the official tournament events.

Pre-tournament festivities

There are currently several pre-tournament festivities planned to take place before the official tournament begins. These include social media contests (which began in October 2021), a STEM Expo (occurring from May 9—13, the week of the tournament), and the official tournament opening ceremony, including the Parade of States. All events are held in a virtual format, although many encourage participants to complete activities with their teams.

STEM Expo Week

One of the first festivities offered throughout the week was the STEM Expo Week, featuring multiple live activities each day, which were typically hosted live on YouTube and posted to the Science Olympiad TV YouTube channel.

The first day of the expo week, Monday, began with a brief introductory minute dubbed the National Office Minute, which allowed competitors a glimpse into the activities planned for the week. Later in the day, a live panel was held with Caltech admissions and staff, who reviewed the general college admissions process and answered students' questions. Finally, the day concluded with a virtual tour of the Caltech campus.

The following day began with another edition of the National Office Minute, featuring the Executive Director and Founder of STEAM:CODERS, a nonprofit for increasing the range of STEAM education. The organization partnered with Caltech and Science Olympiad in an attempt to raise money for supporting local education. The video was followed by various talks by Caltech researchers discussing some of their work, which focused on quantum physics, liquids, and electronic components. The day concluded with a live panel featuring the Chief Chess Officer of ChessKid, an organization which partnered with Elementary Science Olympiad in order to increase the prevalence of chess amongst young children interested in STEM.

Wednesday began with another edition of the National Office Minute, this time featuring the work done by various alumni chapters. This was followed by various talks with Science Olympiad alumni about their current role as scientists. The scientists included an astronomer, a physician, and a machine learning researcher. Two videos were also released, including a short video of how one found a community at college through Science Olympiad, and a brief overview of the NERD Academy cirriculum recently published by the CDC.

Thursday began with the final edition of the National Office Minute, which discussed the MY SO program and its goal of helping with the next season. The day also featured more talks by a select group of individuals, including a biophysicist, the director of the CSforAll program, and education technician. The day concluded with a video about the robotics program on Caltech's campus.

Competition day schedule

Events are scheduled according to the competitor's timezone.

The Division B schedule for the tournament can be found below:

Event Times

	HST	PDT	MDT	CDT	EDT
Trial Events	N/A	N/A	7:50AM	8:50AM	9:50AM
Crave the Wave Green Generation Rocks and Minerals	N/A	8:00AM	9:00AM	10:00AM	11:00AM
Codebusters Meteorology Ornithology	N/A	9:10AM	10:10AM	11:10AM	12:10PM
Anatomy and Physiology Dynamic Planet	N/A	10:20AM	11:20AM	12:20PM	1:20PM
Bio-Process Lab Crime Busters Experimental Design	8:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM
Disease Detectives Road Scholar Write It Do It	9:40AM	12:40PM	1:40PM	2:40PM	3:40PM
Food Science Solar System Sounds of Music	10:50AM	1:50PM	2:50PM	3:50PM	4:50PM
Crave the Wave Green Generation Rocks and Minerals Trial Events	12:00PM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Codebusters Meteorology Ornithology	1:10PM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Anatomy and Physiology Dynamic Planet	2:20PM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The Division C event schedule is as follows:

Event Times

	HST	PDT	MDT	CDT	EDT
Trial Events	N/A	N/A	7:50AM	8:50AM	9:50AM
Codebusters Dynamic Planet Ornithology	N/A	8:00AM	9:00AM	10:00AM	11:00AM
Disease Detectives It's About Time (Test) Remote Sensing	N/A	9:10AM	10:10AM	11:10AM	12:10PM
Detector Building (Test) Green Generation Rocks and Minerals	N/A	10:20AM	11:20AM	12:20PM	1:20PM
Chemistry Lab WiFi Lab Write It Do It	8:30AM	11:30AM	12:30PM	1:30PM	2:30PM
Cell Biology Experimental Design Forensics	9:40AM	12:40PM	1:40PM	2:40PM	3:40PM
Anatomy and Physiology Astronomy Environmental Chemistry	10:50AM	1:50PM	2:50PM	3:50PM	4:50PM
Codebusters Dynamic Planet Ornithology Trial Events	12:00PM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Disease Detectives It's About Time (Test) Remote Sensing	1:10PM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Detector Building (Test) Green Generation Rocks and Minerals	2:20PM	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Teams Attending

Division B

State Tournaments					National Tournament
State	Date	Format	Host	Score	School	Team #	Place	Score
New Mexico	February 26, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad/New Mexico Tech	118	Cottonwood Valley Charter School	B34	57th	1147
Minnesota	March 5, 2022	Gold	Bethel University		Chippewa Middle School	B49	39th	814
Massachusetts	March 8, 2022	Hybrid		51	Jonas Clarke Middle School	B39	27th	644
Indiana	March 12, 2022	Gold	Purdue University	86	Thomas Jefferson Middle School	B29	23rd	580
Delaware	March 19, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad/Delaware State		Henry B. du Pont Middle School	B38	58th	1150
Georgia	March 19, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	51	Fulton Science Academy	B23	9th	380
				68	Dodgen Middle School	B24	20th	557
New Jersey	March 22, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	80	Thomas Grover Middle School	B32	36th	758
Connecticut	March 23, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	29	Bedford Middle School	B44	40th	824
Alabama	March 26, 2022	Gold	Auburn University	66	Our Lady of the Valley School	B35	42nd	889
Florida	March 26, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	117	Orlando Science School	B19	28th	658
				137	River City Science Academy	B20	31st	679
Iowa	March 26, 2022	Gold	University of Northern Iowa	37	Ames Middle School	B47	33rd	722
Nevada	March 26, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	46	Bob Miller Middle School	B55	51st	1060
Oklahoma	March 26, 2022				Casady Middle School	B41	44th	937
South Dakota	March 26, 2022	Gold	University of South Dakota	48	Yankton Middle School	B53	50th	1060
Virginia	March 26, 2022	Gold	University of Virginia	49	Longfellow Middle School	B15	5th	276
				100	Cooper Middle School	B16	13th	433
Arizona	April 2, 2022	Gold	Arizona State University		BASIS Mesa	B40	46th	959
California (North)	April 2, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	39	Kennedy Middle School	B2	2nd	88
California (South)	April 2, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	45	Sierra Vista Middle School	B1	1st	78
Colorado	April 2, 2022	Gold	CSU-Pueblo	79	Preston Middle School	B33	35th	747
Hawaii	April 2, 2022	Gold	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	34	'Iolani School	B42	24th	599
Kansas	April 2, 2022	Gold	Wichita State University	93	Pleasant Ridge Middle School	B27	22nd	575
				182	Charles Robinson Middle School	B50	49th	1053
Maryland	April 2, 2022	Gold	Johns Hopkins University	75	Clarksville Middle School	B28	32nd	686
					Burleigh Manor Middle School	B48	34th	724
South Carolina	April 2, 2022	Gold	The Citadel		Clinton Middle School	B59	52nd	1061
New York	April 9, 2022	Gold	East Syracuse-Minoa High School	174	Bay Academy	B3	18th	522
				201	Scarsdale Middle School	B4	29th	660
Arkansas	April 9, 2022	Gold	UA-Little Rock		LISA Academy West Middle School	B54	45th	954
Kentucky	April 9, 2022	Gold	University of Kentucky		Meyzeek Middle School	B45	48th	1045
Louisiana	April 9, 2022	Gold	Southeastern Louisiana University	25	Glasgow Middle School	B56	38th	798
Missouri	April 9, 2022	Gold	Missouri State University	53	Ladue Middle School	B21	19th	527
				58	Pembroke Hill Middle School	B22	25th	605
Ohio	April 9, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	61	Solon Middle School	B11	4th	232
				125	Mason Middle School	B12	15th	479
Oregon	April 9, 2022	Gold	Lane Events Center		Stoller Middle School	B51	16th	495
Rhode Island	April 9, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad/Rhode Island College		Barrington Middle School	B43	54th	1112
Tennessee	April 9, 2022	Mini	Scilympiad	101	Ross N. Robinson Middle School	B25	43rd	907
				149	Friendship Christian School	B57	53rd	1084
Utah	April 9, 2022	Gold	Southern Utah University		Mountain Green Middle School	B46	47th	983
Washington	April 9, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad	53	Timberline Middle School	B26	7th	314
				89	Redmond Middle School	B60	26th	632
Wyoming	April 9, 2022	Gold	Casper College	61	Carey Middle School	B52	60th	1254
Montana	April 15, 2022	Gold	Montana State University		North Middle School	B36	59th	1230
Illinois	April 23, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	81	Marie Murphy Middle School	B9	12th	429
				83	Daniel Wright Junior High School	B10	6th	302
Nebraska	April 23, 2022	Gold	University of Nebraska-Lincoln		Mission Middle School	B37	55th	1131
North Carolina	April 23, 2022	Gold	North Carolina State University	160	Fred J. Carnage Middle School	B5	17th	513
				215	Wilmington Academy of Arts & Sciences	B6	37th	789
North Dakota	April 23, 2022	Gold	North Dakota State University		Wachter Middle School	B31	41st	849
Texas	April 23, 2022	Gold	Texas A&M University	94	Beckendorff Junior High School	B17	3rd	220
				99	Adams Junior High School	B18	21st	563
Wisconsin	April 23, 2022	Gold	UW-Stevens Point	48	Hamilton Middle School	B30	30th	675
Michigan	April 30, 2022	Gold	Michigan State University	112	Meads Mill Middle School	B7	14th	469
140	Slauson Middle School	B8	10th	409
Pennsylvania	April 30, 2022	Gold	Penn State Altoona	79	Springhouse Middle School	B13	8th	315
122	Shady Side Academy	B14	11th	423
District of Columbia					BASIS Charter School	B58	56th	1133
Alaska	Declined bid for Division B.
Idaho	Declined bid for Division B.
Maine	Declined bid for Division B.
Mississippi	Declined bid for Division B.
New Hampshire	Declined bid for Division B.
Vermont	Declined bid for Division B.
West Virginia	Declined bid for Division B.

Division C

State Tournaments					National Tournament
State	Date	Format	Host	Score	School	Team #	Place	Score
New Mexico	February 26, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad/New Mexico Tech	83	La Cueva High School	C39	56th	1155
Delaware	March 5, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad/Delaware State	112	The Charter School of Wilmington	C36	45th	953
Minnesota	March 5, 2022	Gold	Bethel University	88	Wayzata High School	C28	35th	819
West Virginia	March 5, 2022	Gold	Marshall University		Cabell Midland High School	C56	54th	1132
Indiana	March 12, 2022	Gold	Purdue University	90	Carmel High School	C25	9th	326
Massachusetts	March 19, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad	63	Acton-Boxborough Regional High School	C24	11th	335
New York	March 19, 2022	Gold	Le Moyne College	176	Ward Melville High School	C1	13th	394
				241	Great Neck South High School	C2	18th	461
New Jersey	March 22, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	58	Montgomery High School	C23	12th	370
Connecticut	March 23, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	129	South Windsor High School	C35	40th	910
Alabama	March 26, 2022	Gold	Auburn University	73	Auburn High School	C32	36th	826
Florida	March 26, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	137	Buchholz High School	C13	26th	594
				140	James S. Rickards High School	C14	32nd	730
Iowa	March 26, 2022	Gold	University of Northern Iowa	101	Ames High School	C42	42nd	932
Nevada	March 26, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	61	Ed W. Clark High School	C46	30th	689
New Hampshire	March 26, 2022	Gold	Saint Anselm College		Lebanon High School	C50	51st	1053
Oklahoma	March 26, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	45	Casady School	C47	46th	966
South Dakota	March 26, 2022	Gold	University of South Dakota	35	Brookings High School	C59	59th	1222
Virginia	March 26, 2022	Gold	University of Virginia	111	Lake Braddock Secondary School	C20	28th	627
				112	Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology	C58	21st	505
Arizona	April 2, 2022	Gold	Arizona State University	68	Catalina Foothills High School	C40	37th	884
California (North)	April 2, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	82	Mountain View High School	C4	2nd	217
California (South)	April 2, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	73	Troy High School	C3	3rd	222
Colorado	April 2, 2022	Gold	CSU-Pueblo	119	Fossil Ridge High School	C33	33rd	743
Hawaii	April 2, 2022	Gold	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	43	'Iolani School	C41	29th	639
Kansas	April 2, 2022	Gold	Wichita State University	114	Blue Valley North High School	C30	34th	771
Maryland	April 2, 2022	Gold	Johns Hopkins University	81	Centennial High School	C26	27th	622
South Carolina	April 2, 2022	Gold	The Citadel	69	Clinton High School	C45	55th	1140
Arkansas	April 9, 2022	Gold	UA-Little Rock	45	Little Rock Central High School	C51	57th	1181
Georgia	April 9, 2022	Gold	Georgia Tech	60	Brookwood High School	C19	16th	427
				78	Walton High School	C57	22nd	558
Kentucky	April 9, 2022	Gold	University of Kentucky	35	DuPont Manual High School	C37	25th	590
Louisiana	April 9, 2022	Gold	Southeastern Louisiana University	31	Baton Rouge Magnet High School	C52	43rd	942
Maine	April 9, 2022	Gold	University of Maine	49	Falmouth High School	C53	60th	1265
Missouri	April 9, 2022	Gold	Missouri State University	95	Pembroke Hill High School	C22	31st	709
Ohio	April 9, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	59	Solon High School	C15	5th	259
				79	Mason High School	C16	1st	214
Oregon	April 9, 2022	Gold	Lane Events Center	88	St. Mary's Academy	C48	38th	887
Rhode Island	April 9, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad/Rhode Island College	45	Barrington High School	C43	41st	913
Utah	April 9, 2022	Gold	Southern Utah University	65	West High School	C44	47th	969
Tennessee	April 9, 2022	Mini	Scilympiad	115	Collierville High School	C27	49th	1032
Washington	April 9, 2022	Hybrid	Scilympiad	82	Tesla STEM High School	C29	24th	588
Wyoming	April 9, 2022	Gold	Casper College	46	Kelly Walsh High School	C54	53rd	1079
Montana	April 15, 2022	Gold	Montana State University	53	Hamilton High School	C38	50th	1047
Illinois	April 23, 2022	Satellite	Scilympiad	58	Adlai E. Stevenson High School	C7	6th	261
				74	New Trier High School	C8	8th	317
Nebraska	April 23, 2022	Gold	University of Nebraska-Lincoln		Lincoln Southwest High School	C31	48th	973
North Carolina	April 23, 2022	Gold	North Carolina State University	133	North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics	C5	15th	422
				143	William G. Enloe High School	C6	7th	287
North Dakota	April 23, 2022	Gold	North Dakota State University		Century High School	C34	39th	909
Texas	April 23, 2022	Gold	Texas A&M University	92	Seven Lakes High School	C17	10th	328
				105	William P. Clements High School	C18	23rd	563
Wisconsin	April 23, 2022	Gold	UW-Stevens Point	29	Marquette University High School	C21	4th	230
Mississippi	April 29, 2022	Gold	University of Southern Mississippi		Northwest Rankin High School	C49	44th	950
Michigan	April 30, 2022	Gold	Michigan State University	130	Grand Haven High School	C11	14th	413
				143	Northville High School	C12	17th	455
Pennsylvania	April 30, 2022	Gold	Penn State Altoona	109	Cumberland Valley High School	C9	20th	487
				119	Harriton High School	C10	19th	467
District of Columbia					BASIS Charter School	C60	52nd	1071
Vermont					Burr and Burton Academy	C55	58th	1209
Japan					High School at Komaba, University Tsukuba	C61	N/A	N/A
Alaska	Declined bid for Division C.
Idaho	Declined bid for Division C.

Special Awards

Lockheed Martin Spirit Award

B Division: River City Science Academy

C Division: Cumberland Valley High School

Corteva Enterprise Award

B Division:

C Division: