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Nov 14, 2008 6:00 PM, by Justin Holmgren

Team selection was based on test performance, member profile information and logistics. Although many people excelled in some particular subject, in addition to scores we needed to consider logistics in order to create a balanced team to cover all of the events.

Events in parentheses are engineering events which will be pre-built or pre-designed and only require operation during the competition.

GREEN TEAM

Auster Chen - Technical Problem Solving, WIDI
Justin Holmgren - EV, Trajectory, Physics Lab, Experimental Design, Egg-O-Naut, Junkyard Challenge (Physics and Engineering Topic Leader)
Jake Singh - Chemistry Lab, Forensics, Environmental Chemistry , Experimental Design
Sasha Targ - Environmental Chemistry, Dynamic Planet, Health Science, Cell Biology (Biology and Chemistry Topic Leader)
Alex Wein - Chemistry Lab, (EV), Physics Lab, Junkyard Challenge
Stella Chen - Disease Detectives, Health Science
Erika Ji - Technical Problem Solving, Elevated Bridge, Remote Sensing, It's About Time (Earth Science and Inquiry Topic Leader)
Min Kim - Forensics, Ecology, Herpetology
Ruby Maa - Disease Detectives, Experimental Design
Kathy Woo - PicThis, Trajectory, WIDI
Lynnelle Ye - Fossils, Astronomy
Jenny Hong - Fossils, (Elevated Bridge), It's About Time, (Egg-O-Naut)
Kevin Hu - Ecology, Herpetology, Cell Biology
Albert Lin - Picture This, Remote Sensing, (Egg-O-Naut)
Michael Yuan - Picture This, (Trajectory), Dynamic Planet, Astronomy
Green Team Alternates: Kim Chan, Richard Chern, Tim Qin, Regina Wang, Ivan Zhou

WHITE TEAM

Jess Brooks- Chemistry Lab, Experimental Design, Cell Biology
Audrey Chan- Technical Problem Solving, Disease Detectives, Health Science
Albert Chen- Forensics, Physics Lab, Egg-O-Naut
Michelle Tran - Picture This, Experimental Design, Cell Biology
Patrick Liu - Picture This, Herpetology, It's About Time
Joseph Yao - Ecology, WIDI, Experimental Design
Lucas Chan - Chemistry Lab, Forensics, Environmental Chemistry
Michelle Chung - Fossils, Picture This, WIDI
Chris Liu - Ecology, Dynamic Planet, Egg-O-Naut
Scott Zhuge - Physics, It's About Time
Hannah Kim - Fossils, Dynamic Planet, Astronomy
Alex Liu - Remote Sensing, Herpetology
Andrew Liu - Disease Detectives, Remote Sensing
Karine Hsu - Environmental Chemistry, Health Science
Matt Miller - Technical Problem Solving, Astronomy
White Team Alternates: Shaw Hsu, James Maa, Mark Nishimura, Jerry Wang

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Test Descriptions

Oct 27, 2008 9:42 PM, by Justin Holmgren

Here is the list of topics to study and the schedule for testing from 11/3 to 11/7. Both Thursday and Friday are available to make up tests, so if you can't come on the specified day, please email us with which test you need to take and when you want to take it. The parenthetical numbers are how many people signed up for the test on their member profiles.

Locations will be announced soon (probably MRC or library)

BIOLOGY (Mon 3:15)
Cell Biology (22) Signal transduction and membranes.
Disease Detectives (13) Study guide
Ecology (12) Grasslands
Health Science (12) Skeletal System
Herpetology (9) General characteristics of reptiles and amphibians and major recognition traits

All the biology events will be combined into an hour long test, but you only need to answer the questions in the subsection pertaining to the events you've signed up for. Additional material may appear on the tests, but these will be the main topics.

CHEM/PHYS (Tue 3:30)
Environmental Chemistry (9)
Chemistry Lab (14)
Forensics (12)
Physics Lab (12)

See the linked event descriptions. If you're taking all of these tests and there's not enough time, please arrange to take some tests on a makeup day.

STUDY/OTHER (Wed 3:15)
All tests should take approximately 20 minutes, but 30 minutes maximum will be allotted per section. :)

Astronomy (10) H-R diagrams, stellar evolution, Kepler's 3rd law
Permitted resources:
-one standard (SAT-acceptable) calculator
-one 3x5 note card

Dynamic Planet (11) plate tectonics
Permitted resource:
-one 3x5 note card

Fossils (9) formation and alteration of fossils, plantae: Acer, Annularia, Calamites, Lepidodendron, Metasequoia, Ginko, Stromatolites
Permitted resource:
-one 3x5 note card

Remote Sensing (5) satellite imaging and interpretation
Permitted resource:
-one 3x5 note card

Experimental Design (7)
-Scoring rubric: http://www.palyscioly.org/files/53
-Look up "torsional pendulum"

Picture This (8) Reviewing textbook glossaries might be helpful.

MAKE UP DAYS (Thurs, Fri 3:15)
Please let us know by Tuesday 11/4 if you need to take tests on either of these days.

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Wondercup Qualifiers

Oct 25, 2008 2:04 AM, by Justin Holmgren

The following three teams have qualified for Round 2 of the Wondercup Challenge. Round 2 will take place at 3:00 on October 30 at Oak Lounge in Tressider Union at Stanford. If you are going, you will probably need to speak with your 7th period teacher about leaving class early, and you will also need to arrange your own transportation. To those of you who qualified, congratulations, and keep studying. To those who didn't, I hope you enjoyed the competition this year and plan to participate again next year! Here are the qualifying teams:

Raging Bulls
Auster Chen 12
Stella Chen 11
Michelle Chung 10
Jake Singh 12

The Grimroses
Min Kim 11
Lynnelle Ye 11
Michael Yuan 10
Ivan Zhou 11

Yours Truly, Rick & Roll and The Flying Cows
Justin Holmgren 12
Kevin Hu 10
Erika Ji 11
Sasha Targ 12

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Member Profiles

Oct 7, 2008 4:46 PM, by Justin Holmgren

Member Profile forms are now live! Click here to fill one out. I'm sorry that right now you cannot save your work and continue filling out the form later, but ... if that's really problematic you can also print out the form and turn in a hard copy. Please try to fill it out online though, as it makes our lives a lot easier.

Remember, member profiles are due by 11:59 pm, Tuesday October 21.

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WonderCup Challenge

Sep 22, 2008 5:12 PM, by Erika Ji

Registration has begun for the WonderCup Challenge! This Bay Area science competition, new to Paly SciOly, is for teams of four students (two boys and two girls, at least one junior, and at least one sophomore). Questions range in difficulty from SAT II to AP level, focusing on biology, chemistry, physics, and related fields of inquiry. The first round is 30 minutes online; the second and third rounds are at Stanford.

Please contact Erika, Justin, and Sasha to participate! If you are planning on forming your own team, please submit your roster by Friday, October 3, 11:59 PM. After that time, we will form teams from the remaining students as possible.

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Team Advisors

Aug 31, 2008 11:10 AM, by Erika Ji

Please welcome Mr. Shawn Leonard and Ms. Qinzi Ji to Paly SciOly! Mr. Leonard and Ms. Ji have both assisted the Paly SciOly team in the past, and they will be advising the Paly SciOly team together with Ms. Carolyn Csongradi, who has been the advisor for SciOly for four years.

Advisors are essential to our team - their experience, dedication, and hard work make everything possible. We look forward to working with Ms. Csongradi, Mr. Leonard, and Ms. Ji this year!

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Upcoming Events

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When: Feb 28, 2009
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Where: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
2575 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025

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Where: Foothill High School?

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