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Astronomy 2nd Lynnelle Ye and Michael Yuan
Cell Biology 4th Kevin Hu and Rui Shu
Chemistry Lab 5th Kevin Hu and Erika Ji
Disease Detectives 4th Stella Chen and Daniel Shan
Dynamic Planet 3rd Stella Chen and Michael Yuan
Ecology 4th Daniel Shan and Christopher Liu
Experimental Design 1st Ruby Maa, Kathy Woo, Michael Yuan
Forensics 4th Ruby Maa and Erika Ji
Fossils 2nd Jenny Hong and Lynnelle Ye
It's About Time 2nd Jenny Hong and Albert Lin
Mousetrap Vehicle 5th Lynnelle Ye and Michael Yuan
Remote Sensing 2nd Daniel Shan and Erika Ji
Technical Problem Solving 2nd Kevin Hu and Erika Ji
Trajectory 4th Jenny Hong and Michael Yuan

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Green Team: Erika Ji, Kathy Woo, Lynnelle Ye, Ruby Maa, Stella Chen, Albert Lin, Chris Liu, Jenny Hong, Kevin Hu, Michelle Chung, Michael Yuan, Rui Shu, Dan Shan, (Karine Hsu)

Awesome Advisors: Shawn Leonard, Michelle Steingart]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/48
PALY GREEN earned 1st place at Regionals and will be advancing to the state competition with Lynbrook (2nd) and MSJ (3rd).

Event placements! Note that results are not finalized until 48 hours after completion of the event, so information below is subject to change. Complete results will be emailed once they are available.

Astronomy 2nd Lynnelle Ye and Michael Yuan
Chemistry Lab 1st Kevin Hu and Erika Ji
Disease Detectives 3rd Stella Chen and Karine Hsu
Dynamic Planet 3rd Stella Chen and Michael Yuan
Egg-O-Naut 2nd Michelle Chung and Kathy Woo (built by Albert Lin)
Elevated Bridge 1st Lynnelle Ye and Michael Yuan
Environmental Chemistry 2nd Ruby Maa and Kathy Woo
Experimental Design 1st Erika Ji, Ruby Maa, and Lynnelle Ye
Forensics 2nd Erika Ji and Ruby Maa
Fossils 1st Jenny Hong and Lynnelle Ye
It's About Time 1st Jenny Hong and Albert Lin
Mousetrap Vehicle 1st Lynnelle Ye and Michael Yuan
Picture This 1st Albert Lin, Kathy Woo, and Michael Yuan
Remote Sensing 3rd Albert Lin and Dan Shan
Technical Problem Solving 2nd Kevin Hu and Erika Ji
Trajectory 2nd Jenny Hong and Michael Yuan

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Green Team: Erika Ji, Kathy Woo, Lynnelle Ye, Ruby Maa, Stella Chen, Albert Lin, Chris Liu, Jenny Hong, Kevin Hu, Michelle Chung, Michael Yuan, Rui Shu, Dan Shan, Karine Hsu

White Team: Albert Chen, Audrey Chan, Joseph Yao, Lance Cummins, Nathan Pinsker, Shaw Hsu, Stephen Koo, Alex Liu, Andrew Liu, Mark Nishimura, Jerry Wang, Sophie Wang, Christine Chang, Clara Lee, Jacqueline Woo

Awesome Advisors: Shawn Leonard, Ron Bowditch, Michelle Steingart, Janet Shyr]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/47 winning the SLAC regional Science Bowl comeptition!!! They will be traveling to Washington D. C. from Thursday, 4/29 to Tuesday, 5/4 to compete in the national competition. GO PALY!]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/46
PNG: http://www.palyscioly.org/files/97
DOC (four): http://www.palyscioly.org/files/98]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/45
DATE: Monday, January 18, 2010
TIME: 11AM - 10PM (club dinner at 6:30PM)
ADDRESS: 2116 West El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040

Need a ride? Contact one of us, and we'll do our best to find one for you! :)

-Kevin, Erika, Albert, and Michael]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/44
Thank you to all of those who took tests last week! Unfortunately, we were unable to put everyone who was interested in participating in Science Olympiad on a team. The Palo Alto 2009-2010 Science Olympiad Teams are as follows (in no particular order):

Green Team:

Stella Chen: Disease Detectives, Dynamic Planet, Picture This
Michelle Chung: Ornithology, (Write It) Do It
Jenny Hong: Fossils, It's About Time
Karine Hsu: Anatomy and Physiology, Disease Detectives
Kevin Hu: Anatomy and Physiology, Cell Biology, Chemistry Lab, Technical Problem Solving
Erika Ji: Chemistry Lab, Experimental Design, Forensics, Technical Problem Solving
Albert Lin: It's About Time, Physics Lab, Remote Sensing
Chris Liu: Ecology, Ornithology
Ruby Maa: Environmental Chemistry, Experimental Design, Forensics
Dan Shan: Ecology, Remote Sensing
Rui Shu: Cell Biology, Physics Lab
Kathy Woo: Environmental Chemistry, Picture This, Write It (Do It)
Lynnelle Ye: Astronomy, Experimental Design, Fossils
Michael Yuan: Astronomy, Dynamic Planet, Picture This

White Team:

Audrey Chan: Anatomy and Physiology, Disease Detectives, (Write It) Do It
Christine Chang: Astronomy, Dynamic Planet, Picture Thisno
Albert Chen: Experimental Design, Forensics
Lance Cummins: Chemistry Lab, Environmental Chemistry, Forensics
Shaw Hsu: Experimental Design, Physics Lab, Technical Problem Solving
Stephen Koo: Astronomy, It's About Time, Physics Lab
Clara Lee: Cell Biology, Ornithology
Alex Liu: Ecology, Experimental Design, Ornithology
Andrew Liu: Anatomy and Physiology, Cell Biology, Technical Problem Solving
Mark Nishimura: Fossils, Picture This
Nathan Pinsker: Chemistry Lab, Environmental Chemistry, It's About Time
Jerry Wang: Picture This, Remote Sensing
Sophie Wang: Dynamic Planet, Ecology
Jacqueline Woo: Disease Detectives, Fossils
Joseph Yao: Remote Sensing, Write It (Do It)

Team members, we will be contacting you shortly about participating in engineering events (Trajectory, Elevated Bridge, Eggonaut, Mission Possible, Mousetrap Vehicle, Physics Lab, It's About Time). Once again, thank you all for taking time to test for Science Olympiad, and we hope to see you all at testing again next year! If you would like to receive your scored tests, please contact us. There will be a mandatory meeting next Tuesday (11/24) at lunch in room 1703 for all members of Green Team and White Team.

See you on Tuesday!]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/43 Since we don't have school on Wednesday, testing will be at the Hu residence, 529 Hilbar Lane Palo Alto.
We encourage you to take as many tests as you would like; it can only help you. If you would like to take a test that you didn't sign up for in your member profile, please send an email to paloaltoscioly@gmail.com so Ms. Kellerman won't get angry at us.
Don't worry, Albert, Erika, and Michael don't bite, but there are no guarantees with Kevin.]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/42 Keep studying everyone, we hope you participate again next year.
And remember to thank Mr. Leonard, Ms. Kim, Ms. Hong, and Ms. Yuan, who helped make the event possible.

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Dynames - Karine Hsu, Kevin Hu, Lynnelle Ye, Michael Yuan
Exia - Michelle Chung, Albert Lin, Rui Shu, Sophie Wang
JEMS - Shaw Hsu, Erika Ji, Min Kim, James Maa
Wonder Boys - Albert Chen, Stella Chen, Jenny Hong, Andrew Liu]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/40
When: March 6, 2010 (Regional)
April 2010 (State)
May 2010 (National)

Where: Foothills High School, Pleasanton (Regional) Location TBD (State) Location TBD (National)

Teams: Two teams of 15, possibly three if we have enough people. Green team is the more competitive, requiring more commitment, White team is less competitive.

Team Placement: Team selection based on SciOly testing results, member profile information, commitment level, among other factors. If you haven't signed up yet, send an email to paloaltoscioly@gmail.com, or talk to one of the presidents

Website: http://www.barso.org/
http://www.norcalscienceolympiad.com/
soinc.org
scioly.org


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When: First meetings in November.
Competition in mid February, details to come later.

Where: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center

Teams: Two teams of 4

Team Placement: Introductory meeting and practice sessions in November. Testing in late November and December. If you're interested and haven't signed up yet, send an email to paloaltoscioly@gmail.com or talk to one of the presidents.

Website:http://www.scied.science.doe.gov/nsb/]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/38
Competition: SAT II and AP level . questions on Chem, Bio, Physics

When: 1st round Oct 12- Oct 16
2nd round (for those who . qualify) Nov 3

Where: 1st round: online, 30 mintues
2nd round: UC Berkeley

Teams: Teams of 4, 2 girls, 2 boys,
one sophomore, one junior. . Unlimited Participation.

Team Placement: Send your name, . grade, and age to paloaltoscioly@gmail.com, or talk to Albert, Kevin, Erika, or Michael. We will find a team for you, although we can't guarantee there will be exactly enough people.



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Kevin Hu, Erika Ji, Albert Lin, Michael Yuan]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/32
For the office of logistics president, Kevin Hu and Erika Ji were the two candidates with the greatest number of votes, and no tiebreakers were required. Both Kevin and Erika had more than 8.8 votes.

For the office of engineering president, Albert Lin and Michael Yuan were the two only candidates, and both received more than 8.8 votes.

Congratulations to Kevin, Erika, Albert, and Michael, next year's Science Olympiad presidents.]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/18
Palo Alto High School:
Astronomy 5th Lynnelle Ye and Michael Yuan
Cell Bio 1st Kevin Hu and Sasha Targ
Chem Lab 1st Jake Singh and Alex Wein
Dynamic Planet 1st Albert Lin and Michael Yuan
Environmental Chem 5th Jake Singh and Sasha Targ
Forensics 1st Min Kim and Jake Singh
Fossils 5th Jenny Hong and Lynnelle Ye
Health Science 5th Audrey Chan and Sasha Targ
It's About Time 5th Jenny Hong and Erika Ji (built by Justin Holmgren and Alex Wein)
Physics Lab 2nd Justin Holmgren and Albert Lin
Remote Sensing 5th Erika Ji and Albert Lin
Technical Problem Solving 5th Auster Chen and Erika Ji

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Team: Auster Chen, Justin Holmgren, Jake Singh, Sasha Targ, Alex Wein, Audrey Chan, Erika Ji, Min Kim, Ruby Maa, Kathy Woo, Lynnelle Ye, Jenny Hong, Kevin Hu, Albert Lin, Michael Yuan

Advisors/Chaperones: Carolyn Csongradi, Shawn Leonard, Qinzi Ji, Andrew Ji]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/17
Results below! Note that results are not finalized until 48 hours after completion of the event, so information below is subject to change. Complete results will be emailed once they are available.

GREEN TEAM:
Chem Lab 2nd Jake Singh and Alex Wein
Fossils 3rd Jenny Hong and Lynnelle Ye
Dynamic Planet 1st Sasha Targ and Michael Yuan
Disease Detectives 3rd Audrey Chan and Ruby Maa
Picture This 1st Albert Lin, Kathy Woo, and Michael Yuan
Herpetology 1st Kevin Hu and Min Kim
Health Science 3rd Audrey Chan and Sasha Targ
Remote Sensing 1st Erika Ji and Albert Lin
Technical Problem Solving 1st Auster Chen and Erika Ji
Ecology 1st Kevin Hu and Min Kim
Junkyard Challenge 3rd Justin Holmgren and Alex Wein
Cell Biology 1st Kevin Hu and Sasha Targ
It's About Time 1st Jenny Hong and Erika Ji (built by Justin Holmgren and Alex Wein)
Environmental Chem 2nd Jake Singh and Sasha Targ

WHITE TEAM:
Ecology 2nd Chris Liu and Joseph Yao
Write-It Do-It 3rd Michelle Chung and Joseph Yao
Forensics 3rd Albert Chen and Tim Qin

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Green Team: Auster Chen, Justin Holmgren, Jake Singh, Sasha Targ, Alex Wein, Audrey Chan, Erika Ji, Min Kim, Ruby Maa, Kathy Woo, Lynnelle Ye, Jenny Hong, Kevin Hu, Albert Lin, Michael Yuan

White Team: Albert Chen, Alex Liu, Andrew Liu, Chris Liu, Hannah Kim, Ivan Zhou, Jess Brooks, Joseph Yao, Karine Hsu, Matt Miller, Michelle Chung, Scott Zhuge, Tim Qin

Advisors: Carolyn Csongradi, Shawn Leonard, Qinzi Ji]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/16
In other news, congratulations to Paly SciOly Green Team for an awesome 2nd place finish at regionals. :D Study for states now. And build heaps! No MIT CPW for me..]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/15 4375 Foothill Road, Pleasanton, CA 94588

Arrive no later than 8AM!

Slot 1 (9-9:50): Chemistry Lab, Electric Vehicle Impound, Fossils, Technology Problem Solving, Trajectory Impound

Slot 2 (10-10:50): Disease Detectives, Electric Vehicle, Elevated Bridge, Forensics, Picture This

Slot 3 (11-11:50): Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, It's About Time Impound, Junkyard Challenge Impound, Remote Sensing, Trajectory

Slot 4 (12-12:50): Dynamic Planet, Herpetology, Physics Lab, Write-It Do-It

Slot 5 (1-1:50): Experimental Design, Health Science, It's About Time

Slot 6 (2-2:50): Cell Biology, Egg-O-Naut, Junkyard Challenge]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/14 http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/13
Here is the link to the flyer for you to bring:
http://www.palyscioly.org/files/70

We're planning to eat at 6:00 pm, but you can go any time.]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/12 11:00 AM - 9:00 PM
531 Cowper Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301

PRINT THIS FLYER! :)

Enjoy the awesome cuisine of the California Pizza Kitchen in Downtown Palo Alto while supporting the Palo Alto High School Science Olympiad Club! 20% of your lunch and/or dinner on our Monday off from school will go to Paly SciOly.]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/11
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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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. ]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/9
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]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/8 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.]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/7
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.]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/6
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!]]> http://www.palyscioly.org/posts/4