| Objective |
To construct ball and stick models of various organic molecules.
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| Purpose |
To develop a sense of the three dimensional
nature of molecules. |
| Participants |
Teams of up to five people. |
| Materials |
Ball and stick models, provided by organizers. |
| Rules |
- Students have some of the basic functional groups explained
to them. Alcohol=R-0-H, ether=R-0-R' and so on. The alkene and
alkyne series along with the basics of nomenclature are also
included.
- Prior to the competition students are presented with prefixes
that specify the number of carbon atoms in an organic molecule.
methyl=1, ethyl=2 etc.
- The name of an organic molecule is written by the judge on
a board and the teams must assemble it within a 5 minute time
limit. The most accurate model is given the maximum amount of
points (10) and so on downward.
- The number of rounds in the event can be determined by organizers
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| Judging |
- The team's scores from each round are added together to give
an aggregate score for the competition.
- The team with the most points at the end is the winner.
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| Source |
Youth Science Foundation Science Olympics
Manual. |
