Grades 11-12

Ontario Grades Eleven and Twelve

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Any Subject
Audiovisual Presentation	Make a video, PowerPoint or web based presentation.
Fermi Questions	How many piano tuners are there in Toronto?
Magic Show	Create some Magic, and then explain the science that makes it work.
One Minute Invention	The Inventor has one minute to present the solution to a problem.
One Minute Moment	Present a demonstration and its explanation in one minute.
Orienteering	Compete in an Orienteering competition.
Rube Goldberg	Do a simple task in the most complicated way possible.
York University	Link to Science Olympics events at York University.

Biology:
Amazing Rodents	Train you favourite rodent to run a standard maze.
And This Little Pig	Biology of the foetal pig.
Cell Model	Construct a 3-D model of a cell.
Forensic Biology	You are the Forensic Science Team. What can you tell the police?
If The Key Fits	Taxonomic Identification of Biological Organisms.
Microscopic Manipulations	Prepare specific microscopic slides and accurately measure cell dimensions
Mitosis Multiplication	Calculate growth based on mitotic divisions.
Mixed Company	Identify cells and organisms.
Piece by Piece	Prepare a dissection.
Scientist's Apprentice	Model a realistic scientific investigation in a biological context.

Chemistry
Chemical Detective	Which Ions produce the precipitation?
Chemistry Relay	Solve chemistry problems in a relay race.
Compound Boggle	Learn many chemical compounds
Ionic Analysis	Analyze an unknown solution.
Model Building	Build models of chemical compounds.
Mystery Solutions	Identify 8 ions in solution.
Super Sleuth	Identify an unknown liquid.
Water Analysis	Analyze a water sample for acidity, hardness.

Earth and Space Science
Sulphur In Peace	Can you find the sulphur by examining a topographic map?

Mathematics
Functional Mathematics	Identify the equations of functions from graphs or tables of values.
Lightening Calculators	Do 20 mental arithmetic questions in 100 seconds.
Serial Series	Identify additional terms in the series provided.

Physics Grade 11
Bike Rally	Compete in a bicycle rally.
Bottle Music	Tune 18 bottles and make music.
Computer Simulation	Write a program to simulate a scientific concept, in this case optics
Dante's Peek	Build a model from verbal instructions only.
Egg Drop	Make a safe container and drop it from the top floor.
Jam Session	Make two musical instruments and play them.
Junk Box Music	Build your instruments and then make music.
Laser Shoot	Hit a target through a maze
Lift Off	Send a "Satellite " to another "Planet".
London Bridge	Build a bridge strong enough to drive a car over using 200 popsicle sticks.
Looney Tunes	Tune 12 one-litre beakers and make music.
Optical Black Box	Identify the optical components inside a black box from the light rays.
Mousetrap Mobile	Mousetrap powered vehicle.
Music Music Music	Make some musical instrument and play tunes.
Optic Maze	Aim a laser at a target via a maze.
Peculiar Par 3	Hit a golf ball three feet using a rubber band.
Potential Energy Cart	Use a falling 0.50 kg mass as the energy source.
Symphonic Olympics	Make three instruments and make more music.
Star Wars	Hit a target with a laser after reflection from two mirrors.
Take a Flight	Make a paper plane, testing it for distance.
Tea Making	Lets make a nice cuppa tea.
Three Pointer	Kick a Nerf Ball through miniature goal posts.
Vampire Feast	Examine 6 slides of prepared blood.
Water Launch Balloon	Launch a water balloon on the football field.
Windmill	Build a windmill
Work Hard - Hard Work	Strengthen a copper pipe by bending and then straightening it.

Physics Grade 12
Bionic Arm	Build a mechanical arm and use it to perform a task.
Egg Lob	Launch an egg using two rubber bands.
Eggmobile Mossport	Use an elastic band to power a vehicle to carry an egg.
Laser shoot	Hit a target with a laser beam.
Pendulum Ballista	Use a pendulum to strike a ball bearing so as to hit a target on the floor.
Quizzics	Explain the physics behind some favourite demonstrations.
Robot Runner	Build a wheeled robot to run a 3.0 m course.
Robot Walker	Build a waddling robot (no wheels) to run a 3.0 m course.
Vehicle Challenges	Build a vehicle to carry out various challenges.
Whisser	Build a device to run on a piano wire uphill.
Yo - Yo Challenge	Build a world class Yo Yo.

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