Team Event Guidelines
1. Each
school should choose two to four students to participate in the “Math/Science
Quiz” event. These students are to be chosen from among those participating in
the individual events.
2. Each
group should choose two or three students to participate in the “Pictures Only”
event. These students are to be chosen from among those participating in the
individual events.
3. Each
group should choose one to three students to participate in the “Metric
Olympics” event. These students are to be chosen from among those participating
in the individual events.
4. The
team events will run simultaneously.
5. Paper
and pencils will be provided.
6. Note
that space limitations will limit the number of participants to one team from
each school in each team event.
7. There
will be adequate space for teachers, parents and friends to observe the team
competitions.
8. First
place score equals double the number of groups participating in the evening’s
activities. Two fewer points for each successive place.
Math/Science Quiz
Type of Event: Team (three or four students working together)
Description of Event: Teams will directly compete to answer
math/science related questions.
Rules and Needed Skills:
1. Each team will be seated around its own table
on the auditorium stage.
2. The moderator will read a question, and each
team will respond by writing the answer to the question on a whiteboard at
their table.
3. Calculators will be supplied.
4. At the end of the allotted time, all teams
will display their answers simultaneously.
5. Judges will determine the correctness of the
answers.
6. Team members may confer prior to writing down
their answers.
Scoring:
1. One point is awarded for a correct answer.
2. The team with the most points at the end of
the competition will be declared the winner.
Pictures Only
Type of Event: Team (two or three students working together)
Description of Event: One team member will draw a
representation of a particular math/scientific term or concept for team
members, who must guess the term while watching it being drawn.
Rules and Needed Skills:
1. One member of the team (the sketcher) will be
given a math/science term. The sketcher presents visual clues. Letters
or numbers may not be used. Body gestures may not be used except to acknowledge
a desired response from team members.
2. The sketcher may not speak, except to notify
the judge that the team wishes to pass that term.
3. When a term is correctly guessed, the
sketching duty rotates to the next team member in turn.
4. This activity continues for five minutes or
until the team has gone through 20 terms. The team may not go back to any terms
passed.
5. Each team will be given the same set of
terms.
Scoring: The team will be awarded one point for each
correctly identified term. In case of a tie, time will be used to determine the
winner.
Metric Olympics
Type of Event: Team (one to three students working together)
Description of Event: Team members will estimate a metric
quantity, which will then be compared to the actual value during an Olympic
event.
Rules and Needed Skills:
1. Each member of a given school’s team will
compete in the five Olympic events.
2. After performing the Olympic task, the group
will establish their estimate for the metric quantity.
3. Estimates will include distance, volume and
mass.
4. Students will be given 30 seconds to provide
their estimate to the scorekeeper.
5. Teams in the top five of each Olympic task
will receive points ranging from 1 (5th place) to 5 (1st
place).
6. The team with the most overall points at the
conclusion of the Metric Olympics will be declared the winner.
Scoring: Teams in the top five of each Olympic task
will receive points ranging from 1 (5th place) to 5 (1st
place). The team with the most overall
points at the conclusion of the Metric Olympics will be declared the winner.
