Event Slate Update January 22, 2021

The National Science Olympiad Office has updated their 2021 National Tournament Event Slate to run all the Technology and Engineering Design events as optional trial events. Write It, CAD It from Inquiry and Nature of Science was also made into a trial event.

Based on the updated national tournament event slate and to reduce risk for students testing outside, the Southern California Regional and State Directors decided to run the following events as medal-only events (Participants will still earn individual medals for top 6 finishes): - Mousetrap Vehicle B - Gravity Vehicle C - Mission Possible B

The three events listed above will be medal-only events for both the Southern California Regional and State Tournaments. Please see the updated Regional schedule and the updated 2021 Events and Modifications document.

Many schools remaining locked down with students unable to access their devices, resources, or testing location helped influence this difficult decision.

2020-2021 Season September 7, 2020

We're excited to share that Science Olympiad will continue with distance learning. For the 2020-2021 Science Olympiad season, all Regional Tournaments and the State Tournament in Southern California will follow the Mini Science Olympiad model where students will be able to compete from home. To support our teams, we have also removed the limit on the number of teams per school that can participate at our tournament and lowered the membership dues to $260 per team this year. The events for the tournaments will be announced after reviewing the alternate events recommended by National Science Olympiad.