Chemistry Lab
Lab Event
Participants complete chemistry lab tasks involving qualitative analysis, chemical reactions, and substance identification. Strong lab skills and chemical knowledge are both tested.
Division B Events
Physical Science & Chemistry
Physical science and chemistry events test knowledge of matter, energy, electricity, magnetism, and chemical properties. These events range from hands-on lab work to in-depth written tests.
Circuit Lab
Lab Event
Participants must complete tasks and answer questions about electricity and magnetism — including building and analyzing circuits with resistors, capacitors, and other components.
Crime Busters
Lab Event
Given a scenario, evidence, and suspects, students perform a series of forensic chemistry tests. Results combined with other evidence are used to identify the culprit and answer questions.
Machines
Study + Build
Teams complete a written test on simple and compound machine concepts AND construct a lever-based measuring device prior to the tournament to determine mass ratios between test masses.
Metric Mastery
Lab Event
Teams estimate and measure properties of objects — mass, area, volume, density, force, distance, time, and temperature — then perform metric unit conversions under timed conditions.
Potions and Poisons
Study Event
This event covers chemical properties and effects of specified toxic and therapeutic substances, with a focus on household and environmental toxins — think pharmacology meets chemistry.