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OTA Math & Science Olympics! Programming • Applied Mathematics • Problem-Solving

In the ROBOTICS CATEGORY you can post your:

Successful Roamer or Racer Robot programs:

Photos & videos of your Group working with the Racer Robots:

And samples of your robot-created art:

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Music posts go here...

GarageBand recordings, Performance Videos, Music History Timelines;
Song Lyrics, music, or arrangements;
Combined Science-Math-Music Projects (Coke Bottle/Wine Glass orchestra; Build your own guitar, etc.)

Science posts go here…

Lab Projects (photos, diagrams, slideshows, & videos of your completed Projects or Project Exams);
Theory Slideshows and Animated Simulations (Use Keynote to make animations!): Explanations of: How Human’s Hear, How Speaker’s Work, etc;
Science Posters (scan or create digitally);
Combined Science-History Projects (e.g., Inventions Timeline; e.g. History of The: Automobile, Cell Phone, etc.); Combined Science-Math Projects (SONAR math challenges, etc.).

Math posts go here…

Book of Real Problem Problems (Create your own illustrated math tutorial in Pages or Keynote or with Show Me);
Completed Math Progress Trackers (Saxon, Computer TargetScores, TAPS);
Combined Math-Language Arts Projects (Math Poems or Songs, etc.); Combined Math-Science Projects (SONAR Math Challenges, etc.)

Language Arts posts go here…

Essays, Narratives, Poems, Speeches, Recitations (videos or recordings), Grammar Projects, Foreign Language Study, etc.
Combined Language Arts-Math Projects (Math poems or songs); Combined Language-Arts History Projects (Biographical Narrative, Poltical Speech, etc.)

Seminar posts go here….

5Ws Charts (Who wrote/painted/composed the reading/artwork/musical piece? What was the title/genre? Where & When was it created? Why was it created? Identify two crucial sentences, elements, or melodies);
Combined History-Seminar Projects (Timelines: Great Ideas, Great Authors; Essays, Mock-Trial Readings: Fact Patterns, MindMap of Foundation Documents: Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights, etc.).

Studio-Art History posts go here…

Paintings, drawings, sculptures (scan or photograph);
Art history Slide shows & timelines; Combined Art-History Projects (Timeline linking art genres with political and religious events, etc.)
Digital art, animation (illustrator, keynote, etc.).