Investigate and solve

Explore events where you use research, scientific evidence, technical knowledge, or data to solve problems.

You research an issue.You build a display.You explain your findings if you advance.

Team of 3–6 · Research display and portfolio

Biotechnology

You will explain how biotechnology can improve the food people grow or eat.

You prepare a response.You take a cybersecurity test.You present if you advance.

Individual · Test and prepared presentation

You will propose how a company should respond when an employee takes sensitive data.

You analyze the provided data.You show your findings in graphs.You explain your recommendations.

Team of 2–3 · Data display and research portfolio

You will use wildlife data to recommend conservation priorities for Yellowstone.

You take individual tests.You build the assigned circuit if you advance.You measure and explain the solution.

Team of 2 · Tests and on-site circuit challenge

You and a partner will build and measure a circuit from a diagram.

You prepare three skill areas.You take individual tests.You demonstrate one skill if you advance.

Team of 2 · Tests and practical demonstration

You and a partner will demonstrate a forensic science skill.

Explaining the conditionCreating patient informationRecording an explanatory video

Team of 2–3 · Display, pamphlet, video, and possible interview

Your team explains a medical condition and a technology used to address it.

Reading the on-site problemBuilding with issued materialsTesting the solution

Team of 2 · On-site construction and performance testing

Your team designs and builds a solution to a problem revealed at the conference.

Three testsOne team scoreHead-to-head questions

Team of 3 · Test, then team questions

Put your technology knowledge to work.