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Introduction to the UIL Science Contest
2017-2018
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• Dr. Michelle McGeheeBiology
• Dr. Brian AndersonChemistry
• Dr. David BixlerPhysics
Science Directors
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Purpose of UIL Exams• tochallengestudentsinthebasicfundamentalprinciplesofscience
• topromotelearninginbiology,chemistry,andphysics
• tofosterasenseofenthusiasmaboutadvancedtopicsandcoursesinthesciences
• tohelppreparestudentsfortherigorofcollegelevelcourses
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The Science Contest• Biology,Chemistry&Physicsareallcombinedononeexam,andisbothanindividualandateamcompetition.
• Thecontesthelpstopromoteabroadbaseofknowledgeandbetterunderstanding.
• ThecontestmodelsdegreerequirementsatmostUniversities.
• Manycurrentareasofresearchareininterdisciplinaryfields.
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Contest Structure
• 60 Multiple Choice Questions, which are divided into 20 of each topic Biology, Chemistry & Physics.
• Contestants are given 6 pts. for a correct answer, 0 pts. for unanswered questions, and lose 2 pts. for incorrect answers.
• The best possible answer is the correct answer.
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A Few Details…• Atthestatecompetitiononly,thereisnolimiton
thenumberofanswerchoicesgivenonaquestion,e.g.AthroughJ,notjustuptofiveansweroptionsAthroughE.
• Thereisnorestrictionthatnumericwronganswersmustdifferby±5%
• ThiswillallowformorerealisticpHproblemsinchemistryandwillbettermodelactualcollege-levelexams.
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Academic Meets 2018• InvitationalMeets(practice- notgovernedbyUIL)
A:Jan5 – Feb3B:Feb9– Mar10
• DistrictMeet:Mar19– 24
• RegionalMeet:Apr13– 14
• StateMeet:May3– 5
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Advancement/Qualification• Aredonebydivision(1A-6A)andeachHSmayenter6contestantsattheirdistrictmeet,whereaminimumof3contestantsconstitutesateam.
• 1st,2nd &3rd placeoverallscorers• Topscoreineachsubjectarea• Top4memberteambycombinedscore
• Plusonealternateineachcategory8
Things to keep in mind …• The contest is hard!• However, the top scores at the State Contest
will be nearly perfect in each subject.• There needs to be a clear cut winner and this
will require a selection of hard questions on the contest.
• All schools divisions 1A – 6A compete with the same contest, but the scores are only compared with schools in the same division.
• But there are benefits for all of that effort spent in preparing for the contest…
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Some Contest Rules• Contestants have up to 2 hours, but must
remain for at least 30 minutes.• You may use additional scratch paper
provided by the contest director.• Simple Scientific Calculators– Casio FX-260Solar
– Sharp EL-501X
– TI-30Xa
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Biology Texts
Pearson’s Biology, 10th or 11th edition, Campbell, et. al.
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Biology Texts
MacMillan’s Life, 11th edition, Sadava, et. al.
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Online Biology Resources• University of Texas Bio 311C site:
http://bio311.biosci.utexas.edu/
• Learn Genetics University of Utah: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
• Kimball’s Biology Pages: http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/
• Paul Anderson, Bozeman Science http://www.bozemanscience.com/about/
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Chemistry Texts
Chemistry: The Central Scienceby Brown, LeMay, Bursten, Murphy, & Woodward
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Chemistry Texts
Older editions of Chemistry: The Central Scienceby Brown, LeMay & Bursten
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Chemistry Texts
Chemistry by Whitten, Davis, Peck & Stanley
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Chemistry Texts
Chemistry: A Molecular Approachby Tro
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Chemistry Texts
ChemicalPrinciplesbyZumdahl (&Decoste)5th,6th,and7th editions
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Recommended Online Chemistry Resources:
UniversityofTexas“gchem”site:https://gchem.cm.utexas.edu/
OpenStax College(Rice)https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/chemistry
The department of chemistry at UT has developed an online general chemistry eBook. They also use the OpenStax eBook.
For now, both are open and free.
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Physics Texts
Physics by Giancoli
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Physics Texts
Conceptual Physicsby Hewitt
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Physics Texts
College Physicsby Serway & Vuille
AstronomyTexts
Foundations of Astronomy by Seeds and Backman
21st Century Astronomy by Kay and Palen
Physics Texts
The Feynman Lectures on Physicsby Feynman, Leighton & Sands
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Physics Online Resources
OpenStax Physics Text
https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/college-physics
ComPadre Physlet Physics:http://www.compadre.org/physlets/
ComPadre Interactive Video Vignettes:http://www.compadre.org/ivv/
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Physics Directed Study Text
Astrophysics for People in a HurrybyNeil DeGrasse Tyson
Not in C&CR, but is posted on UIL site.
FAQs on Texts• DoIneedtogettheseexacttexts?• Doesitneedtobethesameedition?• Doesthetextmatter?• Whataboutothertexts?• Options:• Half-pricebooks/Onlinebooksellers• Interlibraryloan
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UIL Online Resources
• http://www.uiltexas.org/academics– UIL Academics home page
• go to STEM > SCIENCE– Information from the Contest Directors will
be posted here.– The new Physics directed study
information is posted here.
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Some Contest Strategies• Watch units!• Make diagrams with labels• Look for order of magnitude answers• Problem identification… • Quick/Easy, Moderate or Hard• -Use these identifiers to work on speed• -Recognize when to come back later
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Coaches/Team Suggestions• Goal setting for student morale is very, very
important!• Have students solve old contests UIL or TMSCA
exams & help out other students.• Practice contests as posted on UIL invitational meet
site or attend TMSCA contests.• If possible coordinate with other teachers to
arrange for help when needed.• Positive reinforcement & food are good motivators.
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SpecificTopics
BiologyChemistryPhysics
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MainTopicsinBiology
1. RelationshipBetweenStructureandFunction– Basicbiochemistry,cellbiology,biologicalmembranes,membranetransport,structureandfunctionoforganicmacromolecules
2. CellularandAcellular Replication– Cellcycle,regulationofthecellcycle,DNAreplication,genomestructure,meiosisandsexualreproduction,viralreplication
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MainTopicsinBiology3. EnergyTransformations– Metabolism,cellularrespiration,photosynthesis,
enzymes
4. GeneExpression– Proteinsynthesis,regulationofgeneexpression,
effectsofmutations
5. GeneticsandInheritance– Mendelian inheritance,non-Mendelian inheritance,
geneticcrosses,DNAtechnology
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MainTopicsinBiology
6. Evolution– Naturalselection,reproductivesuccess,microevolution(selection,mutation,recombinationmigration,geneticdrift,geneflow),evidenceofmacroevolution(speciation,extinction),evidenceforunityindiversity
7. OriginandDiversityoflife– Phylogeny,taxonomy,domainsoflife,animal
andplantbehavior,biologicalhierarchy
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MainTopicsinBiology
8. EcologyandtheEnvironment– Populationbiology,communitydynamics,organismrelationships,biogeochemicalcycles,ecosystemstability
9. BasicHumanAnatomy&Physiology– Specializedcells(blood,muscle,andepithelial),
tissuetypes,homeostasis(regulation,effectsofimbalance),selectorgansystemsinvolvedinregulation,nutrientabsorption,reproduction,anddefense
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MainTopicsinBiology
10. Diseases ***NEW***– Parasitology,microbialpathogenesis,etiologicagents,anddiseases
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Three Levels of Questions 1. KnowledgeandComprehension:Advanced
recallandidentificationofsubjectmatter.
2. ApplicationandAnalysis:Demonstrationofquantitativereasoningusingandgeneratinggraphsanddata.
3. SynthesisandEvaluation: Usinginformationandpriorcontentknowledgetoformulateconclusionsandgeneratehypotheses.
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Biology Contest Structure• Participants should expect questions from
all topics on all exams. • Approximately 75% of the UIL exam will
consist of questions from levels 1 and 2 and 25% of the UIL exam will draw from level 3 questions.
• The relative level of difficulty will increase with each contest.
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TopicsinChemistry
1. Fundamentals
2. Stoichiometry
3. AtomicTheory
4. ChemicalBondingandStructure
5. Gases
6. LiquidsandSolids
7. Thermodynamics
8. PhysicalEquilibria
9. ChemicalEquilibria
10. AcidsandBases
11. SolubilityEquilibria
12. Electrochemistry
13. ChemicalKinetics
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QuestionsinChemistryInvitationals A & BTopics 1-11 (no 12 or 13) with emphasis on 1 and 2. Generally these 2 exams will have the easiest types of questions. Very straight forward information and calculations.
DistrictAll topics are possible (1-13) here. The questions will go a little deeper into the subject matter. Some problems will be complex in nature but overall, this is a notch down in difficulty from the regional and state exams.
Regional and State Once again, all topics will be covered (1-13). Any
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The 20 questions in Physics:• There will be 3 directed study questions from“Astrophysics for People in a Hurry” by Tyson.
• Variety of question types: conceptual, symbolic, and numeric questions. Most will be numerical.
• There is a range of difficulty on each contest and over the contest season.
• Problems that require vector operations expressed in unit vector notation & calculus will be included on the state contest to help better differentiate the scores for the top students.
“Astrophysics for People in a Hurry”Directed Study Questions
• Invitational A – chapters 1-4• Invitational B – chapters 1-4• District – chapters 5 & 6• Regional – chapters 7-9• State – chapters 10-12
• PhysicsQuestionsP1– P3 willalwaysbefromthereadingmaterial.Thisyearthatisfrom“AstrophysicsforPeopleinaHurry”byNeilDeGrasse Tyson.
• PhysicsQuestionP4 willalwaysbefromthefieldofAstronomy.
• PhysicsQuestionP5 willalwaysbeaboutMeasurement/DimensionalAnalysis/SignificantFigures/OrderofMagnitude.
• PhysicsQuestionP6 willalwaysbeaboutUniformlyAcceleratedMotion.
• PhysicsQuestionP7 willalwaysbeaboutForces.• PhysicsQuestionP8 willalwaysbeabout
Work/Energy/Power/Momentum.• PhysicsQuestionP9 willalwaysbeaboutCircularand
RotationalMotion/Equilibrium.
• PhysicsQuestionP10 willalwaysbeaboutWaves/Sound/HarmonicMotion.
• PhysicsQuestionP11 willalwaysbeaboutFluidStaticsandDynamics/Thermodynamics.
• PhysicsQuestionP12 willalwaysbeaboutDCCircuits/Resistors/Capacitors.
• PhysicsQuestionP13 willalwaysbeaboutElectricFields andForces/ElectricPotential/Gauss’Law.
• PhysicsQuestionP14 willalwaysbeaboutMagneticFieldsandForces/MagneticMaterials/Ampere’sLaw.
• PhysicsQuestionP15 willalwaysbeaboutFaraday’sLaw/Induction/EMOscillationandWaves/ACCircuits.
• PhysicsQuestionP16 willalwaysbeabout GeometricOptics/WaveOptics.
• PhysicsQuestionP17 willalwaysbeabout ModernPhysics/QuantumPhysics.
• PhysicsQuestionP18 willalwaysbeabout NuclearPhysics/ParticlePhysics.
• PhysicsQuestionP19 willalwaysbeawildcardquestionfromthetopicstraditionallycoveredinaPhysics1course.ThatisfromthetopicscoveredinquestionsP5-P11.
• PhysicsQuestionP20 willalwaysbeawildcardquestionfromthetopicstraditionallycoveredinaPhysics2course.ThatisfromthetopicscoveredinquestionsP12-P18.
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