Competition Categories

Elementary Division (grades 5-6)
Earth Science
Engineering & Computer Science
Life Science
Physical Science - Chemistry
Physcial Science - Physics
Product Testing & Consumer Science

Secondary Divisions (grades 7-12)
Behavioral & Social Science
Biochemistry & Chemistry
Botany
Computer Science
Earth & Space Science
Engineering
Environmental Science
Mathematics
Medicine & Health
Microbiology
Physics
Zoology

Category Descriptions

Behavoiral & Social Science
Human and animal behavior, social and community relationships. Clinical & Developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, physiological psychology, sociology, anthropology, archaeology, ethnology, linguistics, learning, perception, urban problems, reading problems, public opinion surveys, educational testing, etc.

Biochemistry & Chemistry
Chemistry - Study of nature and composition of matter and laws governing it. Physical chemistry, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, materials, plastics, fuels, pesticides, metallurgy, soil chemistry, etc.
Biochemistry - Chemistry of life processes. Molecular biology, molecular genetics, enzymes, photosynthesis, blood chemistry, protein chemistry, food chemistry, hormones, etc.

Botany
Agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, forestry, plant taxonomy, plant development, ecology, genetics, photosynthesis, plant physiology, plant pathology, plant systematics, evolution, etc.

Computer Science
Algorithms, data bases, networking & communications, computational science, computer graphics, software engineering, programming languages, computer systems, operating systems, etc.

Earth & Space Science
Climatology, weather, geochemistry, mineralogy, paleontology, geophysics, planetary science, tectonics, astronomy, meteorology, etc.

Engineering
Bioengineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, processing, materials science, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, robotics, aerospace & aeronautical engineering, vehicle development, etc.

Environmental Science
Air pollution & air quality, soil contamination & soil quality, water pollution & water quality, bioremediation, ecosystems management, environmental engineering, land resource management, recycling, waste management, etc.

Mathematics
Algebra, analysis, applied mathematics, geometry, probability & statistics, calculus, abstract algebra, number theory, etc.

Medicine & Health
Disease diagnosis & treatment, epidemiology, genetics, molecular biology of diseases, physiology and pathophysiology, dentistry, pharmacology, ophthalmology, nutrition, sanitation, pediatrics, dermatology, allergies, speech & hearing, etc.

Microbiology
Antibiotics, antimicrobials, bacteriology, microbial genetics, virology, etc.

Physics
Astronomy, atoms, molecules, solids, biological physics, instrumentation and electronics, magnetics and electromagnetics, nuclear and particle physics, optics, lasers, masers, theoretical physics, theoretical or computational astronomy, fluid & gas dynamics, thermodynamics, acoustics, etc.

Zoology
Animal genetics, pathology, systematics, ornithology, ichthyology, herpetology, entomology, animal ecology, paleontology, cellular physiology, circadian rhythms, animal husbandry, cytology, histology, animal physiology, invertebrate neurophysiology, studies of invertebrates, etc.