National Science Olympiad 2011 - Mousetrap Vehicle C

Supervisors will record this information for each team each team is encouraged to use this form as a pre-tournament Checklist!

Supervisors can also record team results on the excel Mousetrap Vehicle spreadsheet found at

Team Number: C___Team Name: ______

Student Names:______Final Score: ______

Construction Parameters
General
3.a: Only 1 or 2 unmodified (no holes)snap mousetraps (bases < 6.0cm x 12.0cm) are used as vehicle’s kinetic energy source. / YN
3.b: Vehicle moves as a whole (no anchors, tie downs, launching ramps, etc.) / YN
3.d: Reversing & braking systems function automatically. Vehicle is not tethered/remotely controlled / YN
3.e: Electric devices are not used / YN
3.f: Vehicle has a fixed, pointed object somewhere on the perimeter of the chassis of the vehicle that extends within 1 cm of the track’s surface / YN
3.g: The entire vehicle fits within a 1.0 m x 1.0 m box in ready to start mode before a run / YN
3.i: Sighting device does not use electricity / YN
3.h: Competitors start the vehicle by actuating some trigger perpendicular to the floor with a pen, etc, which does not travel with the vehicle. / YN
Individual Runs / Run 1 / Run 2
3.b: No part of the vehicle becomes detached or falls off during the run / YN / YN
3.j: No part of the vehicle (except the wheels, driving strings) comes in contact with the floor / YN / YN
Is this particular run free of any construction violations
(If N, tier 3) / 1. Y N / 12. Y N
The Competition
5.b: Plastic cup is used, placed upside down & tangent to the Start Line on the side closest to the 3 m Line, and is in contact with the vehicle. Leave this blank if not pushing the cup. / YN / YN
5.c: Competitors do not push or constrain the vehicle during release and do not touch their vehicle during a run / YN / YN
5.d: Vehicle only starts until triggered by a pencil, etc. which does not travel with the vehicle / YN / YN
Is this particular run free of any Competition violations
(If N, Tier 2 or tier 3 if also construction violations) / 2. Y N / 13. Y N
Run Parameters
6.b.iii: Competitors elected to push the cup / 3. Y N / 14. Y N
6.b.i: Perpendicular distance (point to line) in cm (to the nearest 0.1 cm) from the nearest edge of the cup to the 3 m Line. (If the cup is touching the 3 m Line, put 0)
(If the cup tips over during a run, measurement is made from where the cup comes to rest) / 4.______/ 15.______
6.b.i: Point to point distance in cm (nearest 0.1 cm) from the fixed point on the vehicle to the center of the Minus 4 m Line / 5.______/ 16. ______
6.b.iii: Vehicle traveled past 1.5 m line / 6. YN / 17. YN
6.b.iv: Vehicle reversed direction / 7. YN / 18. YN
6.c: Vehicle fixed point remained within the Lane Boundaries through the entire run. / 8. YN / 19. YN
5.f.i: Measured time in seconds (to the closest 0.01 second) / Timer 1 / 9.______/ 20.______
(if vehicle reverses, time = total time of all motion) / Timer 2 / 10.______/ 21.______
(if vehicle doesn’t reverse in 3 sec, time = time of motion + 3 sec) / Timer 3 / 11.______/ 22.______
Other
General Rule 9: Disqualified (notify the team and their coach as soon as possible) / 23. YN