New Mexico Science Olympiad Mission Possible Home Page

Info

This is a resource for coaches and students participating in the New Mexico Science Olympiad: Mission Possible event. This page was developed to disseminate information about how the event is run and for assistance in developing and scoring your device.

Here we go again...

Mission Possible is back for 2011! The high school C level for 2010 featured a new and much-changed version of this popular and intriguing event. This year's is similar with a few changes, so... be sure to dispense with old ideas about how this event works and focus on the new rules. Sadly, there is no middle school B level Mission Possible this year.

Last updated 10/25/2010

Resources

• Tips for creating a successful Mission Possible device Strategies for building good devices, making the most of your score, and ensuring you know and follow the rules.

• Policies for event day Everyone should read this as it details how the event is run and what to expect when you arrive to participate.

• 2011 Rules Official rules for this year's event. READ CAREFULLY!

• Score Sheets These are the score sheets that our judges will use to evaluate your device. It is not an exhaustive reproduction of the full rules! It is aimed for judges' use, so this should not be your sole source of event rules. These are for reference only, provided for your convenience. These documents may be updated as necessary up to the day of the event.
  • 2011 Score sheet (pdf) This is the first revision, updates expected.

  If you are from the regional competition or from another state and would like to customize my score sheet for use at your competition, please feel free to download the Microsoft Word Doc version below. Please send me an email if you use it just so I have an idea of where it is being used. Thanks.

  • 2011 Score sheet (word doc) This is the first revision, updates expected.

• Pictures from past NM State Mission Possible competitions
  These pages have a lot of pictures, please be patient while they load. Also remember these are devices from previous years when the rules were very different!
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  • 2004
  • 2005

Links

Rube Goldberg Resources:

• Inspiration! This is a rube goldberg machine made for a Honda commercial which should provide some inspiration and motivation for your mission possible project.

• A very cool Rube Goldberg video this one actually includes the creators as parts of the device... lots of fun

• A good rube goldberg machine on Google video. Try searching on youtube for 'rube goldberg' for more ideas.

National Science Olympiad Links:

• Rule Clarifications Check this site often to find or request rule clarifications which may be updated any time up to the day of the event. This link takes you to the National Science Olympiad's web page on rule clarifications. Be sure to check their FAQ page below too.

• National Mission Possible FAQ page Another essential source for rule clarifications. It is unclear why this page exists separately from the official rule clarifications page. Suffice it to say you must check BOTH for the complete clarification set.

• National Mission Possible event page This is the event page for Mission Possible at the National Sience Olympiad web site.

• National Science Olympiad home page This is the official site of the National Science Olympiad organization.

State Science Olympiad Links:

• New Mexico State Science Olympiad home page This is the official site of the NM State Science Olympiad held at New Mexico Tech.

Contact

• Email the event supervisor for the state Mission Possible competition The event supervisor is Andrew Tubesing, Laboratory Manager for the New Mexico Tech Electrical Engineering department. I can not provide pre-judgement of your device/s, but I am more than happy to help you interpret the rules or point out where to look for your answers.

• Suggest something to add to this page.

Stay tuned to this page for future updates and new material.