The Illinois Science Olympiad is seeking volunteers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to help with the 2011 Illinois Science Olympiad, which will be held on the Illinois campus on April 15/16, 2011. Following is the schedule of events and the time slots for which volunteers are still needed. To learn more about the events listed below, use these links to the Science Olympiad website: Division B events are for junior high students; Division C events are for high school students. Click on the VOLUNTEER link to sign up.
| ISO Event | Div | Timeslot 1 | Timeslot 2 | Timeslot 3 | |||
| Time Period | # Vols | Time Period | # Vols | Time Period | # Vols | ||
| Anatomy | B | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 2 |
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| Anatomy & Physiology | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Astronomy | C | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Awesome Aquifer | B | 8:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Battery Buggy | B | 7:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Bottle Rocket | B | 8:00am-11:30am | 2 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 2 |
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| Can't Judge a Powder | B | 8:15am-12:15pm | 2 |
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| Chemistry Lab | C | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Compute This | B | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Disease Detectives | B | 7:00am- 9:00am | 1 |
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| Disease Detectives | C | 7:00am-9:00am | 2 |
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| Dynamic Planet | B | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Dynamic Planet | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Ecology | B | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Ecology | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Electric Wright Stuff (Trial) | B/C | 7:00am-11:30am | 4 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 4 |
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| Experimental Design | B | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Experimental Design | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Forensics | C | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Fossils | B/C | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Geocaching (Trial) | B/C | 8:00am-11:30am | 2 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 2 |
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| Helicopters | C | 7:00am-11:30am | 4 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 4 |
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| Junkyard challenge | B | 7:00am-11:30am | 2 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 2 |
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| Meteorology | B | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Microbe Mission | B | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Microbe Mission | C | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Mission Possible | C | 7:00am-11:30am | 4 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 4 |
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| Model This (Trial) | B | 12:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Model This (Trial) | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Mousetrap Vehicle | C | 7:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Optics | B | 9:30am-12:00pm | 1 |
12:00pm-2:45pm | 1 |
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| Optics | C | 9:30am-12:00pm | 1 |
12:00pm-2:45pm | 1 |
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| Ornithology | B | 12:00pm-4:00pm | |||||
| Ornithology | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Pentathlon (Trial) | B | 8:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Protein Modeling | C | 7:00am-11:45am | 1 |
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| Remote Sensing | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Road Scholar | B | 10:45am-1:30pm | 1 |
1:30pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Robot Ramble | C | 7:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Science Crime Busters | B | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Shock Value | B | 8:15am-10:45am | 1 |
10:45am-1:30pm | 1 |
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| Solar System | B | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Sounds of Music | C | 8:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Storm the Castle | B | 7:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Sumo Bots (Trial) | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 2 |
12:15pm-4:30 | 2 |
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| Technical Prob Solving | C | 10:45am-1:30pm | 1 |
1:30pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Tow-line Glider (Trial) | C | 2:00-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Tower Building | B | 7:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Tower Building | C | 7:00am-11:30am | 3 |
11:30am-3:30pm | 3 |
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| Wind Power | C | 8:15am-11:15 | 1 |
11:15am-2:45pm | 1 |
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| Write It Do It | B | 9:3am-12:00pm | 1 |
12:00pm-2:45pm | 1 |
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| Write It Do It | C | 8:15am-12:15pm | 1 |
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| Hospitality 1 | 7:00am-10:00am | 1 |
10:00am-1:00pm | 1 |
1:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Hospitality 2 | 7:00am-10:00am | 1 |
10:00am-1:00pm | 1 |
1:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Hospitality 3 | 7:00am-10:00am | 1 |
10:00am-1:00pm | 1 |
1:00pm-4:00pm | 1 |
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| Registration | 7:00am-10:30am | 2 |
10:30am-1:30pm | 2 |
1:30pm-4:30pm | 2 |
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| Armory Cleanup Crew | 3:30pm-6:00pm | 5 |
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