Tower
This is a BUILD event. Teams will design and construct a tower prior to the event, made of wood and glue, capable of supporting the weight required. Up to two people per team.
Build Event: An event where participants are given some specifications about a device or object they are expected to design, create, and test in advance of the tournament. The devices or objects are often modified on site to account for an unknown parameter prior to testing or evaluation.
Tower is in the Technology & Engineering category.
SciOly 2025 ChatBot
- Ask School AI ChatBot about SciOlyThe rules of each of the events can be hard to understand. If you have a question, want some study tips, ask this school-approved chatbot. Please use your real name when you begin the conversation.
Official Science Olympiad Website
- Science Olympiad Website (Nationwide) Here you'll find more resources and all the official information about the national tournament and its rules. Please note, we are Division B (middle school), part of the Lower Hudson Regional tournament, which is held in Scarsdale, NY, so dates and times for our events will differ but rules are the same.
- Lower Hudson Regional Science Olympiad Competition Website Information about the regional competition in Scarsdale will be posted here.
Official SciOly 2025 Rules
- Tower RulesView the rules for Tower only in this PDF. Use your school Google account to access.
- Official Rules for Division B Science Olympiad Use your school Google account to access this document with all the official rules for Division B (middle school) Science Olympiad 2025 for all events.
- Rules Revisions & Rules ClarificationsAny changes to the rules that are necessary but published after the official rules were released are published here. Check your event to see if any rules changes have been made before the competitions. You can also use the "Rules Clarification" form here to ask a clarifying question and a real judge will respond.
Helpful Resources
- Tower resource page on the Official Science Olympiad WebsiteTemplates, testing guides, and more from the official Science Olympiad national site.
- TOWER WIKI on SciOly WikiContains some helpful tips to help understand theTower event, but be careful as it may not be updated for this year's event.
- Tower ScoresheetThis is the scoresheet judges will use to evaluate teams' performances the day of the competition. Take a peek.
- Tower ChecklistThis is the checklist judges will use to evaluate your Tower performance at SciOly.
- Tower Kit InstructionsThese are the instructions that came with the Tower kits we purchased for the 2025 SciOly.
(If you're not a Byram Hills student please see the SciOly Tower page for a link to the template there.)
Science Olympiad Tower videos
- STL files used aboveThese are the STL files that can be used to 3D print the jigs and other testing structures as shown in the videos above, specific for the 2025 competition rules.
