BAKER'S DOZEN

Top Thirteen Reasons for Registering A Science Decathlon Team:

#1 - Science Decathlon is designed to make competition-based science education a feasible, affordible and routine opportunity for everybody, even those not associated with formally accredited educational institutions.

#2 - Science Decathlon showcases area-specific skills of the top science students in the United States.

#3 - Science Decathlon offers small/rural schools, new teams, church teams, homeschool teams and neighborhood groups an economic opportunity to be formally recognized and rewarded for their achievements and successes as they relate to science education.

#4 - National Science Decathlon is the fastest growing science competition program of its nature in the United States.

#5 - Participants and adults have the opportunity to gain leadership experience in a fun, friendly, science-focused environment.

#6 - Coaching and participating on a Science Decathlon team is challenging, team-oriented, personal, fun and rewarding.

#7 - Organizing a team is simple. Each full team has a maximum of six (6) Regular Team Members.

#8 - Science Decathlon tournaments only require thirty-three (33) volunteers for full operations.

#9 - National Science Decathlon proactively developes partnerships linking students, community professionals and businesses.

#10 - Full Science Decathlon tournaments can be hosted in any facilities with five labs, ten rooms, a good-sized gymnasium, auditorium, computer lab, cafeteria and a soccer, open base/football field.

#11 - Young, budding scientists and engineers participating in tournaments have the opportunity to travel on a regional and national scale.

#12 - Science Decathlon meets, and more often than not, exceeds state and national science education standards.

#13 - Essential coaching resources, like event rules, sample tests, coaching tools, videos and a Message Board, are made available to Science Decathlon website visitors free of charge.