Events · Montana Science Olympiad

State Tournament · Tues, March 4, 2025

The State Tournament is held at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.

Checklist for Events:

• Download the Div B and Div C Rules Manuals HERE 
• Find the 2025 National Rules Clarifications HERE These are changes and clarifications made by the national organization after the manual is published.
• Find the Montana Rules Clarification HERE as the season progresses.
• Events are selected and announced in August/September of the tournament season 
• Links in the tables below go to the national web page with a description of the event.
• *Asterisk in the table indicates the event is open to the public.
• +Cross indicates that further clarification for the Montana competition is listed below
• ^TRIAL EVENT · Students earn medals in trial events but points are not earned for team overall scores.

Division B (Middle School) Events:

Division C (High School) Events:

Montana Rules Clarifications

As the season progresses, questions arise to clarify portions of the Rules Manuals.  Clarifications are posted here.  National Rules clarifications can be found HERE

Agricultural Sciences (Div B & Div C) · posted Dec. 4, 2024

For the 2025 tournament, students should follow the 2025 Rules Manual using the "Year 2: Animals" rotation (the 2024 tournament was Year 1: Plants). For Part A, on tournament day, the test topic will be animals. For Parts B-D, the focus will always be plants. For Part B, students will perform an agricultural experiment on one or more plants (prior to tournament day) and submit their notebook for grading.  For Parts C and D, on tournament day, students will answer questions pertaining to their personal experiment and their knowledge of experimental design.