Rules Clarifications/FAQs

JHSOI will follow the event descriptions in the current Rules Manual, and the Regional, State and National Rules Clarifications that are posted on the Maryland Science Olympiad website. 

Aligning with National and State Science Olympiad, questions of the following type will not be answered: those that are already posted, what materials to use, how to build a device, if a device complies to the rules, what will be covered on a test, how to coach the event, test formats or types of test questions.

For Rules Clarifications, click Request for Rules Clarification button. Questions must be directed toward the event rules. For general questions, not related to event rules, select Submit General Questions button.