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:

2025
Life, Personal &
Social Science 

2025
Earth &
Space Science

2025
Physical Science
& Chemistry

2025
Technology & 
Engineering Design 

2025
Inquiry & 
Nature of Science

^+Agricultural Sciences
TRIAL EVENT

[Year 2: animals]

Dynamic Planet
(Glaciers)

Crime Busters

*Tower

Codebusters

Anatomy & Physiology

Meteorology

Optics

*Mission Possible

Experimental Design

Disease Detectives

Reach for the Stars

Wind Power

 

Write It Do It

Entomology

Fossils

     



Division C (High School) Events:

2025
Life, Personal &
Social Science 

2025
Earth &
Space Science

2025
Physical Science
& Chemistry

2025
Technology & 

Engineering Design 

2025
Inquiry & 
Nature of Science

^+Agricultural Sciences
TRIAL EVENT

[Year 2: animals]

Dynamic Planet
(Glaciers)

Chem Lab

*Robot Tour

Code Busters

Entomology

Fossils

Optics

*Tower

Experimental Design

Microbe Mission

 

Wind Power

 

*Bungee Drop

Anatomy & Physiology

 

Materials Science

 

Write It Do It




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) · Nov 22, 2024

Students will conduct an experiment on plants prior to tournament day.  On tournament day, students will share their logbook and findings from the plant experiment.  On tournament day, the test topic will be animals, not plants.