International Young Physicists Tournament - Nigeria
The International Young Physicists Tournament [IYPT] is a team competition and had its origin in Russia. The teams present and defend their possible solutions to 17 complex scientific projects, on which they may have spent months researching both through conducting experiments and theoretically. The presentation takes place before the critical eyes of an international jury.
All sources of information are permitted: intensive literature research in the World Wide Web, university libraries, interviews with experts at colleges, universities and business. The competition fosters independent learning and research, it helps to acquire competencies as well as the ability to work in a team, and it is an opportunity for reasoning and discussions in English and foreign languages.
National Finals hold: February 16 - 20, 2010
Venue: Abuja
Characteristics Of This Competition:
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Project-oriented working
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Teamwork on small research projects with solutions not to be found in books
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Interdisciplinary [Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, computer science, Biology, geography]
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International environment
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Reports and discussions in English
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Scheduled obligation to keep to them
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Develop contacts to international universities and research institutes
Motivated young people from many countries have a chance to meet, so that contacts across borders of countries and even contingents will be made. It is an opportunity to get to know other cultures, to discuss intensively and to exchange information.
And all this is done on the basis of physics!
How to Register:
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