PHYSICS@HORTON
ENRICHMENT
In addition to the regular curriculum offered, students may want the additional challenge of particpating in one of the following competitions:
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Leonardo da Vinci Competition ~ Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
The Leonardo da Vinci Competition is a contest with a difference: it is the first Canadian national competition that asks questions of an engineering nature - interdisciplinary and challenging - requiring skill in mathematics, physics and chemistry.
The competition is intended for students with an interest in engineering and also for students who are interested in science and mathematics who have not considered a career in engineering.
It provides the opportunity to win scholarships and awards that total $50,000.
Sir Isaac Newton (SIN) Exam ~ Department of Physics, University of Waterloo
The SIN exam is a test of high school physics, and is offered by the University of Waterloo to encourage the teaching of physics. The exam, although aimed at competent students, is meant to be refreshing and fun.
Each year, several SIN Scholarships are offered to our incoming year 1 physics students proceeding towards an Honours Physics degree in either Regular or Co-operative Applied Physics at the University of Waterloo, mainly on the basis of the SIN test. These entrance scholarships pay the student up to $5,000; in year 1, and four or five awards up to $1,000 in each of years 2 to 4 based on competition with others in those years. (We also give these students, and about 150 others, book prizes; -- not every one wants to come here for Honours Physics!)
Canadian Association of Physics (CAP) High School Exam
The CAP High School Exam is based upon an internationally recognized syllabus, the I.B. Physics Higher Core Curriculum. Only sections of the syllabus covering mechanics, Optics and Electricity and Magnetism aare examined by the CAP Exam. Since all provinces in Canada have different curricula and the level of physics taught varies widely, the exam uses a broad based core curriculum which is widely recognized and used throughout the world.
The level of the
CAP exam is intentionally high. Only the top students from each school
are expected to take part in the exam and only a handful of students
in Canada are expected to completely finish the CAP Exam in the time
allotted. Past statistics indicate that of the approximately 2,000 students
writing the exam each year, the top mark is usually above 80% and 50-100
students nationally score above 50%. The CAP High School Prize Exam
is a contest, not a judgement of a student's classroom performance.
We are looking for the most skilled, best educated physics students
in Canada. There will be variations amongst schools both within a province
and nationally. A number of Universities in Canada award entrace scholarships
to top CAP Exam students.
Art of Physics ~ The Canadian Association of Physicists
The Canadian Association of Physicists launched the first Art of Physics Competition at their 1992 Annual Congress in Windsor, Ontario. The aim of the competition is to stimulate interest, especially among non-scientists, in some of the captivating imagery associated with physics. The challenge is to capture photographically a beautiful or unusual physics phenomenon and explain it in less than 200 words in terms that everyone can understand.
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