The Physics Department of SDSU would like to invite your school to enter a team in Physics Bowl XXXIV
(in conjunction with Engineering Expo). It is intended to be a fun, exciting and rewarding experience for your
students. This contest, which starts with registration at 1 pm, is an opportunity to make physics teaching and
learning fun. The student contestants experience the excitement of competition and meet other students from a
variety of schools. Some of the contestants will carry away substantial cash prizes for themselves and a plaque for
their school.
The following awards will be presented to each member of the top five teams: $40 to each member of 1st place,
$30 to each member of 2nd place, $20 to each member of 3rd place, $15 to each member of 4th place and $10 to each
member of 5th place. The top five schools will also receive an appropriate plaque. Each team sponsor will also
receive a physics memento of some sort in appreciation of his/her efforts.
Each school is eligible to enter one team up to 3 students to compete against the other schools. Science teachers
may decide in their own way how to select the team members for their school. If you are interested in participating,
return the entry form and we will send you complete details at a later date.
This contest is now a popular event known state wide. Many schools participate. The following teams have participated
in previous years: St. Mary's (Dell Rapids), Lennox, Platte, Colman-Egan, Lincoln High, Washington (Sioux Falls), Salem,
Mitchell, Howard, Marion, Mitchell Christian, Brookings, Highmore, Grant Deuel, Viborg, Gary, O'Gorman, Canton,
Northwestern (Mellette), Huron, Dell Rapids, Hamlin, McCook Central, Milbank, Sioux Valley, Volga Christian,
New Effington, Parker, Roosevelt (Sioux Falls), Wessington Springs, Orange City (Iowa), Patrick Henry (Sioux Falls),
Hancock MN, Deubrook, Flandreau, Huron, Hurley, Marion, Estelline, Menno, Canton, Arlington, Beresford, South Shore,
Artesian-Letcher, Hamlin, Brandon Valley, Scotland, Viborg, Centerville, Rosholt, Saydel (IA), Wakonda, Sisseton,
Webster, Roncalli-Aberdeen, Atwater-Cosmos MN, FOCHES (Brookings Area Home School), and Plattsmouth NE.
If you have never entered a team before, please consider giving it a try. Teams which have entered apprehensively
have found the experience to be full of fun and excitement and return year after year. The level of questions is a
ppropriate so that no one ever feels embarrassed for not knowing the proper answer, and with a little luck, his/her
estimates and guesses might even score high enough to earn one of the prizes. The competition puts the fun and
fascination of physics out where everyone can enjoy it.
Questions will be based on topics such as basic mechanics, heat and thermodynamics, basic electricity, optics, famous
physicists, etc. Each team will answer questions posed by the quizmaster. Answers are scored according to accuracy,
speed or perhaps both. Each question has a point value, and the team with the highest score wins.
Only the first 18 teams to return the entry form to the SDSU Physics Department with the intention to compete
will be accepted. Do it early to avoid disappointment!
Download the Application form below:
Please feel free to duplicate and make copies of these forms as desired.
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