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The IYPT Australia TournamentIYPT Australia is the official Australian qualifying tournament for the International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) The Brisbane Girls Grammar School is the host school. Australia. IYPT Australia is organised by AuScience.
IYPT Australia Challenge Rules and Regulations
All problems presented in any one Physics Fight must be different. All problems presented by a team during the three selective physics fights must be different. Each team is scored using a ten point system by each juror. Their average score for each Team are then scaled. Scaling factors are shown below:
Therefore, with scaling, the Reporter can score a maximum of 30 points and the Opponent a maximum of 20 points. The maximum total for each team in a Physics Fight is 50 points. After a normal three rounds, all teams have a score out of 150. All points from each round being simply summed. The three highest scoring teams will progress to the final. The order and timing of performance in a Selective Physics Fight:
c. Finalists announced and certificates distributed The finalists, once announced, have 20 minutes to choose the problems that are to be presented in the final. The highest scoring team chooses first (Team 1), then the second highest scoring (Team 2) and finally the third highest scoring team (Team 3). The teams may present a problem they have presented during the selective fights but all three problems presented in the final must be different. Day Two – The Final The Final will include the additional role of the Reviewer. Refreshments will be available outside the Theatre all morning. The order of the performance is:
Each team is still scored using a ten point system and the Team scores are then scaled. Scaling factors for the final are shown below:
The team to be declared the winner of IYPT Australia for that year will have the highest total of points from all the preliminary rounds and the final. It is the total of their qualifying score and their score for the Final. The order and of performance in the Final Physics Fight:
Scoring for the Final The jury in the final may be larger than in the preliminary rounds up to a maximum of eight persons. All jurors will be asked for feedback regarding the performances of individuals and this will be used by the selectors to decide upon the two additional selections to form the Australian Team. The selections can come from any team in the event and will be made to create the team the selectors feel provide the most competitive Australian Team. Additional selections will be announced on the Monday following the final. Roles and Responsibilities of IYPT Australia Organising Committee (IAOC) members Director of Centre for Science Research The Director is responsible for the day to day organisation of the IYPT Australia Challenge. He/She invites teams, team leaders and jurors to the competition and promotes the competition in Australia. The Director will liaise with representatives from other interested schools to make the event as open to as many schools as possible. If numbers of entrants are too large he/she will help arrange preliminary qualification tournaments as appropriate. The Director will seek to raise the profile of the tournament in Australia and increase the numbers of schools entering teams into the competition. He/She will, in normal circumstances, act as the Australian IOC Member of IYPT but another can act in that role if the Director is unable to attend the IYPT in any one year. The Director will act as Chair of the IAOC Australian IOC Member(AIOC) The IOC member is responsible for representing Australia in international dealings with the IYPT and will attend the IYPT competition. He/She will be a member of the Selection Committee. Independent Chair of Jurors The Independent Chair of Jurors will liaise with university personnel to recruit respected persons to sit on juries as independent jurors. This will effectively raise the profile of the tournament in the Higher Education sector within Australia. The Chair will normally not sit upon a jury in the selective rounds of the competition. He/She will circulate through all fight rooms and look for outstanding individuals. Once identified, he/she will monitor them throughout the two days. He will talk with jurors to collect their opinions on individual performances. He/She will normally act as Chair of the Final Jury. Selection Committee Members The task of selecting the two additional team members is to pick the two people that will produce the strongest Australian Team. A strong individual may not always produce the best team member. Factors such as the particular strengths in the roles of Reporter or Opponent may be more important; a good experimentalist or excellent mathematician may be needed; and the ability to work with the qualified team members is vital. The final choices need to complement the winning team. Even if members of the Selection Committee think one individual is outstanding it does not mean they will be the best choice to add to the team. Chair of Selection Committee (a past Australian Team Leader) The Chair will normally not sit upon a jury in the selective rounds of the competition. He/She will circulate through all fight rooms and look for outstanding individuals. Once identified, he/she will monitor them throughout the two days. He/She will talk with jurors to collect their opinions on individual performances. He/She will sit on the Final Jury unless his/her own school is represented. After the results have been announced he/she will Chair the meeting of the Selection Committee and: • Report back on findings of his/her observations and those of the jurors • Ask others to report back on their observations • Lead the discussion of the identified candidates to be the additional two team members. • If a student from his/her school is a candidate, he/she should allow the discussion to be led by the Independent Chair of Jurors The final selection should be a consensus of who would be the best two students to add to the team. If differences of opinion exist the Chair should reach a compromise all members of the committee feel is in the best interests of the team. Other members of the Selection Committee The exact number of members may vary as some positions may apply to the same person in any one year to a maximum of 6 persons Australian IOC Member IYPT x1 The Team Leader of the winning team in the current year x1 The Australian Team Leaders of the previous year if present at the competition x2 The Independent Chair of Jurors (or a member of the independent jurors in his/her absence - if one has been present for the full competition). x1 |