Physics Bowl

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Faculty coordinator: Professor Aaron Leanhardt [aehardt@umich.edu].

Event Description:

All Olympiad Teams are automatically registered for this event. A series of 15-20 'simple' physics demonstrations will be described by a UM Faculty member. A question about each demonstration will be posed for the teams to consider. Each team will then come to a consensus answer. Answers for each question will be provided by watching the demonstration happen.

Event Location and Time:

Dennison lecture hall
3:00PM - 4:00PM

Apparatus and Materials:

All demonstrations prepared by the Physics Department. Teams only need brainpower.

Event Rules:

All members of an Olympiad team must participate.
Teams will have two minutes to discuss the answer to each question.

Judging Criteria:

Each correct answer will be awarded points. The number of points awarded for a question may vary dependent on the perceived difficulty.
In the event of a tie an additional question will be posed, and the tie broken by the team with the clearest explanation of the correct answer, as judged by the event coordinator.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals will be awarded to the teams with highest scores.

Olympiad Contact Information
Professor Georg Raithel
University of Michigan, Randall Laboratory, email: graithel@umich.edu
Michelle Young
FOCUS Administrator, email: mamurn@umich.edu

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Revised: March, 2009.

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