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Dear Students, Parents and Supervisors.
We are happy to introduce our Natural Science Olympiad. This Olympiad has 2 Rounds: Online Elimination Round and Global Round.
Students can register themselves through our website, or by contacting their country representatives. Students starting from grade 3 can participate in this Olympiad.
The Online Elimination Round will have 25 multiple choice questions. Exam will start at 10am (local time) and will last 60 minutes. Students need to choose only one Elimination Round to participate.
To qualify for the Global Round which will be held physically in Houston, students need to score 40% and higher in the Online Elimination Round.
Students will be given Certificate of Participation in the Online Elimination Round, Certificate of Achievement in the Online Elimination Round and Medals according to the following progress:
– 40% – 74% – Bronze Medal
– 75% – 90% – Silver Medal + 5% off in the Global Round
– 91% – 100% – Gold Medal + 10% off in the Global Round
The Syllabus of the Olympiad is as follows:
- Cells
- Parts of a Plant
- Life cycle of a Plant
- Classification of Animals
- How Animals Live & Grow?
- Body parts
- Ecosystems
- Landforms
- The Rock Cycle
- Seasons
- Our Solar System
- Energy
- Properties of Matter
- Earth and Space
- Water and Weather
- Climate
- Precipitation
- Environmental Changes
- The Human Body
- Chemical & Physical Changes of a matter
- Energy and Its Transformations
- Electricity
- Force, Motion, and Acceleration
- Matter, Atoms, and Elements
- Organization in the Environment
- Energy: Sound and Light
- Kinetic and Potential Energy
- Laws of Thermodynamics
- Earth Structures
- Weathering
- Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Ecology and Ecosystems
- Extinct and Endangered Animals
- Biodiversity
- Energy Flow in the Ecosystem
- Natural Selection and Adaptations
- Heredity and Reproduction
- Our Solar System
- Spectroscopy and EM Spectrum
- Motion, Acceleration and Forces
- Work and Energy
- Machines
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Energy Sources and the Environment
- Sound and Light
- Mirrors and Lenses
- Earth’s Changing Surface
- Weather and Climate
- Solids, Liquids and Gases
- Periodic Table
- Elements and their Properties
- The Earth and its satellite
- The Solar System
- Stars and Galaxies
- Natural resources
- Human impacts on the environment
- Organism growth and reproduction
- Photosynthesis in organisms
- Food and energy in organisms
- Biogeochemical cycles
- Changes to ecosystems
- Population growth
- Plate tectonics
- Effects of land and water use
- energy resources and consumption
- Air pollution
- Aquatic and terrestrial pollution
- Greenhouse effect
- Forces and motion
- Wave properties
- Electromagnetic radiation
- Uniform circular motion and gravitation
- Linear momentum and collisions
- DC Circuits
- Atomic models
- s, p, d, f subshells
- Chemical bonding and molecular structure
- States of matter
– Certificate of Participation in Online Elimination Round (Digital Certificate),
– Achievement Medals in the Online Elimination Round (Gold, Silver and Bronze)
– Certificate of Participation in Global Round (Paper Certificate),
– Certificate of Achievement: Gold, Silver, Bronze, Honorable Mention (Paper Certificate)
– Achievement Medals: Gold, Silver and Bronze (Based on their performance)
Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in the Global Round will be awarded based on the following percentages:
– The top 10% will receive a Gold Medal
– The top 11-30% will receive a Silver Medal
– The top 31-60% will receive a Bronze Medal
– The top 61-75% will receive an Honorable Mention Certificate
Moreover top three students of each category of Global Round will get special prizes listed below: