2012 NJAAPT PHYSICS OLYMPICS
(revised
11/2/2011)
Events, Rules, and Scoring
For combined PDF rules file click
HERE!
For a Summary of the Rule Changes click
HERE!
For recent questions and answers about the rules click
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Saturday – January 14th, 2011
8:00am – 2:30pm
Monmouth Regional High School
Tinton Falls, New Jersey
Welcome Handout!
[Includes registration information]
Awards
A
maximum of 100 points will be given for each of the six events; therefore, the
maximum number of total points is 600 points. The team with the highest number
of total points will be the winner, followed by a second place team, and a third
place team. The NJ Physics Olympics Silver Serial Bowl will be awarded
for one year of custody to the overall first team. The top three teams will be
awarded trophies as well as the winning team in each event.
General Rules
- For each
event the judge(s) will inspect all
devices. It must be clear to the judge(s) that no part of a device is
unsafe. For example, no rat or larger animal traps may be used as these
traps have the potential to cause injury (mouse traps may be used), no
elastic material wound so tightly that injury could result if it should snap
free, no large fast spinning gyroscopes that could spin out of control, no
large compressed gas cylinders or dangerous chemical reactions. If an entry
is disqualified, the team will be given 30 minutes to modify their
apparatus.
- The judges’ decision(s) is /are final in all aspects of the event.
- All teams
are encouraged to use creativity while keeping in the spirit of the
competition.
- A team shall
consist of not more than six members. Each team member must be from the
high school of the team. No substitutions may be made for any member of a
team during the course of the day’s events (i.e., only the original team
members and no others are eligible to compete in any of the events). Not all
team members must participate in each event. A team may not use
another team’s entries for their own, even if they are from the same school.
- Updates to the rules will be
posted on the NJAAPT web site at www.NJAAPT.org.
Frequently asked questions with answers will be available by e-mailing
John_Valente@mast.mcvsd.org.
- It is your team’s responsibility
to keep the team updated about changes and clarifications to the rules.