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Professors Oscar Dahlsten, Denver Li, Haixing Li and Sunny Xin Wang served as jurors in the Hong Kong Young Physicists’ Tournament (HKYPT) 2024 held on 20 Jan 2024 at the Island School.
The HKYPT tests participants' ability to solve complicated real-world physics problems. The competition seeks to bring students through a process of what physicists do, from research to modelling, experimentation and finally to an oral defence before peers and experts. The HKYPT provides authentic learning experiences in the learning of physics.
The International Young Physicists' Tournament (IYPT) International Organising Committee (IOC) decided on 17 problems to be used for the tournament. These problems involve different aspects of physics and are often related to phenomena that confront us in our everyday lives. The IYPT problems are deliberately formulated in an open-ended way, and cannot be solved within a short time using standard methods in a pen-and-paper examination setting.
The objective of the IYPT is for teams to prepare not only a scientifically sound and correct solution but also for participants to present their solution in a convincing way and to respond spontaneously to criticisms and counter-solutions of the opponent. This learning model is similar to the actual process of science investigation, from framing a question to identifying possible solutions for a problem.
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https://sites.google.com/view/hkypt/home?authuser=0
26 Jan 2024