University of Maryland

Department of Physics

presents

The Physics Olympics
at the University of Maryland

The University of Maryland Physics Olympics, founded in 1979 by John Layman, is held annually in the month of April at the University of Maryland Physics Department. Teams from high schools in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia compete in eight events to determine the championship school.

The Spring 2013 University of Maryland Physics Olympics will be held on Saturday, April 20, 2013.

Registration will begin at 8:00 AM.

The Opening Ceremony will be promptly at 9:00 AM, with the competition commencing immediately thereafter.

To receive future Physics Olympics announcements by e-mail, send an e-mail to Dr. Richard Berg at reberg@umd.edu.

You can see the 2013 rules here.

Judges

are asked to meet 30 minutes before the event start time to review judging procedures.

Students

are asked to remind their teacher/judges to meet 30 minutes before the start time.

An application form needs to be submitted for each team. The application form can be obtained here.

Submit applications by Friday, April 12, 2013.

Directions to the Physics Olympics can be found here.

For further information, please contact Dr. Richard Berg by e-mail at reberg@umd.edu or by phone at (301) 405-5994.

Index of Physics Olympics Documents

Outreach Page

Lecture-Demonstration Home Page

For comments or constructive criticism of this document
please e-mail Dr. Richard Berg, reberg@umd.edu,
or send comments by phone or to the mailing address on the home page.