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 2012 University of Maryland Physics Olympics was held on Saturday, April 21, 2012.

To receive future Physics Olympics announcements by e-mail, send an e-mail to Dr. Matt Bobrowsky at msb@umd.edu.

You can see the 2012 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

The application form can be obtained here.

The rules can be found here.

Directions to the Physics Olympics can be found here.

For further information, please contact Dr. Matt Bobrowsky by e-mail at msb@umd.edu or by phone at (301) 405-6045.

Index of Physics Olympics Documents

Outreach Page

Lecture-Demonstration Home Page

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