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Competition

Speaker Event

Sunday, November 22

Schedule (in Pacific Standard Time)

12:45 - 1:00 PM: Introduction and Rules

1:00 - 3:00 PM: Individual Round

3:15 - 4:15 PM: Speaker Event and Tiebreakers

4:15 - 4:45 PM: Awards Ceremony

The event will be held virtually via Zoom.

Email us at hphi@students.harker.org if you have any questions.

Individual Round

Time: 120 minutes

Questions: 20 multiple choice, 2 free response

Calculator: Allowed**

The individual round covered topics including: kinematics, Newton's laws of motion, momentum, energy, rotational motion, gravitation, oscillations, fluid dynamics, error propagation, and dimensional analysis.

*All external resources, including but not limited to: books, online resources, and other people or participants, are strictly prohibited

**Graphing, scientific, and four-function calculators are allowed

Tiebreakers

Time: 90 seconds

Number of Questions: Varies

Question Type: Short Answer, Free Response

External resources: Not allowed

Calculator: Allowed

Individuals ranking in the top 10 will be invited to the tiebreaker round. The tiebreaker round is a Countdown-style contest where competitors will be presented with relatively easy questions and will compete to submit the correct answers first. In addition, a brief interview using Countdown-style questions may be conducted with top 10 competitors to help verify the integrity of their results.

Speaker Event

We will have a Q&A session with Mr. Kellan Colburn, U.S. Physics Team Coach and a PhD student jointly appointed at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California Santa Barbara, as well as Dr. Wei Wu, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California.

Prizes

1st place: $250

2nd place: $200

3rd place: $150

4th place: $100

5th place: $50

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