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Physics and Engineering Physics

High School

Page for Students and Teachers
Welcome to the PEP resource page for high schools, dedicated to improving the interaction between Saskatchewan High Schools and the University of Saskatchewan, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics (PEP).
Last Update: May 21, 2009 

Winners of the
2009 University of Saskatchewan High School Physics Competition

The Department of Physics and Engineering Physics is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 University of Saskatchewan High School Physics Competition.

39 students from 10 High Schools from across the Province of Saskatchewan wrote a 90 minute examination on May 6, 2009. The examination is based on the Physics 20 and Physics 30 curriculum in Saskatchewan Schools and is composed by members of the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics at the University of Saskatchewan.

The standard of students entering this year’s competition was very high. This is indicative of the quality of science instruction in Saskatchewan Schools and of the dedication of students who challenge themselves by entering competitions such as this.

The first prize goes to Ivan Vendrova of Saskatoon who attends Bedford Road Collegiate.

Three equal second prizes go to Taylor Hintz of Yorkton, SK who attends Yorkton Regional High School, Xin Di Hu from Calgary, AB who attends Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon, and Peter Machnee of Canora, SK, who attends Yorkton Regional High School.

Third prize goes to Kerollos Wanis of Yorkton, SK who attends Yorkton Regional High School.

The winners will receive $250 for first, $150 for second and $100 for third if they enrol in any Physics, Engineering Physics or Astronomy class at the University of Saskatchewan any time in the next two years.

Honourable Mentions go to (in alphabetical order) Joseph Eremondi of Saskatoon (Holy Cross High School), Haijun Li, Regina (Luther High School), Aarya Shahsavar, Saskatoon (Holy Cross High School), Ivan Simko, Saskatoon (Holy Cross High School), Paul Smith, Saskatoon (Holy Cross High School), and Dan Stasiuk, Saskatoon (Evan Hardy High School) for their excellent performances.

The Department of Physics and Engineering Physics extends congratulation to all these students, our Saskatchewan Scientists, Engineers and Professionals of the future.
A copy of this year's exam is available here.
For your information the questions that students did most well on were questions 2, 3, 4, 15, 17, 21, and 30, while the questions that students had the most difficulty with were questions 5, 8, 14, 18, 23, 24, 27 and 29.

Winners of the
2009 CAP High School Prize Examination

The Department of Physics and Engineering Physics is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Canadian Association of Physicists High School Prize Examination.

First Prize of $150 goes to Xin Di Hu of Saskatoon who attend Bedford Road Collegiate.

Two equal second prizes of $100 each go to William Richards of Assiniboia who goes to Assiniboia Composite High School, and Paul Smith of Saskatoon who goes to Holy Cross High School.

One certificate of Merit goes to Kayla Fehr of Saskatoon who goes to Holy Cross High School.

A copy of the 2009 exam is avialable here: The 2009 CAP Exam

2009 University of Saskatchewan High School Physics Competition

The Ninth annual University of Saskatchewan High School Physics competition is to be held on the morning of Wednesday, May 6, 2009.  Prizes are scholarships that will be paid to students who enroll in any University of Saskatchewan first year Physics, Engineering Physics or Astronomy course. The Physics Competition has been created by professors at the University of Saskatchewan and will follow the Saskatchewan High School Physics Curriculum.  We expect that this test will be significantly more accessible to Saskatchewan High School Physics Students than the CAP High School Prize Exam.
 Old examination papers in PDF format:

2009 CAP High School Prize Examination

This is to announce the upcoming annual Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) High School Prize Examination for senior high school physics students. The exam is to be held on the morning of  Monday April 6, 2009. The prize examination has been created by a national committee and is based on the International Baccalaureate Higher Core Curriculum (plus some geometric optics).

Note that the format of this year's exam has been changed from previous years. There are more multiple choice and short answer problems that are designed to be more accessible to students from across the country. There are three parts. Part A: Multiple Choice Questions. Part B: Short questions requiring sketch graph answers. Part C: Problems with a range of difficulty.

Students from across the country will write the same examination. The results of the Exam will be used by the National Physics Olympiad organization in their search for potential members of the Canadian team, which will go to the International Physics Olympiad , in Mexico from 11 -19 July 2009.  The top three students overall will receive automatic invitations to attend the 2009 National Physics Olympiad Finals.

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This web site is under development. We hope that over time it will become a valuable resource for Saskatchewan high school physics teachers and students. Your comments and suggestions would be most welcome. Please send them to Dr. Rob Pywell, E-mail: rob.pywell@usask.ca