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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 25, 2018
Winners of the 2018 University of
Saskatchewan High School Physics Scholarship Competition
The Department of Physics and Engineering Physics is pleased to
announce the winners of the 2018 University of Saskatchewan High
School Physics Competition.
28 High School students from 8 different high schools across the
Province of Saskatchewan wrote a 90 minute examination on May 9,
2018. The competition is based on the Physics content in the
Saskatchewan High School Physical Science 20 and Physics 30
curricula, 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 once
again 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.
First prize goes to:
Yunfei Wen of Saskatoon
who attends Walter Murray Collegiate.
Second prize goes to:
Mykyta Shvets of Saskatoon who attends, Bishop James
Mahoney High School.
Third prize goes to:
Ligyi Mu of Saskatoon who attends Evan
Hardy Collegiate,
The winners will receive scholarships of $250 for first prize,
$150 for second prize, and $100 for third prize. The scholarships
are awarded if the students enrol in any Physics, Engineering
Physics or Astronomy class at the University of Saskatchewan any
time in the next two years.
For their excellent performances, Honourable Mentions go
to (in alphabetical order):
Noah Hermanson,
Saskatoon, Bishop James Mahoney High School,
Taegen Isaac, North
Battleford, North Battleford Comprehensive High School,
Mingrui Jai, Saskatoon,
Centennial Collegiate,
Taylor Keller, Saskatoon,
Holy Cross High School,
Quigjun Lin, Saskatoon,
Evan Hardy Collegiate,
Arthur Nemetz, Saskatoon,
Bishop James Mahoney High School.
The Department of Physics and Engineering Physics extends
congratulations to all these students, our Saskatchewan Scientists,
Engineers and Professionals of the future. Thanks go as well to the
teachers who make it possible for their students to learn and
compete.
A copy of this year's exam is available here.
For your information the questions that students did most well were
questions 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 16, and24; while the questions that
students had the most difficulty with were questions 8, 9, 17,
18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25 and 28.
Winners of the 2018 CAP High School Prize Examination
The Department of Physics and Engineering Physics is pleased to
announce the winners of the Saskatchewan division of the 2018
Canadian Association of Physicists High School Prize Examination.
First Prize of $250 goes to Yunfei
Wen of Saskatoon who attends Walter Murray
Collegiate.
Equal Second prize of $125 goes to Taylor
Keller, Saskatoon who attends Holy Cross High
School,
Equal Second prize of $125 goes to Quigjun
Lin, Saskatoon who attends Evan Hardy
Collegiate,
A copy of the 2018 exam is available here: The
2018 CAP Exam
National Winners will be announced on the CAP website.
Announcing 2018 CAP High School Prize
Examination and the University of Saskatchewan High School
Physics Competition
Announcement
Poster
(Please feel free to print and display at your school.)
2018 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
Wednesday April 11, 2018 This prize examination has been created by
a Canada-wide national committee.
The CAP High School
Exam is based upon an internationally recognized syllabus, the
I.B. Physics Higher Core Curriculum. Only sections of the
syllabus covering mechanics, Optics and Electricity and
Magnetism (plus some elementary thermodynamics) are examined
by the CAP Exam. Since all provinces in Canada have different
curricula and the level of physics taught varies widely, the
exam uses a broad-based core curriculum which is widely
recognized and used throughout the world. 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 49th International Physics
Olympiad, to be held in Lisbon, Portugal from 21st - 29th
July, 2018. The top three students overall will receive
automatic invitations to attend the 2018 National Physics
Olympiad Finals.
2018 University of Saskatchewan High
School Physics Competition
The Annual University of Saskatchewan High
School Physics competition is to be held on the morning
of Wednesday, May 9, 2018. 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 (Physical Science 20 and Physics 30).
We expect that this test will be significantly more accessible to
Saskatchewan High School Physics Students than the CAP High School
Prize Exam.
Old competition papers in PDF format:
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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
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