Background
Since its founding in 2006, Surya Institute has organized and supported students to participate in various international competitions, including the KANGAROO Math Contest, the American Mathematics Competition (AMC), the Australian Mathematics Competition (Ausmac), the Singapore and Asian Schools Math Olympiad (SASMO), the Canadian Mathematics Competition, the International Mathematics Tournament of Town (TOT), the Asian Science & Mathematics Olympiad for Primary and Secondary Schools (ASMOPSS), International KANGAROO Science Contest (IKSC), Factorial Math Competition (FMC) and several others.
With this experience, Surya Institute desires to create a new science competition. Another reason for the presence of this new science competition is that there are still few science competitions for students. This new competition is called ‘the Photon Science Competition’. A photon is an elementary particle of light, which plays an important role in science and everyday life.
Through the Photon Science Competition, students are expected to be able to develop their competence in the field of science. This competition also serves as a stepping stone for students aspiring to participate in national or international science Olympiads. It provides a platform for them to hone their skills and knowledge, preparing them for the challenges of the Olympiad stage. Formal and non-formal education institutions can also use this competition as an assessment tool.
The Photon Science Competition is a collaborative effort between Surya Institute and the SIMETRI Foundation. SIMETRI Foundation has been training the Indonesian Physics Olympiad Team for the Asian and International Physics Olympiad for more than 20 years. Both Surya Institute and SIMETRI Foundation have the same vision of nurturing students’ competence so that they can thrive in the fields of math and science.
Through the Photon Science Competition, it is hoped that students will light up their scientific minds and become like photons, playing an important role in science, the community and the world.
Tagline
Light up your scientific mind!
Participant
Students from grade 1 to grade 8.
Divisions
• Epsilon : Grade 1-2
• Delta : Grade 3-4
• Gamma : Grade 5-6
• Beta : Grade 7-8
Competition
• The Competition is composed of one round.
• The type of the questions is multiple choice questions.
• Duration time is about a max of 60 – 90 minutes.
• Number of questions: Each level has 24 – 30 questions.
• Language: English and Local Language.
Scoring
• Each correct answer will be given points.
• Every wrong answer will be reduced by 1 point.
• Any questions that are not answered will be worth 0 points.
Awards
• Gold Medals (Top 4%)
• Silver Medals (Next top 8%)
• Bronze Medals (Next top 12%)
• Honorable Mention Certificates (Next top 16%)
• Participation Certificates
Syllabus
Epsilon Level (Grade 1 & 2)
Scope of questions: Plants, Animals, Human Body, Food, Housing and Clothing, Family and Festivals, Occupations, Good Habits and Safety Rules, Transport and Communication, Air, Water, Patterns, Measuring Units, Geometrical Shapes, Analogy, Living and Non-living Things.
Delta Level (Grade 3 & 4)
Scope of questions: Patterns, Geometrical Shapes and Solids, Comparison, Direction Sense Test, Matter and Materials, Our Environment, Days and Dates & Possible Combinations, Analogy and Classification, Plants, Animals, Food, Clothing.
Gamma Level (Grade 5 & 6)
Scope of questions:
Biology: Animals, Human Body and Health, Plants and Food, Natural Resources, Pollution and Calamities, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, Patterns, Analogy and Classification, Coding-Decoding, Embedded Figures, Living Organisms and Their Surroundings, Food and its Components, Fiber and Fabrics, Direction Sense, Comparison.
Physics: Earth and Universe, Matter, Force, Work and Energy, Motion and Measurement of Distances, Light, Electricity, Geometrical Shapes, Mirror Images, Fun with Magnets, Air and Water, Sorting and Separation of Materials, Changes around us, Thermal Phenomena, Sound.
Beta Level (Grade 7 & 8)
Scope of questions:
Biology: Combustion, Conservation of Plants and Animals, Cell, Reproduction in Animals, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning, Crop Production and Management, Microorganisms, Synthetic Fibers and Plastics, Pollution of Air and Water, Some Natural Phenomena.
Physics: Metals and Non-metals, Force and Pressure, Friction, Sound, Electricity, Light, Stars and Solar System, Thermal Phenomena, Optics, Electricity and Magnetism, Mechanical Equilibrium of Bodies, Work and Energy, Elementary Knowledge about Mechanics of Fluids, Thermodynamics, Molecules and Atoms.
