What is PISIKAalaman?
PISIKAalaman 2007 is the fourth annual inter-high school Physics competition organized by the UP Physics Association. This is part of the UPPA's efforts to promote awareness of Physics.
The said event will feature, as the main event, a Physics competition between the brightest high school students within the NCR. The competition is composed of two rounds, namely the Qualifying Round and the Championship Round. Both rounds will be held on November 17, 2007 at the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Building, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
Each participating school will be represented by at most two (2) teams, each composed of three (3) high school students. There should be at least one third year student per team. The school may also send at most two (2) alternates and two (2) teacher coaches. There will be a registration fee of PhP 400.00 per team.
The competition will test the knowledge of students in different branches of Physics. Questions will be prepared by the UPPA Academic Affairs Committee for final screening by the chosen panel of judges composed of selected faculty members of the National Institute of Physics.
Interested parties may register here.
Description of the Seminar
The event also includes two simultaneous seminars: one for the students and another for the teachers. Both seminars will be about the current developments and breakthroughs in Physics. Although the topics discussed in both seminars will be the same, the approaches of course will be different.
The speaker for the teachers' seminar is Dr. May Lim, an assistant professor of Physics and a member of the Instrumentation Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Physics. She recently published the product of her post-doctoral research entitled "Global Pattern Formation and Cultural/Ethnic Violence" in the prestigious journal Science.
The seminar/workshop for students will be presided by Dr. Carlo Mar Blanca, an associate professor of Physics and a member of the Instrumentation Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Physics. To make the discussion lively, the speaker will be assisted by members of the UP Physics Association from time to time.
The seminars will be held in the afternoon and will last for one hour and thirty minutes.