International Junior Science Olympiad
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The International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) is an annual science competition for students aged 15 and under. It is one of the International Science Olympiads and an international academical competition that covers physics, chemistry and biology at the same time. The first IJSO was held in Jakarta, Indonesia in 2004. Around 70 countries send delegations of three to six students, plus one to three team leaders, and observers.[1]
The competition is broken down into three tests, each of which lasts between three and four hours. The theoretical portion consists of two tests: a multiple choice questionnaire consisting of 30 questions, and a theoretical test. The practical portion consists of three laboratory examinations, one for each field.[1]
Incidents
[edit]2020
[edit]Because of COVID-19, the 17th International Junior Science Olympiad 2020, originally planned to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, was cancelled.[2]
2021
[edit]Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 18th International Junior Science Olympiad 2021 was conducted in a hybrid format. This allowed students from the participating countries to participate without travelling to the host country United Arab Emirates.[3]
2024
[edit]At the closing ceremony of 21st International Junior Science Olympiad 2024, 10 students that should have received a bronze medal, mistakenly received a silver and 10 students that should have received a silver, instead were given a bronze, but the only difference was the outline: Outline of a bronze medal had a "pink bronze" look, and outline of a silver looked gray-silver colored, so no sort of escalation by either side followed at all.
The Event
[edit]Upon arrival in the hotel, students are met by their coordinators and led to their rooms. They are also given some gifts. Those include: An IJSO backpack, water bottle and a T-Shirt, alongside various different items.
During the event, students and delegates are housed in separate hotels and get to meet each other on three occasions: Opening ceremony, cultural night and closing ceremony. After the opening ceremony ends, any electronics that can connect to Bluetooth are confiscated from students by the delegates (though they still maintain connection through the coordinator, who is in the same hotel with the students). This is done in order to prevent students from knowing the test questions in advance, which are given to delegates one day before the test for them to translate those to their native languages. As a result, students are given two question papers: One in English (Official), and one in their native language.
Cultural night
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Cultural night is on the same day as the experimental test. At cultural night, countries stage either a song or a dance of their choice, but participation is optional, so not many countries perform. In 2024, for example, only 16 out of 53 participating nations had a performance. Also, confiscated electronics are returned to the students on this day.
Closing ceremony
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Closing ceremony involves giving roughly 60% of students a Medal (Gold to 10%, Silver to 20% and Bronze to 30%), but few also get a handful of special awards. Those being: The youngest participant (1 student), best scores in each subject (3 students for each subject), top-scoring group in experiments (3 groups), Top scorer in theoretical portion (MCQ and theory combined), (1 student), Overall (Absolute) winner and Country Winner.
Summary
[edit]| Number | Year | Host country | Host city | Absolute Winner | Country Winner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 |  Indonesia
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Jakarta | |||
| 2 | 2005 | Indonesia
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Yogyakarta | |||
| 3 | 2006 |  Brazil
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São Paulo |  Hailun Hsu
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 South Korea
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| 4 | 2007 | Taiwan
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Taipei | Yu’an Chen
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Taiwan
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| 5 | 2008 | South Korea
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Changwon | Myeonghwan Son
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South Korea
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[4] |
| 6 | 2009 |  Azerbaijan
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Baku | |||
| 7 | 2010 |  Nigeria
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Abuja | Taiwan (3)
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| 8 | 2011 |  South Africa
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Durban | Taiwan (4)
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[6][7] | |
| 9 | 2012 |  Iran
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Tehran | Lai-He Chang
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Taiwan (5)
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| 10 | 2013 |  India
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Pune | Chingwei Huang
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Taiwan
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[6] |
| 11 | 2014 |  Argentina
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Mendoza | Kushagra Juneja
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India
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[6] |
| 12 | 2015 | South Korea
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Daegu | Chenyu Lu
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Taiwan
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| 13 | 2016 | Indonesia
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Bali | Taiwan
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| 14 | 2017 |  Netherlands
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Nijmegen |  Grigorii Bobkov
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Taiwan
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| 15 | 2018 |  Botswana
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Gaborone | Taiwan
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| 16 | 2019[9] |  Qatar
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Doha | India
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| 17 | 2020[11] |  Germany
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Frankfurt | (cancelled due to COVID-19) | ||
| 18 | 2021[12] |  UAE
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Dubai (Online) | Hsuan-Ming Lin
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Taiwan
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| 19 | 2022 |  Colombia
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Bogota | Joon Kim
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India
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| 20 | 2023 |  Thailand
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Bangkok | Tzu-Chiao Yen
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Taiwan (12)
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| 21 | 2024 |  Romania
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Bucharest | Yi-Yang Fan
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India
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| 22 | 2025 | Russia (Confirmed)
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References
[edit]- ^ a b http://www.ijsoweb.org/qna/ijso_statutes_08112019.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "The IJSO 2020 in Frankfurt". International Junior Science Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "IJSO 2021 in UAE". International Junior Science Olympiad. Archived from the original on 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ a b c "Year-wise Results | IJSO Official Website | IJSO Official Webpage | International Junior Science Olympiad Official". IJSOWeb.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ a b Chen, Yi-ching (10 December 2012). "國際國中科學奧賽／台灣6人都奪金 3連霸". Liberty Times. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Downloads | IJSO Official Website | IJSO Official Webpage | International Junior Science Olympiad Official". IJSOWeb.org. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ Lin, Hsiao-yun (10 December 2011). "國中科學奧賽 我奪6金、4度摘冠". Liberty Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ "IJSO 2018 Results" (PDF).
- ^ "Home". ijso2019.edu.gov.qa. Archived from the original on 2020-01-18. Retrieved 2019-12-13.
- ^ "IJSO 2019 results" (PDF).
- ^ "The IJSO 2020 in Frankfurt". Archived from the original on 2019-09-28. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Home". ijso.ae. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2021-12-16.
- ^ "IJSO 2021 Results" (PDF).
- ^ Chao, Yu-ning (22 December 2021). "狂！國際國中科學奧賽 台灣奪6金、國家總排名第1". United Daily News (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Hariharan, Karthika (13 December 2022). "India wins 6 gold medals at International Junior Science Olympiad in Colombia, earns top spot". ThePrint. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
- ^ Yang, Chin-chieh; Hetherington, William (11 December 2023). "All six Taiwanese win gold at junior science Olympiad". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
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