THE phone lines have been ringing and the e-mail inbox pregnant with queries. For the eager beavers – teachers and students alike – who have been calling and e-mailing to enquire, your long wait is over.
The exciting contest, which ran for the first time last year, received enthusiastic response from over 6,000 students who were bowled over by the contest mechanics that demanded superior thinking skills while giving free rein to their creativity.
So if you’re labelled a “know-it-all,” “Mr Encyclopaedia” or “little Einstein”, here’s your chance to pit brains with your counterparts from around the nation.
Open to all Malaysian secondary students in teams of three, the challenge is divided into two categories – lower secondary and upper secondary.
CHALLENGE MECHANICS
Team categories:
• Category I - Forms 1, 2 & 3 • Category 11 - Forms 4 & 5
State Challenge
Contestants will first compete in the State Level Challenge which will be held in all 14 states.
a. First Challenge:
• Teams in each category are to answer questions in English based on General Knowledge, Mathematics and Science principles through an interactive device.
• The top 15 teams in each category will proceed to the Second Challenge.
b. Second Challenge:
• The challenge will be based on a specific hands-on task which requires each group to assemble a model using Science principles.
• The top five teams in each category move on to the Third and Fourth Challenges.
c. Third Challenge:
• The top 5 teams in each category will have to carry out a brief oral presentation, where they will be required to explain the workings of their model and how Science principles are applied in its construction and function.
d. Fourth Challenge:
• The top 5 teams take part in a buzzer quiz where they will have to answer open-ended questions in English based on General Knowledge, Mathematics and Science principles using an interactive device (based on the speed quiz buzzer system), individually as well as collectivel
National Challenge
All 14 state champion teams from each category will compete in the National Challenge in the Klang Valley in October 2010
STATE CHALLENGE
WINNERS (per category)
• 1st Prize RM3.000 cash per team
• 2nd Prize RM2.000 cash per team
■ 3rd Prize RM1,000 cash per team
• 4th Prize RM500 cash per team
• 5th Prize RM300 cash per team Each contestant will receive a Certificate of Participation.
TOP 3 SCHOOLS (per category)
1st Prize RM2.000 in kind per team
• 2nd Prize RM1,000 in kind per team
• 3rd Prize RM750 in kind per team
RESULTS
Lower Secondary Category
SMJK Keat Hwa (1st place),SMK Agama Yan (2nd place), SMK Sultan Badlishah (3rd place), SMK Pendang (4th place) and SMJK Keat Hwa II (5th place).
Upper Secondary Category
SMJK Keat Hwa II (1st place), SM Sains Sultan Mohd Jiwa (2nd place), SMJK Sin Min (3rd place), SMK Bakar Arang (4th place) and SMJK Keat Hwa (5th place).
THE COMPETITION
