2011 US Invitational Young Physicists Tournament (USIYPT)

Problems Regulations Grading Rubrics Applications

Requirements

To implement the local development of USAYPT teaching methodologies we offer annual memberships
to invited US and foreign high school teachers who sponsor and supervise the research and development
of a student team and bring them to the US Invitational Young Physicists Tournament in February 2010.

Student teams and their teachers who wish to compete in the 2011 USIYPT must:

1. Contact a member of the Board of Directors as soon as the team is considering competing in order to receive a written invitation.

2. Have a sponsoring teacher who is a member of the USAYPT ($100 annual dues paid by 7 Jan 2011).
[the annual dues are waived for "first-timers"]

3. Provide their own round-trip transportation for themselves to the Tournment area, arriving as early as the afternoon of Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011, but not later than the evening of Thursday, 4 Feb 2011, and leaving the morning of Sunday, 6 Feb 2011. If the team is driving, the team should drive directly to the Double Tree Hotel, Oak Ridge, TN. If the team is flying, the team should make arrangements to arrive and leave from the Tyson-McGhee Airport in Knoxville, TN. The Tournament organizers will provide ground tranportation from and to that airport to the Double Tree Hotel, Oak Ridge, TN. After check-in and throughout the stay, the Tournament organizers will provide necessary ground transportation from the hotel for all events beyond walking distance. Breakfasts will be provided at the motel daily. The Tournament organizers will provide breakfast, lunch and supper meals on Friday and Saturday.

4. Send a registration fee of $50 per person for food and transportation in Tennessee and an accommodation fee of $60 per person per night for housing. Teams should plan on staying at the Double Tree hotel Thursday, Friday, and aturday nights (if a team stays a fourth night, the accomodation fee is $50 per person for that night). These fees are due on 7 Jan 2011. Make checks payable to the USAYPT. Foreign teams may use wire transfer after coordination with the Secretary-Treasurer, USAYPT.

5. Provide signed copies of the application and release of liability forms (see below) from the teacher and the student's parents or guardians to the Secretary, USAYPT, not later than 7 Jan 2011.

6.  Prepare a researched presentation of solutions to three of the four USIYPT2011 problems. Each team must
have at least three problem solutions prepared for the competition. Each team’s presentations must have all
associated movies, photos, and tables. Each team's presentations must be able to be displayed as a poster using
hard copies of the presentation slides if the Tournament Director decides to use a poster session.

The 2011 Problems are shown here.

The Tournament Regulations are shown here.

The Juror Grading Rubrics are shown here.

The Tournament Application is shown here.