Announcing the great QSO physics poster competition!

Otago High School students - we need your ideas!

To develop inspiring physics posters for classrooms, QSO is running a high school poster competition. The winning entries will be used to develop new classroom physics posters.

Prizes

Overall winner: your school will be awarded $300 of science books.

Top 5 entries will recieve a UBS book voucher worth $60.

Dates

Entries are to be submitted to QSO by XXXX.

The winners will be announced on XXXX.

Instructions for preparing your poster

Make your poster indivdually or in groups using at least A2 paper.

Write your name, class, and school on the back of your poster.

Submit your poster to your school competition for first-round judging.

Instructions for teachers

Please form a judging panel of teachers from participating classes and select the top 3 entries from your school and post them to QSO by the due date for judging. Postage paid envelopes will be supplied to competing schools.

Selection criteria

Winning entries will be selected for

- Clear and engaging discussion of an interesting topic

- Bold ideas for communicating challenging concepts

- Tackling outlandish or wacky subject areas

- Cool physics in everyday life

Some topic suggestions

Why does the sun shine?

What Nobel Prize winning science is inside an iPhone?

What is a laser?

Are animals “quantum mechanics”?