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Group Competition video

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:04:16 +0100

5TH IOAA Group Competition video - 700 MB XviD file (duration 1h:46min)

Results and Translations

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 22:47:27 +0200

The final results of the competition are now up on this website, as are most of the translated questions.

Congratulations to the participants!

Photos of the orienteering run

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:46:20 +0200

http://picasaweb.google.com/113171764086196484908/2011_08_31WPKiW5thIOAAInO

Thanks to Lukasz Polonius!

Student photos

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:46:17 +0200

Photos of the students by Jakub Bartas

http://picasaweb.google.com/115986228588807320426/5thIOAA

More photos

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:43:17 +0200

5th IOAA photos by photographer Damian Jabłeka:

From the ethnographic park evening:

https://picasaweb.google.com/115155366367515869007/09025thIOAAEthnographicPark

Getting to know the telescopes:

https://picasaweb.google.com/115155366367515869007/0827c5thIOAAFamiliarWithTelescope

From the opening ceremony:

https://picasaweb.google.com/115155366367515869007/0826a5thIOAAInauguration

Thanks Damian!

Closing ceremony TV report

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 02:16:35 +0200

A short video report from the closing ceremony by Silesian station TVS - includes footage of the overall winner Stanislav Fort (Czech Republic), the other best-in-competition winners, the group winners and some others.

http://www.tvs.pl/36275,zakonczenie_miedzynarodowej_olimpiady_z_astronomii_i_astrofizyki_aktualizacja.html

Pictures

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:23:26 +0200

We are still having some technical difficulties with pictures on this site. Please look at the Facebook page for current pictures. Sorry!

Dziennik Zachodni newspaper

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:13:24 +0200

The Dziennik Zachodni newspaper has an article (in Polish) with a number of photographs.

Newsletter daily update

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:12:18 +0200

For the hottest news from 5th IOAA please check the Newsletter site (PDF Files)

LIVE TV

Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:37:26 +0200

LIVE TRANSMISSION FROM 5TH IOAA

http://tvnet2.nazwa.pl/live

Leader dinner

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:14:26 +0200

Korea, Indonesia, Bulgaria, Columbia

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:43:05 +0200

Korea, Indonesia, Bulgaria and Columbia have arrived in Poland. Columbia will reach Katowice in the morning after an overnight stay in Warsaw. Somewhere in the air are Bangladesh and Singapore ...

First arrivals

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:52:50 +0200

The Korean team arrived safely overnight. Thre will be a few other early arrivals during the day.

Detailed schedule

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:55:54 +0200

A detailed programme is now up on the schedule page.

Schedule

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 13:20:54 +0200

The rough schedule of the 5th IOAA is now on the Schedule page. A detailed schedule will be given out on arrival.

Group competition news

Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:48:18 +0200

The Group competition rules are now available on the website. My apologies for putting this up so late - we had some last-minute discussion about the details. Please take the time to read through the rules and make sure your students understand them, as the group competition will be the first competition event.

As was the case in China, teams of less than 3 people can combine with another team in order to participate. We have already been talking to the leaders of teams which will be in this situation.

ESO goodies

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:57:26 +0200

Materials funded by European Southern Observatory (ESO) - postcards, books and posters presenting beautiful astronomical objects - have arrived at the Silesian Planetarium. They will serve as additional prizes for the participants of 5^th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics.

30 teams, 27 countries

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:26:18 +0200

At the last count, it appears that we will have 30 teams from 27 countries (3 guest teams, from China, Iran and Poland). Unfortunately at the last minute the teams from Egypt and Turkey have been unable to attend. Even so, this will be the largest IOAA so far, and with several new countries - particularly from Europe. We welcome you all in 3 weeks!

Calculators and Laptops

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:19:29 +0200

The calculators for the competition will be Citizen SR135N basic scientific calculators, with basic scientific and statistical functions (trignonometric, logarithmic, power, mean, standard deviation but not linear regression). All students will be provided with these calculators and will be required to use them. They will not be allowed to use their own calculators during the competition.

The calculator manual can be examined on the Citizen website.

Leaders are requested to bring at least one laptop per team with them for translation, as was the case in China. This will ensure that all the right fonts are installed and working. We will provide electronic versions of the questions and a local network, printers and so on. Please ensure you have an office suite installed compatible with MS Office or OpenOffice and that you have some way to print to PDF (this is naturally available in Linux, MacOS and in versions of MS Office from 2007 onwards). The free PDFcreator can be downloaded and installed if you do not have this ability.

Elections - accepting nominations

Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:40:48 +0200

2011 brings the end of the first five-year term of office of the President of the IOAA and of the Secretary of the IOAA. Therefore, elections for the posts of President and Secretary will be held during the 5th IOAA. Candidates should be proposed to the Local Organising Committee (ioaa.loc@ioaa2011.pl) before 24th July 2011. The LOC will then contact each candidate to determine if they agree to stand, inform the International Board and list the candidates on this website. Please see the elections page for more details.