Siberian tournament of young physicists. VI Open Siberian Tournament of Young Physicists. Preparation for the tournament

Tournament of young physicists is team competition schoolchildren by decision physical problems of a research nature. The list of 10 SibTUF tasks is published in early September, so five months are given to prepare for the tournament. During preparation, schoolchildren conduct experiments, get acquainted with literature, understand theory, prepare presentations, and learn to tell them. The tournament itself takes place in the form of physical battles, when teams alternately act as presenters, opponents and reviewers. This form of holding a tournament is close to a real scientific discussion.

Universe of Physics. Promotional video of the International TUF

The Siberian tournament of young physicists is held in for four days in early February in the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok.

Teams consisting of 3–6 students in grades 8–11 are invited to participate in the Tournament. The tournament is open: teams from both the Siberian Federal District and other regions of Russia and other countries participate in it.

The official language of the tournament is Russian. The current version of the rules of the Siberian Tournament of Young Physicists is published on the tournament website.

The rules of the Siberian Tournament of Young Physicists are adopted by the Public Council, which includes coaches of teams constantly participating in the tournament. Organizational and financial support for the tournament is provided by the Foundation for Support of Educational Projects, the Center for the Development of Creativity of Children and Youth of the Novosibirsk Region, and Novosibirsk State University.

The Siberian tournament is part of the IYPT tournament system. The guys first participate in their regional tournament, then in the Russian one. And the winners of RosTUF represent our country at the International Tournament of Young Physicists.

  • 07/19/2019. Objectives for the 2020 tournament have been published
  • 02/15/2019. The deadline for submitting applications and information on participants in the final stage is February 24, 2019. All detailed information is kept by the leaders of regional tournaments and the leaders of teams participating in the correspondence stage.
  • 02/15/2019. The list of possible tournament participants has been published
  • 02/15/2019. The results of the correspondence stage of the tournament in the individual competition have been published
  • 02/15/2019. The results of the correspondence stage of the tournament in the team competition have been published
  • 02/01/2019. Registration for downloading correspondence problems is closed
  • 12/10/2018. A personal account has been opened for registering and downloading tasks for the correspondence round of the 2019 tournament
  • 12/10/2018. The procedure for conducting the correspondence stage of the 2019 tournament and the rules for completing tasks have been published
  • 09.14.2018. Objectives for the 2019 tournament have been published
  • 09.14.2018. New regulations on TUF published
  • 05/14/2018. This year, at the management meeting, all major league teams were invited to take part in selection interviews, which took place on March 31. The results of the interview and the list of 12 candidates for the 2019 national team have been published. Physics was assessed out of 50 points (report out of 30, opposition out of 20), English - out of 20 points. Work with candidates for the 2019 national team will take place in several stages. At the end of June, training camps of both teams (2018 and 2019) will be held in Yekaterinburg. To organize the work at these training camps, three teams will be formed (one is the 2018 team, two from the 2019 candidates) and full-fledged physical battles will be played at English language. There will also be organized educational program for candidates. The second training camp will be held in the fall, and after the next RosTUF and based on its results, the Russian team will be selected for IYPT-2019 in Poland.
  • 05/14/2018. The composition of the Russian national team at the 31st International Tournament of Young Physicists: Nikita Kozlov (captain), Polina Turishcheva, Kirill Poltoradnev, Daria Razueva, Anastasia Paltseva. Team leaders: Yuri Leonidovich Bashkatov (NSU), Alexander Ilyich Merentsov (Ural Federal University). The results of selection for the 2018 national team have been published
  • 05/14/2018. Individual tournament results published
  • 05/14/2018. The results of the tournament in the team competition have been published
  • 05/14/2018. From March 24 to March 30, the 40th All-Russian Tournament of Young Physicists was held in Novosibirsk at the Specialized Educational and Scientific Center of Novosibirsk State University. The tournament was attended by 29 teams from Moscow, Dolgoprudny, Tver, Voronezh, Yekaterinburg, Kachkanar, Serov, Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Simferopol, Barabinsk, Novosibirsk, Mezhdurechensk, Tomsk, Mirny (Republic of Sakha Yakutia). IN major league The teams “Demons of Physics” (Ekaterinburg), “Izolenta” (Voronezh) won, and in the first league the winner of the tournament was the team “Synergy” (Novosibirsk).
  • 16.02.2018. The final stage The 40th All-Russian Tournament of Young Physicists will be held from March 25 to March 31, 2018 in Novosibirsk (Akademgorodok), at the Specialized Educational and Scientific Center of Novosibirsk State University. The list of teams participating in the final stage was formed on the basis of the protocols of the qualifying regional tournaments and the correspondence (Internet) stage. The leaders of these teams need to fill out this form with the participants’ data and send it to Olga Viktorovna Inisheva ( [email protected]) until February 20, 2018.
  • 02/16/2018. The list of teams participating in the final stage of the XL All-Russian Tournament of Young Physicists has been published
  • 02/16/2018. Protocols of team ratings compiled based on the results of the correspondence stage of the tournament have been published
  • 02/16/2018. Protocols of personal rating of participants in the correspondence stage of the tournament have been published
  • 01/31/2018. Registration for downloading correspondence problems is closed
  • 06.12.2017. Open for uploading correspondence problems
  • 11/23/2017. Dear participants! Please read the information about the regional stages and the correspondence stage of the TUF 2017
  • 11/23/2017. New regulations of the All-Russian TYuF published
  • 09/18/2017. Objectives for the 2018 tournament have been published
  • 04/28/2017. The list of winners of the 2017 tournament has been published. Congratulations!
  • 02/18/2017. The final stage of the All-Russian Tournament of Young Physicists 2017 will be held from March 25 to 30, 2017 in Yekaterinburg at the Specialized Educational and Scientific Center of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin. To participate in the tournament, you must submit an application before March 10. The application is submitted by sending an email with a completed form (Excel format) to [email protected]. Read all the details in the information letter
  • 02/18/2017. The protocol of the qualifying stage has been published.
  • 02/04/2017. The final stage of the All-Russian Tournament of Young Physicists will be held in Yekaterinburg at the end of March 2017. Applications for participation will be accepted after summing up the results qualifying stage tournament.
  • 02/04/2017. Rules for registration of qualifying stage work have been published
  • 12/22/2016. Congratulations to our colleagues! The City Tournament of Young Physicists was held at the East Siberian State University of Technology and Management. The full report is available
  • 04.12.2016. Open for uploading correspondence problems
  • 07/17/2016. Objectives for the 2017 tournament have been published
  • 04/10/2016. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up of the 2016 Tournament!
  • 03/02/2016. Documents about the in-person stage of the Tournament have been published: application form, information letter and preliminary program.
  • Please send the completed application form to [email protected] Olga Viktorovna Inishiva until March 7 inclusive!
  • 02/15/2016. The in-person stage of the Tournament will take place in Yekaterinburg from March 24 (arrival day) to March 30 (departure day), 2016. Applications for participation are accepted by Olga Viktorovna Inisheva by email [email protected]
  • 02/12/2016. The list of winners of the correspondence round of the 2016 tournament has been published
  • 01/20/2016. The ability to upload assignments for the correspondence tour has been extended again until January 28, 2016 inclusive.
  • 01/08/2016. The ability to upload assignments for the correspondence tour has been extended until January 20, 2016 inclusive.
  • 12/25/2015. The Siberian Tournament of Young Physicists will be held on January 27-30. Those who want to go there need to submit a preliminary application in the next few days - the main one can be written later. All applications, questions regarding accommodation, etc. submitted to Marina Petrovna Shchupko, her address is indicated in the information letter
  • 09.12.2015. Open for uploading correspondence problems
  • 09.12.2015. A zonal Tournament of Young Physicists will be held in St. Petersburg on December 24-27, 2016. Details in the information letter
  • 11/21/2015. The Moscow Tournament of Young Physicists will be held in Moscow on December 3-5. Moscow participants can register
  • 09.18.2015. The tasks of the correspondence round of the 2016 tournament have been determined
  • 07/10/2015. Objectives for the 2016 tournament have been published
  • 07/03/2015. Congratulations from Novosibirsk, who won silver medals and seventh place among the teams international tournament from 27 countries!
  • 04/10/2015. The result of the final battle and the results for the teams of the 2015 head-to-head round have been published
  • 04/10/2015. The list of winners and runners-up of the 2015 intramural round has been published
  • 02/24/2015. An information letter about the 2015 in-person tour has been published
  • 02/24/2015. The list of winners and prize-winners of the 2015 absentee round has been published
  • 02/02/2015. Registration for uploading correspondence assignments is closed
  • 01/29/2015. Registration until January 31 inclusive! Please send exactly one problem from the proposed ones.
  • 12/16/2014. Registration, and today is almost the 15th (+-1) of December! Please send exactly one task from those proposed for absentee completion before January 20th
  • 09.18.2014. Registration will open on December 15, 2014
  • 09.18.2014. For the qualifying correspondence round the following problems are offered: 3, 6, 9, 11, 16 from the general list
  • 08/18/2014. Objectives for the 2015 tournament have been published
  • 07/17/2014. A story about IYPT 2014 from the Novosibirsk team
  • 07/17/2014. Congratulations to the Novosibirsk team, which earned silver medals at the International Tournament!
  • 04/10/2014. Congratulations to all participants in the full-time round on the successful completion of it, as well as the winners and runners-up!
  • 03/17/2014. Information about the TUF summer school has been published
  • 03/12/2014. New regulations published
  • 02/19/2014. An information letter about the in-person tour in Novosibirsk has been published
  • 02/19/2015. Team registration has been extended until March 7. Applications submitted later will not be accepted.
    Application for participation, you need to download, fill it out and send it: "m.schupkoATgmail.com"
    Participation in the tournament is possible only as part of a team of 4-5 people. Leaders and/or accompanying persons - 1-2 people. It is possible to create your own team or join an existing partial team. The organizers provide free accommodation in the dormitory of the Scientific Research Center of NSU for the winners and prize-winners of the correspondence round. Managers and other team members must pay accommodation in the amount of 650 rubles per day. There is no registration fee. All participants pay for travel to Novosibirsk and back, as well as meals themselves.
  • 02/18/2014. The in-person tour will take place in Novosibirsk on March 25-31. The approximate schedule is as follows:
    • 25-26 arrival
    • 26 opening before lunch, one fight after lunch
    • 27 one fight until lunch
    • 28 two fights
    • 29 one fight until lunch
    • 30 finals before and after lunch, closing after finals
    • 30-31 departure
  • 02/18/2014. In order to register yourself and/or your team for full-time round, you should write an e-mail to Marina Petrovna Schupko "m.schupkoATgmail.com". (Replace AT with @). This must be done before 25 February 2014!
  • 02/15/2014. Published
  • 02/15/2014. The List of winners and prize-winners of the 2014 correspondence round has been published. There will be an announcement about the in-person tour soon.
  • 01/31/2014. The correspondence round is completed. The results will be out soon (when we check everything). Registration is closed. Dear participants sent a lot of good works! It's a pleasure to check them out. Thank you!
  • 01/27/2014. The deadline for submitting the correspondence round task has been extended one more time (but for the last time) until January 30, 2014 until 23:59
  • 01/21/2014. The deadline for submitting the correspondence round task has been extended only until January 25, 2014 until 23:59
  • 12/23/2013. Dear participants! Please note that for the absentee tour you must send exactly one task from those proposed. Don't send everything you have. Choose the best one.
  • 12/23/2013. Registration on the website is open. You can go to your personal account, register there and submit the solved problems of the correspondence round. Until January 20!
  • 09/05/2013. The list of tasks for the 2014 correspondence round and the rules for completing tasks have been published
  • 08/10/2013. Objectives for the 2014 tournament have been published
  • 05/16/2013. Created

The Siberian Tournament of Young Physicists was held for the fourth time in Novosibirsk Akademgorodok. For four days, from February 4 to 7, schoolchildren fought for victory and a ticket to the All-Russian tournament.

This year, 20 teams took part in the Siberian regional stage of the world's most prestigious physics competition among schoolchildren: 9 from Novosibirsk, 6 from the Novosibirsk region, 3 from the Kemerovo region, 2 from the Sverdlovsk region, a total of 127 people.

Each team prepared for the tournament for several months. Especially to prepare teams for the tournament, a laboratory site was created in Academpark back in 2013, equipped with everything necessary for conducting scientific experiments.

A list of 10 tasks for the Siberian Youth University of Philosophy was published in September 2014. Participants were asked to explore both extraordinary objects, such as an artificial muscle and Magnus’s glider, and the most ordinary things from everyday life: air balloons and a cup of coffee. The more fully the team was able to reveal the theoretical explanation of the proposed phenomena, the higher the chances of winning.

The SibTUF jury included physicists from research institutes, undergraduate and graduate students of the Faculty of Physics. Their task was to assess how deeply the participants understood physical processes.

As the tournament organizers note, the level regional stage is in no way inferior to the All-Russian one. So, last year the struggle between the teams was very intense, and the winners of the Siberian tournament subsequently became the best in the country, and then took silver at the international TUF, which was held in the UK.

This year the struggle was no less stubborn, the position of the teams in standings changed from battle to battle. As a result, the following teams made it to the finals: “School of Pythagoras” (AP “School of Pythagoras”), “Synergy” (NOU Orthodox Gymnasium in the name of St. Sergius of Radonezh) and “Random People” (SSC NSU). These teams became the winners of the Tournament.

In the final, the absolute winner was to be determined. The teams themselves chose the tasks: “School of Pythagoras” - the “Hovercraft” task, “Synergy” - the “Cup of Coffee” task, “Random People” - the “Magnus Glider” task. As a result of an interesting and exciting struggle, the absolute winner of the tournament was determined: the team

Physics is an interesting and fascinating science. How many unusual phenomena can be explained with its help. Usually, research into complex phenomena is carried out by scientists, professors, in short, people with higher education. But the Tournament of Young Physicists (hereinafter referred to as TUF) is an opportunity for high school students and others to feel like real scientists and researchers.


Still, what is a tournament of young physicists?

Tournament of young physicists- one of the leading international team competitions for high school students in the ability to solve complex research problems, convincingly present their solutions, and defend them in scientific discussions.
Alas, but this definition does not reveal the entire tournament. Therefore, in this article I will try to talk about TYUF in full. I would like to clarify right away that there are many types of tournaments, which do not differ much from each other. But this article will talk about the Siberian and All-Russian tournaments (since I only participated in them).

Publishing tasks

It all starts with the publication of seventeen problems on the website of the international tournament of young physicists in the middle of summer. Next, the translation of the tasks is posted on the website All-Russian tournament, as well as a reference kit.

It is worth noting that the tasks are research, that is, they require a lot of experiments and experiments, physical justification, both qualitative and quantitative.

Sample task

A rope ladder consists of wooden rungs inclined alternately in opposite directions. Hang it vertically and then release it. When such a ladder falls on a horizontal surface, its upper end moves down faster than it does during free fall. Explain this phenomenon and explore how it depends on suitable parameters.



Observation of a phenomenon

At the beginning of September, ten of the seventeen problems for the Siberian tournament are published, which takes place two months before the All-Russian one, namely in early February. Next, the teams begin to prepare for the tournament.

Preparation for the tournament

At this point I will tell you how my team is preparing. First, we all read together and superficially analyze the terms of the tasks, then everyone chooses a task for themselves (we have such an attitude that everyone solves their own problem, of course we consult with each other, but with such an attitude it will not be possible to shift responsibility for our task to anyone) . Next we look for a theory and make the first observations.

Examples of observations


Density visualization
Schlieren photography is often used to visualize changes in density in a gas. Build a schlieren photography setup and investigate how well it can resolve differences in density.


Electric honeycomb

Pour some oil onto a horizontal metal plate and place a vertical metal needle over it. When high voltage is applied between the needle and the plate, a cellular structure appears on the surface of the oil. Explain and investigate this phenomenon.


Azimuthally-radial pendulum

Attach one end of the horizontal elastic rod to a rigid tripod. Fix the other end of the rod on the stretched thread to avoid vertical deflection, and hang the weight on another thread. In the resulting pendulum, radial vibrations (parallel to the rod) can spontaneously turn into azimuthal (perpendicular to the rod) and vice versa. Explore this phenomenon.


After observing phenomena, we put forward hypotheses, confirm or refute them with experiments and experiences. Then we find quantitative dependencies and derive a mathematical model; if the physics of the problem is complex, then we make a quantitative assessment.


It should be emphasized that mathematical calculations not supported by physics are, to put it mildly, bad form at a tournament.

In general, a good report should contain the following points:

  • the phenomenon referred to in the problem statement has been reproduced experimentally;
  • a plausible qualitative explanation is proposed;
  • a theoretical model of the phenomenon is presented that makes it possible to predict some quantitative dependencies;
  • these quantitative dependencies were measured experimentally;
  • The experimental results are compared with theoretical predictions.
It is also very important to structure the report correctly, because what you have done in five months needs to be told in 10 minutes, so that you are understood. Therefore, you also need to devote a lot of time to writing a speech and rehearsing, although this is not always possible. Usually in the last days everyone finishes the experiments and includes them in the presentation of the report.

Physical Combat Structure

Every physical combat can be divided into three rounds, in each of which the teams change roles. By the way, about roles. After drawing lots, the teams assign the roles of speaker, opponent and reviewer. If the role of the presenter is clear, then what do the opponent and the reviewer do.
The opponent asks the Speaker clarifying questions, after which he presents his summary of the report. He reviews the solution to the problem presented by the Speaker, analyzes its achievements and shortcomings, and formulates questions for discussion. The discussion discusses the solution presented by the Rapporteur and basic physics tasks. The Opponent's speech should not turn into a presentation of his own decision.
The reviewer gives a brief assessment of the speeches of the Speaker and the Opponent,
including the discussion that took place between them. (At the All-Russian tournament, the Reviewer participates in the general discussion and can ask questions to both the speaker and the opponent)


Discussion

Discussion is an integral part of the tournament, since it involves a direct dialogue between the tournament participants, in which the physics of the phenomenon is discussed. The task of the discussion is to bring different points of view on a phenomenon into one true one, but this does not always work out that way. There are such tournament participants who do not want to listen to another point of view in any way, do not even want to discuss it, but persistently impose their own, without explaining why their decision is correct. Therefore, if you consider someone else’s vision of the physical processes of a problem to be incorrect, then justify why this is so, referring to physical laws. And try, together with your discussion buddy, to find correct solution. It should be noted that discussion in question-and-answer form is highly undesirable. The discussion should be reasoning, not short questions and answers.

Regulations for the round of the Siberian Tournament of Young Physicists

The opponent calls the presenter for a task (1 minute)
The presenter accepts or rejects the call (1 minute)
Preparation of the speaker (5 minutes)
Presentation of the report (12 minutes)
Opponent's questions and speaker's answers (2 minutes)
Preparing your opponent (3 minutes)
Opponent's speech (maximum 4 minutes)
and discussion between speaker and opponent (14 minutes)
Opponent sums up the discussion (1 minute)
Reviewer questions to the speaker and opponent and answers to questions (3 minutes)
Reviewer Preparation (2 minutes)
Reviewer's speech (4 minutes)
Speaker's closing remarks (2 minutes)
Jury Questions (5 minutes)

International Tournament of Young Physicists

At the end of the all-Russian tournament, a national team is created for the international TYUF. It is worth noting the complexity of the international tournament. It lies, first of all, in the fact that all reports, discussions and debates are conducted in English, and this directly affects the teams’ assessments.