Please note that all lecturers, tutors and assistants are working on a voluntary basis. In cases of genuine financial hardship, special consideration may be possible. Successful applicants who do not live in Brisbane will be accommodated at no extra cost but transportation expenses must be met by the participant. Closing Date - The closing date for the 2001 Junior Physics Olympiad is June 15 . Course - As many students have not formally studied physics, the course assumes only a general knowledge of science and mathematics.
Attention is focused on doing physics rather than hearing about it.
Thus, time spent on seminars is substantially less than that spent on doing experiments, solving problems and talking to tutors. Using the students natural understanding of motion, mathematical tools are developed and applied to a wide range of problems from constant acceleration to circular motion. The concept of momentum is then introduced along with its universal conservation. Combining this with the idea of energy conservation, most of mechanics is shown to consist of simple energy and momentum conservation. Finally, the connection between momentum and forces is introduced as Newtons Second Law.