Journal “Physics Competitions” – Archive

History Information

In the past, we published the Journal “Physics Competitions” with ISSN 1389-6458. You can find many interesting articles in the Archive below. At this moment, we only share news through the Newsletter.

Archive

2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003.

2014

Vol. 16 – 2014/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Editorial and Foreword
• WFPhC-Award-2014, H. Mayr
• 6^th WFPhC-Congress at the University of Singapore, H. Mayr
• Gedanken and real experiments in modern physics, J. Mostowski
• Kindergarten Physics, P. Pshenichka
• 45^th International Physics Olympiad in Astana, Kazakhstan, H. Mayr
• Applying physics problems with interdisciplinary character based on phenomena and experiments in secondary school, A. Teiermayer

2013

Vol. 15 – 2013/1 & 2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Editorial and Foreword
• WFPhC-Award-2012, H. Mayr
• The 44^th International Physics Olympiad, N. Hartling
• Olympiads as a means to promote gifted students, C. Resch
• Much Physics – Little Effort, H. Mayr
• Team Puzzles – A Meteoric Rise of Austrian Students, M. Stifter
• Programming Low End Robots, B. Tiefengraber
• Can Sunlit Leaves With Liquid Drops On Their Surface Be Burnt?, T. Stonawski
• Towards green cars, J. Hegedüs
• Luminescence in Nature and in the Education, C. Szakmány
• Energy, Power and Climate Change in Physics Lessons, A. Tasnádi
• Students’ Misconceptions in Mechanics and their Manifestation in a Survey, I. Kuczmann

2012

Vol. 14 – 2012/2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Editorial and Foreword
• The Final Round of the First World Physics Olympiad, H. J. Kwee & Y. Surya
• The Junior League of Young Physicists’ Tournament, A. A. Kamin & A. L. Kamin
• Integrating Aspects of Geography in Physics Teaching, A. Gróf
• Amazing Science, P. F. Pshenichka
• The HUNVEYOR-Project, an integrated science education program, G. Hudoba

Vol. 13 – 2011/2 & Vol. 14 – 2012/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Editorial and Foreword
• The WFPhC-award 2010 Dr. Zsuzsanna Rajkovits, H. Jordens
• The Armchair Space Traveler, J. Boyd, D. Hinson & R. J. Palmaccio
• Iran in WWMD 2007-2009, D. Izadi
• Oscillators Everywhere, J. Boyd, R. J. Palmaccio & W. Yong
• Physics Education and PYPT, D. Izadi
• Operating Temperature and Heat Capacity of a Light Bulb Filament, A. Boeltzig & S. Petersen
• A few good orbits, C. Juvekar, M. Jain & A. Sule

2011

Vol. 13 – 2011/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Announcement – Fifth Congress of the WFPhC
• Obituary – We took our leave of Zdenek Kluiber, I. Volf
• Teaching Facilities of Solar Energy in Secondary Schools, A. Szeidemann
• Theoretical and Experimental Problems of the International Physics Olympiad – Requirements and Priorities, A. Eisenkraft & A. Kotlicki
• Similarity and Dimensional Analysis in High School, M. Hömöstrei
• Studying Non-linear and Chaotic Phenomena in High School, J. Jaloveczki
• Thermo-Cam at Topic Week, B. Klára
• Experimentation with Ferromagnetic Materials using Transformers, L. Molnár & G. Kovács
• Experiments and Their Use in Physics Lessons in Secondary Schools, H. Mayr & G. Friege
• Physics of the Human Voice, L. Mathelitsch

2010

Vol. 12 – 2010/2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• The 40^th International Physics Olympiad held in Mexico: problems and results, A. Calles & C. Cisneros & A. Cornejo-Rodríguez & R. Díaz-Uribe & R. Espejel-Morales & P. Hess & J.I. Jimenez-Mier & J.L. Morán-López & N. Korneev & M.E. Ortíz & L.F. Rodríguez & V. Romero-Rochin
• Why Physics Education PhD Program at Eötvös University, Budapest, T. Tél & A. Juhász
• Why Volcanic Eruptions can be an Interesting Physics Topic for Students, Ingibjörg Haraldsdóttir
• EUSO & IJSO – Challenging and Stimulating Young Students through International, Interdisciplinary Science Competitions, S. Petersen
• The Impact of Physics Olympiad in Indonesia, Y. Surya
• The E-learning Evolution in Teaching Physics, D. Csabai
• Atmospheric Phenomena in Physics Teaching, I. S. Dömény
• The Nanocrystalline Film at Secondary School Physics, Z. Kluiber & J. Hazi

Vol. 12 – 2010/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Conference Notice: The Fourth Congress of the WFPhC, Baške Oštarije, Croatia
• On the competition problems of IPhO 39 in Vietnam, Nguyen The Khoi, Pham Quy Tu, Dam Trung Don
• IYPT problems as efficient source of ideas for first-year Project laboratory tasks, G. Planinsic
• BundesUmweltWettbewerb (BUW)– Physics and Engineering in an environmental competition, G. Friege & I. Mackensen-Friedrichs

2009

Vol. 11 – 2009/2 – Complete Issue

Vol. 11 – 2009/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Obituary: Pawel Janiszewski, J. Mostowski
• European Union Science Olympiad 2009, Murcia, Spain, H. Jordens
• Interdisciplinarity between Physics and Economics, Z. Kluiber
• Vietnam and Physics Competitions for Secondary Students, Tran Van Nghia
• The How and The Why of Uncertainty in Measurement, Les Kirkup

2008

Vol. 10 – 2008/2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Report of the third Congress of the WFPhC, Ha Long Bay, Vietnam, H. Jordens & Andrzej Kotlicki
• International Physics Competitions through the eyes of a student, R. Hyytiäinen
• Canada’s National Grade 10 Science Contest: The Michael Smith Science Challenge, C. Waltham & A. Kotlicki & G. Bates & C. Leander
• Wheelchair, Birds and Other Objects in Teaching Physics, H. Mayr
• Utilization of the scientific literacy in the physics teaching process part I, “Biology in physics classes”, J. Illy & Z. Rajkovits
• Utilization of the scientific literacy in the physics teaching process part II, “Chemistry in physics classes”, J. Illy & Z. Rajkovits
• Team Singapore and IOAA 2007, W. Yong
• Does Participation in the International Physics Olympiad Influence Students’ Choice of Later Study and Career?, I. Haraldsdóttir

Vol. 10 – 2008/1 – Complete Issue

2007

Vol. 9 – 2007/2 – Complete Issue + Front Page

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• In Memoriam: Gunter Lind, G. Friege
• Conference: “20 Years of the Young Physicists’ Tournament”, Z. Kluiber & I. Volf
• 19^th International Young Physicists’ Tournament, Bratislava: Solution of Problem 15 – Heat and Temperature, Hungarian Team (O. Pipek)
• 3^rd International Physics Olympiad, 1969, Brno, Czechoslovakia: Experimental problem
• Third Congress of the World Federation of Physics Competitions, Hanoi, Vietnam, H. Jordens
• The 1^st International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, December 2007, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Vol. 9 – 2007/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• In Memoriam: Hans-Uno Bengtsson, L. Gislén
• In Memoriam: Waldemar Gorzkowski, A. Kotlicki
• Hamilton’s Principle: A Competition Problem, V. Aboites
• A Smorgasboard of Physics Problems, D. Hinson & W. Yong & J. Boyd
• Problems of the 8^th International Physics Olympiad (Güstrow, 1975), G. Friege & G. Lind
• The set of 17 problems of the 21^st International Young Physicists’ Tournament 2008, to be held in Croatia
• Problems of the 17^th International Physics Olympiad (Harrow, 1986), G. Bagnall

2006

Vol. 8 – 2006/2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• National competition in research projects in physics for high school (lyceum) students in Poland, W. Gorzkowski
• Problems of the 18^th International Physics Olympiad (Jena, 1987), G. Friege & G. Lind
• The 5^th Ukrainian Physics Students Tournament, Kiev, Ukraine, November 17^th – 21^st, 2006, H. Jordens
• Three Problems of the Polish Physics Olympiad, W. Gorzkowski
• Russian Open School Astronomical Olympiad by Correspondence, O. S. Ugolnikov

Vol. 8 – 2006/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Award of the World Federation of Physics Competitions, H. Jordens
• Report of the Third Congress of the World Federation of Physics Competitions, Singapore, July 17 – 19, 2006, H. Jordens
• Problems of the 13^th International Physics Olympiad (Malente, 1982), G. Lind & G. Friege
• Problems of the 19^th International Physics Olympiad (Bad Ischl, Austria, 1988), H. Mayr
• The Hydraulic Jump, one of the problems during the 18^th International Young Physicists’ Tournament, held in Winterthur, Switzerland, 2005, A. Glebov
• The set of 17 problems of the 20^th International Young Physicists’ Tournament 2007, held in Seoul, South Korea
• Solitary Waves on a Rope, V. Kulinskii & O. Matvejchuk
• Results in the Fourteenth International Competition „First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics”, W. Gorzkowski & Y. Surya

2005

Vol. 7 – 2005/2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Second announcement of the Third Congress of the World Federation of Physics Competitions, Singapore, July 17 – 19, 2006, H. Jordens
• Investigation of a Pull Back Toy Car: a Problem of a Competition Used in a Popularizing Experimental Course, P. Vankó
• Results in the Thirteenth International Competition „First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics”, W. Gorzkowski & Y. Surya
• Problems of the 19^th International Young Physicists’ Tournament, Bratislava, Slovakia
• The 21^st International Physics Olympiad – 1990, Groningen, The Netherlands, H. Jordens

Vol. 7 – 2005/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• The First announcement of the Third Congress of the World Federation of Physics Competitions, Singapore, July 17 – 21, 2006, H. Jordens
• Problems and solutions of the 16^th IPhO Portoroiz (1985), Slovenia, (Former Yugoslavia), B. Golli
• The 17^th International Physics Olympiad Harrow UK (1986), G. Bagnall
• Problems of the 20^th International Physics Olympiad (Warsaw, 1989), W. Gorzkowski
• Computer physics: New approach to physics competitions, V. Alminderov
• Prizes and Honourable Mentions in the Thirteenth International Competition, First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics, W. Gorzkowski

2004

Vol. 6 – 2004/2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Problems of the 2^nd International Physics Olympiad (Budapest, Hungary, 1968), P. Vankó
• Problems of the 9^th International Physics Olympiad (Budapest, Hungary, 1976), P. Vankó
• Problems of the 4^th International Olympiad, (Moscow, Russia, 1970), S. Kozel & V.Orlov
• Problems of the 6^th International Physics Olympiad (Bucharest, Romania, 1972), R. Pop
• Problems of the 7^th International Physics Olympiad, (Warsaw, Poland. 1974), W. Gorzkowski
• Problems of the 11^th International Olympiad, (Moscow, Russia, 1979), S. Kozel & V.Orlov
• Problems of the 18^th International Young Physicists’ Tournament, Winterthur, Switzerland
• Results in the 12^th International Competition “First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics”, W. Gorzkowski
• Announcement for the 13^th International Competition “First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics”, W. Gorzkowski

Vol. 6 – 2004/1 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Program and Opening speech of the second Congress of the WFPhC, H. Jordens
• Freestyle-physics: A successful concept to improve the interest of high-school pupils in physics education, A. Carl & A. Lorke
• The First European Union Science Olympiad (EUSO), P. van Kampen
• Physics laboratory course at the university for talented upper secondary (high school) students, a byproduct of the physics olympiads, M. Ahtee
• Physics competitions: another way of learning physics, B. Kretschmer
• Gifted Students for Physics in the Czech Republic, Z. Kluiber
• An experimental problem of a competition discussed in a secondary school workshop, P. Vankó
• The popularization of Physics through Contests, M. Garic
• The influence of international competitions on everyday physics teaching, Z. Raikovits & L. Markovich
• Results of a questionnaire amongst participants in former International Physics Olympiads, G.Lind & G. Friege

2003

Vol. 5 – 2003/2 – Complete Issue

• Title, Contents and Editorial
• Problems of the 1^st International Physics Olympiad (Warsaw, Poland, 1967), W. Gorzkowski
• The statistic of the bounces in the pebble skipping process, V. Kulinskii
• The meaning of relativity, A. Timoshchenko & I. Timoshchenko
• Problems of the XV. International Physics Olympiad (Sigtuna, Sweden, 1984), L. Gislén
• The fourth Asian Physics Olympiad (Bangkok, Salaya, Thailand, 2003), S. Kusamran
• Results in the 11^th International Competition “First Step to Nobel Prize in Physics”, W. Gorzkowski, Y. Surya
• Problems of the 17^th International Young Physicists’ Tournament (Brisbane, Australia, 2004), H. Jordens

Final remark

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