Alan Allinson

 

The Junior Young Physicists’ Tournament, JYPT, aims to implement strategies to facilitate the integration of authentic inquiry approaches into science classrooms and to have students work as research scientists. Scientific research is a search for knowledge and understanding and then organising and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories. The success and credibility of science are anchored in the willingness of scientists to work in a climate of uncertainty, collaborate with others and subject their work to critical review. One of the aspects of the science research process is competition. A scientist’s success is measured by the new knowledge they can discover but the competition in science research is also performed within a code of ethics that protects individuals and institutions, and preserves the credibility of science.

 

The JYPT is a competition for teams of students not in their two senior years of schooling or up to 16 years of age that have not started their Senior Courses (Secondary Three or below). A team will consist of four students and two team leaders. It is open to all schools in the Asia Pacific Region.

 

JYPT was created by Alan Allinson in 2010.

 

1st JYPT 2010:   The Scots College, Sydney, Australia

2nd JYPT 2011:  Wellington High School, Wellington, New Zealand

3rd JYPT 2012:   The Hutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

4th JYPT 2013:   The River Valley High School, Singapore, Singapore

5th JYPT 2014:   The Incheon Science High School, Incheon, Korea