Biology

Format

The competition consists of two parts:

(a)

First Round: Written Test

• To be held on 19th November, 2016 (Saturday),
• First session: 09:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
• Second session: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Third session: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.(Provisional)

• Each participant attends a 1-hour test with 60 multiple-choice questions and completes the assessment INDIVIDUALLY.

• The test consists of questions related to four areas in Biology:

1. scientific inquiry (20%),
2. nature of science (20%),
3. science, technology, social & environment connection (20%), and
4. content knowledge (40%).

• Questions are set referring to the COMMON parts shared by HKDSE Biology and HKDSE Combined Science (Biology).

• Questions are set in both Chinese and English versions.

(b)

Second Round: Practical Test

• To be held on 17th December, 2016 (Saturday)

• 20 teams from Schools with the highest average scores from First Round can participate in the Second Round.

• Each team should finish a practical task with the materials provided by the SES, HKEdU.

Rules

• Students should be nominated by school.
• Students should be enrolled in team of four.
• Only students of S4/S5/S6 in the school year 2016-2017 may participate.   
• HKASME reserves the rights for any amendments made.

Academic

Advisor

• Dr. YIP, Valerie Wing-yan

(Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong)

Awards

• Individual Awards of the First Round include First, Second, Third Class as well as Merit Awards.
• Team Awards of the First Round will be awarded to the schools (with at least 10 students participating) with the mean test scores of their top 10 students ranked in the top eight among all participating schools in the first Round.
• Team Awards of the Second Round include First, Second, and Third Class Awards.
• Team Awards of First, Second, and Third Class would be awarded according to the overall results of the two rounds of competitions.
• School with the highest number of participants will be awarded with Certification of High Participation.

Result release

Late January, 2017

Fee

HK$60 per student (Include administration, marking, analysis report and certificates)

Deadline of 

Application

1st November, 2016

(Detailed arrangement of the Olympiad will be notified via email shortly after this day)

no restriction on the number of participants

Enquiries

Enquiries regarding the Olympiad may be directed to Miss. CHU of HKASME at 2333 0096

Submission of Entries

(On School Basis)

The information of Applicants should submit ONLINE (www.hkasme.org).

(Please use CHROME BROWSER for online registration).