The OAPT Grade 11 Physics Contest is a free physics contest for students currently attending school in Ontario, taking SPH3U.

• New: There’s now a division for grade 12 students!
  • The Grade 12 division is for students who have completed SPH4U, or are currently taking SPH4U.
• The contest takes place in school on TBA during lunch
• The contest takes 60 minutes
• There will be 30 multiple choice questions
• Usually with one or two questions based on previous year’s Nobel Prize in physics, or current events in physics
• Students can use non-programmable calculators and scrap paper as required for their rough work.

Information:

• Registration page is here (Look for “The Woodlands School”)
• Once you register, you can access previous contests
• Our school finished 3rd overall last year with 11 participants

Here is a collection of previous contest questions sorted according to topic.

• Kinematics
• Forces
• Energy and Society
• Waves and Sound
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Current Events in Physics
• Nobel Prize in Physics
• Light and Optics
• Heat
• Nuclear Physics
• Unclassified

Past Contests are here (PDSB.net only)

The practice file is here to make sure your login works properly.