International Physics and Culture Olympiad

The International Physics and Culture Olympiad (IPhCO) is a physics and culture competition for high school students. In June 2016, the IPhCO beta version was held in Curitiba, Brazil at the Federal Institute of Paraná (IFPR). The first IPhCO was held in April 2017.

Problems 
The problems are based on high school physics and mathematics, but indirectly works with other areas such as: Geography, History, Arts, Biology etc. The competition is online. There are 12 problems in total and the student has 24 hours to solve each problem. Always at midnight, a new problem is released. Enrolled students receive passwords that open the portals that give access to problems.

Awards 
The student can be awarded three times, according to the stages due. Each step is related to a number of problems solved successfully. The student can receive up to three postcards of Curitiba with the conquered key printed.

Cultural exchange 
An important goal of the Olympiad is to value culture, arousing young people's interest in the history of Brazil and other countries. To do so, the Olympics takes students on virtual walks in places where interesting events have occurred or are remembered, such as in museums, for example. With the objective of offering more visibility to the cultural spaces of Curitiba and the state of Paraná, the Olympiad began a mapping work of those spaces that were not yet in Street View. In collaboration with Google, which provided equipment for photographing, this work began in October 2017.

Headquarters 
The main venue of the Olympiad is in Curitiba, Parana, where the Olympiad began in 2017. Other cities in Brazil and the world will gradually incorporate the network of collaboration and culture.

References

 ASHBURN, E., & FLODEN, R. Meaningful Learning Using Technology-What Educators Need to Know and Do, New York: Teachers College Press, 2006. 
 BATES, A. W. Technology, open learning and distance education, New York: Routledge, 1995. 
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 VIANNA, J.D.M.,  SIQUEIRA, F.F.A. Olimpíadas de Física. Física na Escola, v.5, n.2, 2004.

External links
official website

Category:Brazil education-related lists
Category:Science competitions
Category:International Science Olympiad