FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT!

Malaysia Astronomy Olympiad is here!!!

We are proud to inform you that USM Astronomy Club with the support from Jabatan Pelajaran Negeri Pulau Pinang and Penang Education Council will conduct the 1st Malaysian Astronomy Olympiad (MAO).

The Malaysian Astronomy Olympiad is an astronomy scientific-educating event for high school students aged 13 to 18. The purpose of MAO is to popularize astronomy/astrophysics fields among youths in high schools, also to be one of the tools to prepare the champions to participate in International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO), International Astronomy & Astrophysics Olympiad (IAAO) also Asian Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) with the support from Ministry of Education (MOE) and other related scientific-education bodies.

The objectives of this program are:
1. To nourish the field of astronomy/astrophysics studies in Malaysia's high schools;
2. To develop imagination and creativity, also to stimulate active participation and discussions among students;

3. To advance local scientific and engineering research, and to promote the exchange of ideas among the academic community and scientists.

download your registration form and email your form back to us at astronomy.usm@gmail.com

we wish you all the best!

Keputusan Penuh (Peringkat Saringan)

Berikut ialah keputusan rasmi pertandingan Olimpiad Astronomi Malaysia kali pertama peringkat saringan yang berlangsung pada 26 Januari 2013 (Sabtu).

Kedudukan rasmi mengikut kumpulan (8 kumpulan teratas yg layak ke pusingan akhir):

1) Chung Ling High School (43) - 62/100
2) Chung Ling High School (42) - 59.8/100
3) Chung Ling High School (45) - 53/100
4) Chung Ling High School (44) - 45/100
5) Heng Ee High School (41) - 43/100
6) SMK Simpang Empat (27) - 40.7/100
7) SMK Convent Green Lane (15) - 38.1/100
8) SMKA Al-Mashoor (L) (51) - 37.4/100

Kedudukan rasmi 3 individu yg memperoleh markah tertinggi:

1) Muhammad Izzat Mohd. Zubir (SMKA Al-Mashoor (L)/51) - 67.9/100
2) Wong Zhu Kher (Chung Ling High School/43) - 66.8/100
3) Ng Ellex (Chung Ling High School/42) - 65.9/100

Kami berharap semua peserta yang layak ke peringkat akhir membuat persediaan dgn lebih tekun dan bersungguh-sungguh. Kepada yang kurang berjaya, cuba lagi di masa hadapan & kami percaya, sesi saringan yang lalu telah membuka mata dan minat ramai di antara kita untuk lebih maju dalam bidang astronomi.

Kepada guru yang berminat mengetahui kedudukan sekolah/individu bagi sekolah masing-masing, sila hubungi Daim Harizan (017 730 7554) atau e-mel kepada astronomy.usm@gmail.com

Sekian, terima kasih.

"LANGIT UNTUK DIKONGSI, BUKAKAN HATI"

The Best Individual Performance In Elimination Round

CONGRATULATION to Muhammad Izzat B.Mohd Zubir From SMKA Al Mashoor (Lelaki) for being the participants with the best performance. We will hand the cert to you.

Finalists The First Malaysian Astronomy Olympiad

CONGRATULATION to the eight best teams from the Elimination Round of the 1st MAO.These teams will proceed  to the final round which will be held in Dewan Utama Pelajar USM, 15th to 17th February 2013.

• SMK Convent Green Lane (Group 15)
• SMK Simpang Empat (Group 27)
• SMK Heng Ee (Group 41)
• Penang Chung Ling High School (Group 42)
• Penang Chung Ling High School (Group 43)
• Penang Chung Ling High School (Group 44)
• Penang Chung Ling High School (Group 45)
• SMKA Al Mashoor (Lelaki) (Group 51)

*Lists are not in any particular order*

We wish you all the best for the finals. To groups that did not succeed, you have put a good fight, we hope you have learnt something today. We also hope that this event has motivate you to pursue astronomy studies. 

Solutions To The Elimination round's Problem

Here are the solutions to the problems in the Elimination Round.

Approval letter from JPN Pulau Pinang

here are the official letter from JPN Pulau Pinang, approving this event for schools in Penang.

Preparation for the Olympiad Participants

A lot of the participants have asked us "what needs to be prepared when participate in this competition?" . so why not we just made a checklist of the preparations

1. Practice
• surely, you need to have enough knowledge and skills to be the finalists and win this competition. in this competition, basically participants will be tested on their knowledge and skills. Just read basic knowledge of astronomy ( solar system bodies,  sky observation during days and nights, stars, galaxy, nebula etc. ) . also, do some practice by answering some previous problems. Here we have some of the links to the international-level astronomy olympiad. if you have problems and need help, you can refer to our facebook; Kelab Astronomy USM .
  
  
2. Be Prepared
• Make sure you have enough preparation with the stuff you need to use during the competition. Pens, Pencils, Erasers, ruler and calculator is a must.
• make sure you know where to sign  in on the day of competition. for the elimination round, the competition will be held at Dewan Kuliah E, USM main campus. here are the map to get to the location.

those are all the things you need to prepare. we wish you all the best.