Japan Joining Science Olympiad?

[fishman100]

IDK. We'll see if Japan's SO is related to US SO, or if it's something different.

[Starapollo1]

I just think that this is a funny idea... I have half a mind to say something that would probably get me kicked off the forum lol jk (message me for the comment! lol)

[lucwilder42]

So someone might actually beat Ohio in a few years?

No, someone WILL beat them.

Next year Ohio won't know what hit them. It was an off day, but we'll get em next year

[chalker]

Hey everyone, I recently was at the National Science Olympiad in Wisconsin, and heard an announcement that there were ambassadors from Japan that came to watch the competition, because they were interested in starting a Science Olympiad in Japan. I did see them around the area taking pictures...

Does anyone know anything about this?

There has been interest from Japan since 2009 when Dr. Putz visited Tokyo and gave some presentations. There is a new science competition they are starting up called Kagaku-No Koshien (anyone know Japanese and able to provide a translation?). There was a delegation of 4 members of the Japan Science and Technology Agency that you saw at Nationals. Next year they will send a "Science Olympiad Global Ambassador' team that will only compete in the Trial events.

[Lily Essence]

Just a quick comment on the schools in Japan and teaching English... A new sophomore recently moved here from Japan, and he speaks, reads, understands, and speaks English pretty fluently 'cause he went to a school that emphasized English. It'd be really neat to get a team from Japan here, but I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. (But if it does, imagine them at the swap meet Japanese imports FTW. )

[dontsenditinthemail]

So someone might actually beat Ohio in a few years?

No, someone WILL beat them.

Next year Ohio won't know what hit them. It was an off day, but we'll get em next year

lol, no state has been better over the past probably 7-8 years but I wish you luck

[wlsguy]

... There is a new science competition they are starting up called Kagaku-No Koshien (anyone know Japanese and able to provide a translation?)....

The translation is (according to my Japanese co-worker) "Chemistry- of - Competition". This translates to Competition of Chemistry.

I think adding international teams would be very interesting. Japanese kids go to school much longer than the U.S. (basically year round school) and tend to work on their hobbies and clubs on the weekends. It would be interesting to see how they compare. Their big disadvantage starting would be a lack of invitationals. This is what makes Ohio so competitive. Solon goes to 6 or 7 invitational competitions each year and have shown practice makes perfect.

[gneissisnice]

... There is a new science competition they are starting up called Kagaku-No Koshien (anyone know Japanese and able to provide a translation?)....

The translation is (according to my Japanese co-worker) "Chemistry- of - Competition". This translates to Competition of Chemistry.

I think adding international teams would be very interesting. Japanese kids go to school much longer than the U.S. (basically year round school) and tend to work on their hobbies and clubs on the weekends. It would be interesting to see how they compare. Their big disadvantage starting would be a lack of invitationals. This is what makes Ohio so competitive. Solon goes to 6 or 7 invitational competitions each year and have shown practice makes perfect.

Wow, I didn't realize there were so many invitations. Those lucky Ohio people get a ton of competitions. In NY, we had one invitational tournament in B division, and no invitationals for C (if there was, my school didn't go to it). So we had 2 competitions in the entire year; 3 if we got lucky and made it to Nats (which I only did in high school when I was in 12th grade).

[Littleboy]

whoa! A team that has only asians? They will PWN!

[wlsguy]

... There is a new science competition they are starting up called Kagaku-No Koshien (anyone know Japanese and able to provide a translation?)....

The translation is (according to my Japanese co-worker) "Chemistry- of - Competition". This translates to Competition of Chemistry.

I think adding international teams would be very interesting. Japanese kids go to school much longer than the U.S. (basically year round school) and tend to work on their hobbies and clubs on the weekends. It would be interesting to see how they compare. Their big disadvantage starting would be a lack of invitationals. This is what makes Ohio so competitive. Solon goes to 6 or 7 invitational competitions each year and have shown practice makes perfect.

Wow, I didn't realize there were so many invitations. Those lucky Ohio people get a ton of competitions. In NY, we had one invitational tournament in B division, and no invitationals for C (if there was, my school didn't go to it). So we had 2 competitions in the entire year; 3 if we got lucky and made it to Nats (which I only did in high school when I was in 12th grade).

If you go to all of the invitationals in Ohio, B division would have 9 and C division would have 7 competitions in addition to Regional and State.
It's almost every weekend in January and February (with 1 more in March).
http://www.continuinged.ohio-state.edu/ ... ionals.pdf