HWA CHONG INSTITUTION (HIGH SCHOOL)
SCIENCE 2011
BONUS ACE FOR COMPETITIONS, 2011
No.
Component / Item
1A Category A Competitions
(Competitions that require students to
prepare extensively before
competitions)
e.g. CHAOS Competition, National
Science Challenge, SAMC. SAFM, F1
Competition, Bridge competition, Toy
design competition, Crystal growing
competition etc.
1B Category B Competitions
(Competitions that require students to
read beyond their school curriculum)
e.g. Inter-school Science Quizzes,
Microbiology Quiz, Astronomy Quizzes,
SJPO,SJCO etc.
1C Category C Competitions
(Competitions that do not require
students to do much preparation before
the competitions)
e.g. Cluster Competitions, West Zone
competitions, etc.
2A Category A International Competitions
e.g. American Invitational Mathematics
Competition (AIME); ThinkQuest
International, MACFair Competition,
International Darksky Competition,
Odyssey of the Mind, Future Problemsolving Competition (scenario writing),
Ironman Creativity Contest etc.
Level of
participation Max CPs Remarks, if any
National
10 CPs
- only one top
prize and
- involved
students to
work on it for a
substantial
period of time
National
- more than
one top prize
or
– Less
intensive
compared to
Cat 1A
National
- Zonal
- Less
intensive
compared to
Cat 1B
International
1st = 10 CPs
2nd = 9 CPs
3rd = 7 CPs
Participation = max 5 CPs (Teacher i/c to decide)
10 CPs 1st = 10 CPs
2nd = 8 CPs
3rd = 6 CPs
Participation = max 3 CPs (Teacher i/c to decide)
8 CPs 1st = 8 CPs
2nd = 6 CPs
3rd = 4 CPs
Participation = Max 2 CPs (Teacher i/c to decide)
10 CPs 1st = 10 CPs
2nd = 9 CPs
3rd = 8 CPs
Participation = Max 6 CPs (Teacher i/c to decide)
2B Category B International Competitions International
e.g. American Math Contest Year 8
(AMC-8) - for lower Sec. ; American
Math Contest Year 10 (AMC-10) ;
American Math Contest Year 12 (SMC 12); Asia Pacific Chinese Debates,
Asia-Pacific Literary Writing
Competition, etc.
10 CPs 1st
2nd
3rd
2C Category C International Competitions
e.g. Australian Science / Mathematics /
English Competitions, Rio Tinto Big
Science
8 CPs
International
= 10 CPs
= 8 CPs
= 6 CPs
Participation = Max 5 CPs (Teacher i/c to decide)
Medal winner
= 8 CPs
High Distinction = 5 CPs
Distinction
= 4 CPs
Credit
= 2 CPs
[awarded to only 1 science subject]
*In awarding CPs to students, teachers should seek the approval from PC/SCs if it involves a competition which is
given an award but is not captured in the above category.
Bonus ACE 2010_Sci.doc
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