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On Monday, March 8, 2004, the UNC Charlotte Departments of Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Optical Science, and the Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education are cooperatively sponsoring another exciting single day of academic competitions for high school students in Mecklenburg County and surrounding counties.
Coordinator: David Pugalee, Ph.D., UNC Charlotte

Registration Schedule

We regret that we cannot accept late or onsite registrations. Please do not request to register after the registration deadline of January 30, 2004, or to be allowed to pay after the payment deadline of February 27, 2004. You will be charged $5.00 for each student participating in each contest. (Individual written physics contest fees will cover fees for physics Olympics for those students participating in both physics contests.) You will be sent a payment invoice from our office to return, along with your check for the appropriate amount, to be received by our office by Friday, February 27, 2004. Upon our receiving your payment, we will send you a payment receipt to indicate that you are registered to participate, along with parking and other final information.

The competition schedule will permit your students to test their skills individually in mathematics (Comprehensive or Algebra II) or science or both. The schedule for the testing periods is such that students may not compete in both the chemistry and physics contests, nor is it possible for students to participate in both the physics Olympics event and either of the mathematics contests. Both mathematics contests will be held simultaneously, so students must choose between the Comprehensive and the Algebra II contests. Awards for participants will include trophies, cash, books and scholarships.

Chemistry
Contact: Cheryl Dammann, Ph.D., UNC Charlotte
The chemistry contest is open only to students who are currently enrolled in a first-year chemistry course. For schools with block scheduling, students who completed first-year chemistry in the fall semester and are not taking a follow-up in the spring semester are eligible to compete. Advanced and advanced placement students are not eligible. There will be two divisions: one for Mecklenburg County students, and one for those outside the county.

Mathematics
Contact: Harold Reiter, Ph.D., UNC Charlotte
The mathematics competition, including both Comprehensive Mathematics and Algebra II contests, is the twenty-fourth annual math contest at UNC Charlotte and is part of statewide mathematics competitions. The Comprehensive contest is open to all high school students. The Algebra II contest is open to students who have been enrolled in Algebra II during the current academic year.

Students may only participate in one mathematics contest (the two will be held simultaneously). Each school desiring to compete for the overall mathematics trophy must enter a team, with five students minimum constituting a team, in both contests. Due to space considerations, each school must limit their student participants to only twenty for both contests combined (five minimum per contest to compete for the overall math trophy). Schools may enter fewer than five students (though not a team) to compete for individual trophies and to potentially qualify for contests at the state level.

For more information about the mathematics competitions, contact Harold Reiter at hbreiter@email.uncc.edu or see http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter. The top seven percent of the comprehensive contestants will move on to the state comprehensive exam at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, scheduled for April 22, 2004. For more information about the state comprehensive exam, see the state contest website at http://courses.ncssm.edu/goebel/statecon/state.htm You may also contact Mr. John Goebel at (goebel@ncssm.edu). The runoffs in Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry are set for May 6, 2004. The top 10% in Algebra II  advance to the runoff contest (see the above-mentioned state contest website).

UNC Charlotte Super Competition Math Contest Problems from past competitions are accessible at the following web site: http://www.math.uncc.edu/~hbreiter/problems/UNCC.html

Physics
Contact: William Melton, Ph.D., UNC Charlotte
The physics contest [both Individual (Written) and Physics Olympics teams] is open only to students who are currently enrolled in first year physics. No student can participate in the UNC Charlotte Physics competition more than one year. The Olympics team competition will involve physics-related team activity.

More Contest Details
  Chemistry Contest
  Mathematics Contest
  Physics Contest

Super Competition day schedule
Monday, March 8, 2004

Brochure:
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More Information
Super Competition, Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC 28223-0001; Ph: 704-687-4838; Fax: 704-687-3216; Email: cmste@email.uncc.edu