Don't be afraid of crazy ideas!
Remember you are a genius!
Russian Academy of Education
Distance Education Center "Eidos"
Moscow, Russia
OLYMPIAD PURPOSE: to allow students from different countries of the
world realize their creative potential with the help of distance
contest.
AWARDS and PRIZES
The winners of Olympiad are awarded with the diplomas of Russian
Education Academy and traditional Russian souvenirs.
PARTICIPATION IN OLYMPIAD
Individual students or school groups can apply for the Olympiad. Individual
applicants and coordinators of the organized groups of
students send their application forms to olymp@eidos.ru. Subject: "Olymp_Application".
APPLICATION FORM
1. Name, Surname.
2. F/M
3. Grade, School, City, Country.
4. Contact E-mail to receive Olympiad tasks and results.
5. Name, Surname, Contact E-mail of the group coordinator
(teacher, parent).
OLYMPIAD REGULATIONS:
1. The Organization of International Distance Heuristic Olympiad
is provided by
Distance Education Center "Eidos", Moscow, Russia. The local
organization of Olympiad is provided by local coordinators and
schools - participants.
2. The Olympiad is carried out among the registered participants
in the following age groups: 5-7 y.o., 8-10 y.o., 11-12 y.o.,
13-15 y.o, 16-18 y.o.
3. The Olympiad consists of five Nominations with heuristic
tasks. The tasks are open - they don't have
beforehand known answers. To do the tasks you should think of
your own versions, give your own opinions, and carry out your
own research, but not to send the already known information. The
main criteria of students' works estimation are non-typical
answers, creative efficiency, and depth of the world-view. The
Olympiad Judges chooses the best works in each Nomination
separately. The winners of Olympiad are those participants, who
are able to collect the biggest amount of scores in all the
Nominations in their age group.
4. It is recommended for the participants to carry out the
Olympiad tasks during 2-3 hours (for the senior groups - 3-5 hours)
with breaks to rest. The beginning and ending of the local event
is determined by the local coordinator according to the conditions.
The additional time is given for sending and transferring the
works. The works of the participants of Olympiad are sent to the
Olympiad Committee at the day of their fulfillment no later than
12.00 p.m. (local time).
5. The participants can do the Olympiad tasks in "paper", and
then type their works on the computer without any changes. The
local coordinators can help the children to type the answers,
however, editing and changing of the works is not allowed. It is
recommended to include the file "readme" with comments to
students' work. The senior
participants do their works by themselves.
WORKS STRUCTURE
The work of each registered participant of Olympiad is made out
separately and has the following structure:
- Age Group
- Name, Surname of the participant.
- Grade, School, City, Country.
- Name, Surname, Contact E-mail of the group coordinator
(teacher, parent).
- The answers to the Nomination tasks (are written on the same
page):
1. PRESENTATION … (Answer)
2. RESEARCH. … (Answer) …
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
1. The participants' works should be done in Win 1251 or in gif (jpg) format.
You can send your works in txt. or doc.
2. The file should be named in small
Latin letters no more than 8, e.g. bosh.doc.
3. The photos (jpg) and pictures (gif) should not exceed 30 KB
for one separately. Their names also include author's name and
picture number, e.g. bosh 1.gif or bosh 2.jpg.
SENDING WORKS TO COMMITTEE
1. The participants' works should be sent in zip.or arj. files,
the size of each zip or arj. file must not exceed 200 KB! One
work can be sent in several letters in zip. or arj. files.
2. The participants' works should be sent by the separate letter
to olymp@eidos.ru. In Subject of the letter should be
written in Latin letters: Age Group, City
and Surname of the participant, for example:5-7_Michigan_Bosh.
3. The participants' works should be sent no later than 12.00
p.m. (local time) at the day of their fulfillment.
The results of Olympiad and the best works of the Olympiad
participants will be published on Center "Eidos" server:
http://www.eidos.ru/
Good luck!
Coordinator of Distant Heuristic Olympiad:
Ph.D., Galina Andrianova,
E-mail: olymp@eidos.ru,
andrianova@eidos.ru
