This page will collect resources to help teams research the problems and and prepare their presentations.

As you start your research, you may find this IYPT reference kit a useful starting point. While not an official IYPT document or set of instructions, it is prepared by people with years of experience at IYPT. It should help you work out exactly what physics is involved in each problem.

Remember for in New Zealand Tournament we are only considering 7 problems from the seventeen problems IYPT set last July.

Then read our “what is a physics match?” page which explains how your experimental results need to be presented at Tournament. A match is a highly structured debate between a presenter from one team, and an opposer from another. Both roles need to understand the physics involved in the problem to ask and answer questions in the debate without internet access.

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Here is a short video to help you design your 12-minute presentation for presenting a solution. For the schools’ team tournament, you present live. As an individual trying for a place in the rep team, you present on video.

The video below shows the most important dos and don’ts for your solution presentation. Thanks to our Alumni and Trustee, Daniel Shi (Silver medal winning team @IYPT Poland in 2019).

And here is another video about opposition. As shown, it only applies to team entries, however individuals may also find it useful when preparing to discuss your research with the selection panel as they will ask similar questions.

Teams – you should notice in this video two things. Firstly, that good opposition is a team effort. And secondly, that the presenter still has work to do after they finish their presentation!

Our thanks again to Daniel and Eric for producing this video.