Below you'll find a list of all posts from 2017
Many students are unsure about which chapters are the most important for the biology olympiad preparation. Below we compiled a list of the most essential textbook chapters to help you efficiently prepare for the biology olympiad. Vander et al.: Human Physiology: The Mechanism of Body Function, Eighth Edition 3 Cell Structure 7 Homeostatic Mechanisms and Cellular Communication 8 Neural Control …
A useful study schedule to guide you through the books. It includes the reading guide for these books: Campbell Biology Raven’s Biology of Plants Brooker’s Gentetics Sherwood Human Physiology Biochemistry by Richard Harvey Integrated Principles of Zoology, 11th Edition, Hickman et al. Vander’s Human Biology You can download the schedule below: Biology Olympiad Study Schedule
USA Student Wins World Neuroscience Competition Future neuroscientists from 25 countries around the world met in Washington, DC this week to compete in the nineteenth World Brain Bee Championship. The Brain Bee is a neuroscience competition for young students, 13 to 19 years of age. It was hosted by the American Psychological Association. The International Brain Bee President and Founder is Dr. Norbert Myslinski …
Testing Tactics Getting the correct answer, even when you know nothing, is one of the defining skills of the academic champion. The rest of this book is about developing your knowledge. This chapter is about what to do when things go wrong. You’ll encounter questions you can’t answer throughout the rest of the book. Treat them as practice. While …
This year the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) will begin on Sunday 23rd July at the University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom. For Practical exams, HERE you can find a list of useful techniques for the olympiad. Check if you know all of them and if not, Google it and familiarize with them. The Official IBO guide can be found HERE. Also check …
The floral diagrams and formulas come up relatively often in the biology olympiad. So knowing how to represent and analyze the different floral whorls is useful. Below are some good resources to help you learn faster how to make the floral diagrams. How to Draw a Floral Diagram (With Diagram) Video 1 Video 2
Laboratory skills are crucial for any biology olympiad, including USABO and IBO. Over the years of my own preparation and while tutoring others, I gathered this of techniques that are essential to know for the biology olympiad, especially for the International Biology Olympiad. CELL BIOLOGY Use of a microtome to make slides, Cell Fractionation, Microscopy (measurement of objects), Immunostaining, Histology, Haemocytometer, Drawing of preparations, Maceration and …
The 23rd annual University of Toronto National Biology Competition was held at participating schools on Thursday, April 27, 2017. There were 4,567 eligible contestants, from 343 schools: 3,317 contestants from 263 schools within in Canada and 1,250 international contestants from 80 schools outside of Canada. Over 120,000 high school students have participated in the competition since 1995. …
Here you will find the past papers from the International Biology Olympiad. IBO 2000 Theory part A_CCL IBO 2000 Theory part B_CCL IBO 2001 Theory part A_CCL IBO 2001 Theory part B_CCL IBO 2002 Theory part A_CCL IBO 2002 Theory part B_CCL IBO 2002 Theory Part A Answers IBO 2002 Theory Part B Answers IBO 2003 Theory_CCL IBO 2003 Theory …
Here you will find USABO semifinal exam past papers. USABO Semifinal exam 2003 USABO Semifinal exam 2003 Answer Key USABO Semifinal exam 2004 USABO Semifinal exam 2004 Answer Key USABO Semifinal exam 2005 USABO Semifinal exam 2005 Answer Key USABO Semifinal exam 2006 USABO Semifinal exam 2006 Answer Key USABO Semifinal exam 2007 USABO Semifinal exam 2007 Answer Key …
Below you will find the normal distribution curves for USABO 2017 Open and Semifinal results. USABO 2017 Open exam results USABO 2017 Semifinal results The overall statistics can be found below.
Hello everyone, This week is a busy week for those taking USABO. To help you relieve stress, have a look at some statistics from USABO Open exams 2014, 2015, and 2016. In 2014, 7766 students in total registered to the USABO contest in the U.S. 6194 took the test. The highest score is 43.75 (out of 50), and the mean …
Hello everyone, Every January and February all students are relentlessly trying to study for an upcoming biology olympiad. No matter where you are in the world, all feel (and I felt) the same as you. Today is more than 6 years since I sat my first biology olympiad and I clearly remember how nervous I was since my …