Taiwan takes gold at International Earth Science Olympiad
SEP 28, 2010
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.024697
Focus Taiwan News Channel : At the fourth International Earth Science Olympiad at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Taiwan repeated its win from the 2007 olympiad by taking three gold medals and one silver medal. The competition for secondary-school students consists of two parts, a theoretical examination, made up of Earth science problems, and a practical examination, which includes timed experiments. One competitor who won gold, Yang Hung-yi from National Tainan Senior High School, hopes to compete in the International Physics Olympiad next year. Taiwan has ranked at the top all four years and has won a total of 12 gold medals and 4 silver medals.
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