A total of three competitions are organized, which are adapted to the three grade levels in terms of difficulty:

Class 8 and 9 / Class 10 and 11 / Class 12 and 13

The competitions are held simultaneously in the morning as written and experimental solutions to tasks in teams of up to five participants. A jury will evaluate the work during the course of the day. The award ceremony takes place in the afternoon and concludes the "Day of Physics". There are attractive cash prizes, so it's worth taking part.

The prize amounts are different for each age group:

There is also a prize for the most successful school.

Each school is automatically nominated for this competition if it has at least one competition team in each class level

Each team must be registered separately for the various competitions. The registration form is available here:

Registraion form for the competitions

The registration deadline for the competition is 15 November 2024.

We look forward to receiving registrations by post, or by e-mail to tagderphysik@rptu.de as a PDF or image file.

Each school may register as many teams as it wishes in each age group!

The prizes are donated by

•  the Minister of Education of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
•  the Friends of the RPTU in Kaiserslautern,
•  the President of the RPTU in Kaiserslautern
•  and the Department of Physics at RPTU in Kaiserslautern.