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MORE CONTESTS SPECIFICSThis is the acronym we use for the team coach and contact person. It stands for the Person In Charge of the Olympiad. The name and the email address of the PICO must be included on the registration form and all correspondence with MOEMS®.
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE CONTESTS
DIVISIONS
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To participate, each student must be enrolled in the member school, homeschool, district, or institute. Students who have completed eighth grade may not participate.
| DIVISION M | A team with any 7th or 8th grade student must be in Division M. |
| DIVISION E OR DIVISION M | A team with any 4th or 5th grade student should routinely be in Division E, but 4th and 5th graders may be placed on a Division M team if appropriate. 6th grade students may be placed on either a Division E or Division M team. |
NO TEAM MAY BE SPLIT BETWEEN TWO DIVISIONS
The maximum number of students on any team is 35. A school may enroll more than one team by paying the annual enrollment fee for each additional team.
Although there is no set minimum number of team members, a team’s score is determined after the fifth Olympiad by the cumulative scores of the top 10 students.
ADMINISTRATION
MOEMS® On Paper (traditional administration) and MOEMS® Online administration include the same contest problems.
- Contests consist of five non routine problems that must be completed in 30 minutes.
- Students work alone, scoring 1 point for each correct answer.
- Calculators, rulers, graph paper, and other aids or resources are not permitted.
- Problems introducing more advanced concepts include all necessary definitions.
SCORING
- PICO scores each contest and submits scores to MOEMS®
- Answer key provides detailed solution and follow-up questions that could be used for future team practices.
- Our records will determine which awards are to be shipped after the last contest.
- STUDENT SCORE (0 – 25) is the number of problems answered correctly.
- TEAM SCORE (0–250) is the sum of the ten highest student scores, taken after the fifth contest.
