ELIGIBILITY
- From public/international high schools in Ho Chi Minh City
- Be fluent in English (the official language of the IBB)
- Be a student in Grade 9-12 (14-19 years old)
- Be interested in how your brain works – you can find learning materials on our website!
- No recording devices may be used at the competition during the question-and-answer period
- Each Regional Brain Bee must have competitors from at least three different schools
- Can only compete in one Regional Brain Bee per year
- Can only compete once in the National Competition
- Can only compete once in the International Competition
CHALLENGES
#1. Live Q&A
The judging panel will pose questions to groups of 3, occasionally with projected visual components. Students are given 10-15 seconds to write their answers. This section will be worth 40% of the final score.
Example 1: During an action potential, which ion channels are the first to open? (sodium channels)
Example 2: What is the brain’s most common inhibitory neurotransmitter? (GABA)
#2. Written test
A 45-question multiple-choice and short-answer exam, to be individually completed in 60 minutes. Some questions will involve data and graphical analysis and reasoning. This section will be worth 60% of the final score.
Example 1: What are the differences between declarative and nondeclarative memory? (Indicate 3)
Example 2: Label the missing structures on the following diagram of the ear.
PRIZES
Regional
Top 1
Amazon Fire Kindle HD
Internship position at Science lab of International University
Top 3 Amazon Fire Kindle HD
Top 10 Goodies
International
1st Place
$3,000 USD
IBB Championship Trophy (held for 1 year)
Summer Research Internship coordinated by SfN
2nd Place
2,000 USD
3rd Place
1,000 USD