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To be an ‘LO’ (read ‘volunteer’) in

International Olympiad on
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hakim L. Malasan
 Astronomy Division & Bosscha Obs., FMIPA,ITB
 Vice President, Div. C Education, Outreach and Heritage, IAU
 General Secretary, South East Asia Astronomy Network
(SEAAN)
 Treasurer and Manager in Tim Pembina Olimpiade Astronomi
(TPOA)
hakim@as.itb.ac.id, hakiml.malasan@gmail.com
Astronomy Olympiads
• The oldest : International Astronomy Olympiad
(IAO) 1996-now
http://www.issp.ac.ru/iao/
2015: Asian Pacific Astronomy Olympiad (APAO) was
founded
• The International Olympiad on Astronomy and
Astrophysics (IOAA) 2007-now
No official homepage … 
but see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Olympiad_on
_Astronomy_and_Astrophysics
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My track in the int’l olympiad
 2005: Team Leader, 2nd Asian Pacific Astronomy Olympiad, Irkutz, Russia
 2006: Team Leader, XIth International Astronomy Olympiad (IAO), Mumbai,
India
 2008: Chair of problem composer, Academic Comm., 2nd IOAA, Bandung
 2009: Team leader, 3rd International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Tehran, Iran
 2010: Team leader, 4th International Earth Science Olympiad, Yogyakarta
Team leader, XVth International Astronomy Olympiad, Sudak, Crimea
 2011: Team leader, 5th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics ,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 2012: Team leader, 6th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Katowice-Krakow, Poland
2012: Team leader, XVIIth International Astronomy Olympiad, Gwangju, Korea
 2013: Team leader, 7th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Volos, Greece
 2014: Team leader, 8th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics ,
Suceava, Romania
2014: Team leader, 8th International Earth Science Olympiad, Santander, Spain
 2015: Team Leader, 9th International Olympiad on Astronomy & Astrophysics,
Magelang, Indonesia
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From IOAA Statute (2007)
..The competition is conducted in the friendly
atmosphere designed to promote future
collaborations and to encourage friendships in the
scientific community..

#13

f) The organizer must provide the teams with guides

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It is a simple fact …
Science Olympiad would not exist without
volunteers!
Science Olympiad has always benefitted from a
virtual army of dedicated, passionate and
creative educators, parents, administrators and
mentors who perform professional interaction
and generally make Science Olympiad work.

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Volunteers in the network
 IOAA President
 IOAA General Secretary
 IOAA Coordinators
Organizing Committee

• Ministry of Education and


International Board Meeting
Culture
volunteers
• Local Government
• Team Leaders
• Schools
• Observers

Anticipation
IOAA Participants (High School Problem solver
Students) Interfaces
… and willing to do “junky
jobs”
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General profiles of participant
• Team leaders and observers:
– Scientists (Professors, PhDs, M.Scs)
– Graduate Students (Doctoral Students)
– Science teachers
– Officers
• Students:
– 16 years<age < 20 years
• Important guests: Prominent scientists,
bureaucrats
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Team leaders, juries,
committees

Students and leaders

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These are needed as volunteers in
IOAA
• Personality, authority
• Good language (English AND mother language of the team)
• Good knowledge of cross-culture
• Humanist, friendly

… and most of all …


Have knowledge in astronomy
 Popular astronomy
 History in astronomy
 Ethno-astronomy
 Archeo-astronomy

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A little bit on astronomy

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Orion: The hunter =
Waluku (plough)

Javenese
perception on
southern sky
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..and a more seriously one..

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An introduction
Untuk menentukan waktu menanam padi
setiap tahunnya, petani di pulau Jawa sejak
abad ke-17 mempunyai kebiasaan
menggunakan gugus bintang tujuh (Pleiades,
Kartika). Pengamatannya dilakukan dengan
menggunakan selongsong bambu yang diisi
penuh dengan air, lalu diarahkan ke gugus
bintang tujuh di arah timur. Isi air yang
tumpah akan menandakan bahwa posisi
gugus bintang tujuh itu cukup tinggi untuk
menjadi petanda dimulainya musim menanam
padi dalam tahun tersebut.
Selongsong bambu yang dimaksud memiliki
panjang 100 cm, diameternya 10 cm. Ketika
selongsong bambu diarahkan ke gugus
bintang tujuh ternyata air yang tumpah
adalah sebanyak 0.785 liter.
Astronomical analysis … (this is one of
the problems in the National Science
Olympiad)
Cycle of activity
1. Meet and greet the team at the airport;
2. Split leaders from the students;
3. Accompany students all the time, remind them for
the competition rounds and important activities,
appeal students to mingle;
4. (To some extend) involve in discussions on
astronomical topics with students;
5. Have fun with students;
6. Bring the students to the leaders after competition;
7. Help students prepare for performance;
8. Make a memorial farewell party.

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Brazil 2012
Greece 2013
Poland 2011 Romania 2014

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Unique thing in Romania

Student’s volunteers
are teachers

Leader’s volunteers
are students!

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Advises
• Observe rundown carefully
• Abide the rule (especially for the competition)
• Remind students on schedules
• Be a good discussion partner
• Entertain students after each competition round
• Start communicating with team through social
media, and ..
• be patient and responsive throughout the period
of IOAA

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Happy volunteering in IOAA
2015!

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