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2026 NJ Physics Olympics --- South Jersey

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2026 NJ Physics Olympics --- South Jersey

When
24 Jan 2026
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Location
Timber Creek High School, 501 Jarvis Rd, Sicklerville, NJ

We look forward to your school's participation at this event. The competition is a lot of fun and your students will meet, share experiences, and compete with other students from other high schools in New Jersey.

This is for the NJ Olympics South Jersey at Timber Creek High School (Camden County)

Light morning refreshments will be provided.

This year's events are:

FERMI QUESTIONS - Estimate the order of magnitude of a quantity that is difficult or impossible to measure.
PENNY CANTILEVER - Build a penny cantilever that extends as far as possible off a table.
COFFEE CAN RACER - Design and build a coffee can racer that will roll down a ramp in the greatest amount of time.
PAPER BOOMERANG - Design and build a paper boomerang that returns the greatest distance.
THE CATAPULT - Design and build a catapult that will launch a penny on two separate targets.
PENNY BARGE - Design and construct a barge that will support the greatest number of pennies.

Detailed rules for all events and the media release forms can be found on the website under the "Events / Physics Olympics 2026" section. Link here.

To ask questions about the rules, go to the "Forum" section of the website (Top menu/Forum). Link here.

To receive replies via email from the forum, you must “subscribe” to the forum.

It is the team’s responsibility to periodically check in or inquire about changes and clarifications to the rules.

Note – the deadline for submitting questions about individual events is mid-December (12/15). After that date, questions cannot be addressed due to committee meeting dates/holidays.

Please print Media Release forms for students/parents to sign and bring signed forms to the competition. Winning teams are photographed. Students with release forms will be included in the photographs of winning teams. Forms can be printed out from rules page.

Registration info:

The teacher signing up must be a NJAAPT member. (Go to njaapt.org to join or renew membership).

If you are interested in spectating without bringing students, you can register yourself, with no teams (you must be a NJAAPT member to register).

Each school can bring up to 3 teams for South Jersey. Each team can consist of up to 6 students. Students are not permitted to switch teams.

Each team can bring up to one student visitor per team to watch the events, but they are NOT allowed to participate. Teachers are invited to bring colleagues with advanced notice.

Each team that you bring must be registered and paid for as a "Guest". (2 teams = 2 guests; a team = 1-6 students).

Early Registration: $35 per team (on or before Nov. 15).

Regular Registration: $45 per team (Nov. 16 - Jan 4)

Final registration deadline: Jan 4

All teams must be registered and paid in advance.

There will be no on-site registration.