A team quiz item at all four school levels in the Kerala Sasthrolsavam science fair, testing general and syllabus science knowledge.
Science Quiz is the question-and-answer item of the science fair. Teams answer questions on science and its history, with rounds designed for each school level.
In the Kerala School Sasthrolsavam Science Fair it is a team item at Lower Primary, Upper Primary, High School and Higher Secondary/VHSE, open to girls and boys. It is an oral item and does not use a printed marking table in the manual, so eTalenter ships it without per-criterion marks.
Preparation is largely reading: syllabus topics, current science news, famous scientists and everyday science. Teams that practise buzzer-style or written rounds together do better.
As a quiz, the result is decided by correct answers, not by judges’ opinion.
Where Science Quiz is run
Science Quiz is part of the official Kerala School Sasthrolsavam Science Fair at all levels and is installed on eTalenter through the Science Fair template. This page describes only the Kerala fair.
- Kerala, India
Key facts
- Team item, girls and boys.
- Offered at all four levels.
- Oral category in the template.
- No printed per-criterion table.
- Rounds follow the quiz master’s rules.
- Winners advance by grade and rank.
On eTalenter, Science Quiz is filed under Oral and typically scored with Marks. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.
Across the templates that use it, Science Quiz is most often entered as an Team competition, typically scored out of 100.
The scoring method the templates attach to this item, and what that scale means. The category this competition is filed under when a template is installed. Others in this category: Elocution, Debate, Story Telling, Recitation, Speech, Versification, Declamation, Quiz eTalenter matches an item to its criteria on the words in its name, and creates exactly these when the template is installed. No criteria match this name, so none are created automatically — judges score it on the event’s own criteria instead.How it is scored
Where it sits
Judging criteria installed for it
What judges look at in Science Quiz
What a Science Quiz panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:
- Correct answers decide the result.
- Speed matters in buzzer rounds.
- Teamwork: dividing topics among members.
- Breadth across physics, chemistry and biology.
- Handling of tie-breakers.
Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Science Quiz under Scoring Setup, or start from the judging and scoring software guide.
How to prepare for Science Quiz
How entrants and their teachers usually get Science Quiz right on the day:
- Divide subjects among team members.
- Read textbooks and one science magazine.
- Learn famous scientists and discoveries.
- Practise mock quizzes with a timer.
- Revise units and symbols.
- Follow science news.
- Stay calm in tie-breaks.
- Idea to try: make flashcards for scientists and discoveries
- Idea to try: run a weekly class quiz
- Idea to try: use a picture round on laboratory apparatus
Ready-made templates that already include this competition. Installing one sets it up for you.Events that run this (1)
Frequently asked questions
Is Science Quiz judged individually or as a team?
Across eTalenter’s templates it’s most often run as an Team entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.
Is it individual?
No, team.
Are there written rounds?
Format is decided by the quiz organisers.
What topics?
Syllabus science and general science at the level.
How are ties settled?
By the quiz master’s tie-breaker rules.
Similar competitions
Items whose names share a word with this one — usually the same discipline in another form.
Want the full judging picture? Read the judging and scoring software guide, or browse every oral competition item.
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