The Swiss Biology Olympiad, SBO, is a competition for high school students with a strong interest in Biology. With the preparatory week and the three exam sessions, we hope to motivate and fascinate the young biologists with the most up-to-date classes, work in the lab and challenge them with questions that require them to deduce the answers by combining the facts they have learned.
News
This year is the third in a row in which the Swiss team at the International Biology Olympiad (IBO) in Changwon (South Korea) won four medals. Rahel Brügger from Niederlenz (AG) won silver, while Anja Jordan from Glis (VS), Cora Olpe from Bottmingen (BL) and Daniel Ballmer from Unterentfelden (AG) won bronze. A detailed report can be found here . We sincerely congratulate our team!
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Swiss Biology Olympiad SBO 2011
The first step of selection of the SBO is taken by interested students at their grammar school. The first exam serves as a qualification to participate in the preparatory week, an intensive 8-day biology course. It also provides the first opportunity to get to know peers who are equally fond of biology. The second assessment determines the finalists who take part in the SBO Week.
The SBO Week is the last phase of SBO where practical exams are emphasised. The four winners, who represent Switzerland at the IBO, are anounced on the SBO Day.
Phases of SBO
The first exam was will be sent to Swiss grammar schools on August 16. Due date was September 24, 2010.
If you are a student at a Swiss grammar school who wants to participate in the SBO, ask your biology teacher for further information.
If you are a teacher in biology at a Swiss grammar school who didn't receive information about the first exam, please contact us. We are more than happy to provide with further material.
The schedule of the ongoing Swiss Biology Olympiad can be found here.
Swiss Biology Olympiad SBO 2011
Participation in the SBO and IBO 2011 is open to all students of Swiss grammar schools who will graduate in the same year as IBO 2011 or later. However, you have to be born after July 1, 1991.
Who can participate in SBO and IBO 2011?
According to international rules, all secondary students, born after July 1, 1991, are eligible to participate in IBO 2011 and SBO 2011.