The new edition of Hi Score Science starts – dare to compete in the league!
Hi Score Science is an outreach project based on the development of a quiz game about science. The project is developed between two research institutes, the Institute of Chemical Synthesis and Homogeneous Catalysis (ISQCH), and the Instituto de (INMA), both joint centres CSIC – University of Zaragoza.
El juego, el que se puede encontrar preguntas del tipo “¿Podemos escuchar las auroras boreales? o ¿Qué le pasaría a una zanahoria que se deja sumergida en agua con sal durante algún tiempo?”, se encuentra ya disponible de manera gratuita y sin publicidad en Apple Store y en Play Store, y para PC, Mac y Linux en www.HiScoreScience.org.
The game, which includes questions such as “Can we hear the northern lights?” or “What would happen to a carrot left submerged in salt water for some time?”, is now available free of charge and without advertising in the Apple Store and Play Store, and for PC, Mac and Linux at www.HiScoreScience.org.
The project has two contests/participation modes with different levels from primary through secondary school to adult audiences. The first mode allows users to be part of the scientific development by sending us their questions and the second mode allows users to play by answering the questions competing in the online National Absolute League.
Be part of the scientific content and send us your scientific questions.
The project aims to make users feel part of the project, so it invites users to send us their questions which, once reviewed by a scientific committee made up of more than 50 researchers, are published in the application with the name of the person who sent the question. To encourage participation, competitions are set up at provincial, regional (Aragon) and national senior and junior levels, rewarding the most active users with technological gifts, visits to scientific facilities and scientific trips to the National Final, which will take place at the CSIC headquarters in Madrid on 21 April 2023.
In addition, face-to-face and virtual tournaments are created in which users compete live using their own mobiles to discover who are the wisest in science.
The rules and how to participate are available at www.HiScoreScience.org.
Demonstrate your knowledge and take part in the IV National Absolute League on-line.
The project also includes a national online absolute league, which will start next Thursday 29 September, in which any user of any age and education can participate and which will have a monthly online tournament.
The league will have a monthly tournament from the last Thursday of the month until the following Tuesday and will have prizes for each of the matches and for the annual winners.
Participation is free and anonymous, simply download the Hi Score Science game (free and ad-free) from the Play Store and Apple Store, and on PC and Mac (www.HiScoreScience.org) and play, with username and password, in the “Curie” tournament in multiplayer-online-tournament mode.
The tournament will be open from Thursday 29 September at 11:00 am until Tuesday 4 October at 11:00 am.
In previous editions, people from the different Spanish Autonomous Communities and of all ages have participated, from primary school students to university staff. The winner of last year’s edition was Jorge Rodrigo, a second year Baccalaureate student from IES Goya in Zaragoza.
All the information about the competition and the rules are available at www.HiScoreScience.org.
The league is open to everyone, including students and employees of the University of Zaragoza and CSIC, so dare to compete!
