• Registration is open for Grades 3-11

    For Canadian Residents Only

    VANDA International Science Contest

    Vanda is an International Science Competition held annually around the globe. It focuses on the student’s ability to think critically and creatively to pick out hidden information to aid them in solving the question. 

     

    Vanda is for students from Grade 3 to Grade 11. It focuses on higher-order thinking skills. This allows participants to do better compared to pure-Olympiad papers since they are familiar with most of the topics.

     

    Science Questions in the competition have a strong foundation in scientific knowledge and methodology which include the development of reasoning and analytical skills, decision and problem-solving skills, flexibility to respond to a different context, and possessing an open and enquiring mind that is willing to explore new territories and learn new things which are aligned to the desired 21st-century competencies.

  • CONTEST OBJECTIVES

  • CONTEST DETAILS

    CKSTEM is motivated to prepare Canadian students so that they can help Canada to become a world leader in science and technology. To achieve this goal we have built a partnership with Singapore International Mastery Challenge Center (SIMCC) in Canada. SIMCC is one of the largest academic contests organizers in Asia to groom and identify talent. We are committed to offering more opportunities for all students to gain international recognition through academic competitions. As a result of this new partnership, we will offer several English, Informatics, Mathematics, and Science contests for grades 2 to 12 students. In the coming months, we will be able to provide exciting opportunities to the kids to not only shine locally but to exhibit talent internationally with scholarships and specialized training in science and math as well.

    To continue with this exciting journey, we are offering all our students an opportunity to participate in the VANDA International Science Contest. The top 40% of the participants will receive an award certificate and a medal.  All winners are invited to compete at STEAM AHEAD 2022 – VANDA Science Global Finals.

  • Key Contest Information

  • Advanced Science Training through Brilliant

    Free for all CANADIAN vanda participants

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    Vanda Training Session #2

     

     

    Vanda Training Session #3

     

  • Contest Structure

    All students will start with 5 bonus points. The perfect score is 70 points.

    1

    Section A

    Question 1 to 5
    +2 / 0 / −1 point for correct/no/wrong answer respectively
    2

    Section B

    Question 6 to 10
    +3 / 0 / 0 point for correct/no /wrong answer respectively
    3

    Application Question Section

    Question 11 to 20
    +4 points for correct answer, 0 points for wrong and no answer.

  • International Local Contest Practice Tests

    VANDA International global contest is held locally by the participating countries. April 2022 contest is International Local Contest. Winners of this contest are invited to the Global Finals in December 2022.
    You can access the international local practice test for VANDA here.

    GLOBAL FINALS Practice TESTS

    You can find practice tests for the 2019 finals by clicking the links below

  • REFUND POLICY

    The contest fees paid by students to Competitive Kids STEM for hosting competitions are non-refundable. To be allowed to host these contests, our organization pays a fee to the various external organizations that own these competitions. It is a significant amount of time and resource investment, not to mention the various charges paid for processing these payments to the external organizations, various third parties and financial institutions.


    As a nonprofit organization, CKSTEM operates in a very lean manner and limited resources to keep our operating costs low in order to make our offerings available at a much lower cost to the students. Hence, we will not be able to offer any refund for contest fees to students for withdrawals or cancellations beyond our control.
     
    If any student has been wrongly charged by CKSTEM, or we cancel an event due to reasons under our control and there are refunds provided to us from the external organizations, we will happily refund the fees paid by the students (deducting the processing charges).

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