Harvard Crimson Global Quiz Bowl - Math and Science | Upper Primary (Grades 3-5)

The Harvard Crimson Global Quiz Bowl Math and Science Upper Primary category is for students in Grade 3 to Grade 5. It is administered by AlgoEd under The Harvard Crimson brand and it runs entirely online, so a school in any country enters on the same terms.

A team is 2 to 5 students from the same school. Every member sits the preliminary test individually and the team score is the sum of the two highest individual scores, so a young team is not punished for the range inside it. The Upper Primary test runs one hour.

Questions in this category cover numerical operations, patterns and problem solving that needs logical thinking and interpretation, alongside science on forces, energy, Earth and space, and life science set in real world contexts. The preliminary paper mixes multiple choice, fill in the blank and short questions; the later rounds are read aloud as rapid-fire questions over Zoom.

The top 25 percent of the preliminary round are named Honor and the top 50 percent Merit. The 15 highest scoring teams in the category go to the semi-final, the top 5 from there reach the final, and the final decides the global champion, second and third place, with the teams placed fourth to eighth recognised as Global Finalists. Medals are presented at a ceremony at Harvard University.

Upper Primary and the other primary category are entered separately and shortlisted separately, and the registration fee is charged per student per category.