International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO): 2025 IP Math & Physics Guide

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05 Aug 2025, 00:00 Z

Q: What does International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO): 2025 IP Math & Physics Guide cover?
A: Why the Earth-science Olympiad is more than “another CCA badge”, how its data-heavy papers dovetail with IP Maths and Physics.

TL;DR
The International Earth Science Olympiad, under the International Geoscience Education Organisation, is one of the International Science Olympiads. Recent editions have involved delegations of up to four students plus two mentors per country; the 2025 finals are scheduled for 7–17 August in Ji'ning, China IESO 2025 host portal, IESO statutes v4 (2016).
Core modules include the Data Mining Test, Earth Science Project, and mixed-national field investigations, so spreadsheet fluency and collaborative research habits transfer directly to IP and A-Level science coursework IESO 2025 host portal, IESO medal archives.

Status: IESO 2025 host portal and statutes checked 2025-11-30 - Ji'ning, China dates remain 7–17 Aug 2025 with DMT/ESP/ITFI modules; delegation size (up to four students + two mentors) unchanged.

Ground the geophysics and data-handling practice in your weekly work by following the drills in our IP Physics tuition hub-the same LINEST, waves, and field modules power both IESO prep and school assessments.

Registration quick answer (Singapore): Students don’t enter IESO directly. Countries send national teams via their earth science olympiad. See the IESO site for current statutes and hosts: https://www.ieso-info.org/

1 What exactly is the IESO?

Quick facts	Details
Governing body	International Geoscience Education Organisation (IGEO) IESO 2025 host portal
First edition

Component	Style & emphasis	Skill crossover
Data Mining Test (DMT)	Individual, on-computer analysis of multi-sheet datasets, charts and imagery IESO 2025 host portal	Same spreadsheet LINEST routine tested in A-Level Physics Paper 4
Earth Science Project (ESP)	Team deliverable that synthesises observations, modelling and scientific communication IESO 2025 host portal	Mirrors IP research modules and Project Work
Team Field Investigations (ITFI/NTFI)	On-site fieldwork tackled first within national teams, then mixed-national groups; medals awarded for both formats during in-person editions IESO medal archives	Builds soft skills needed for JC group lab

IESO task	IP topic synergy	Tuition cue
Statistical trend spotting in climate tables	H2 Math hypothesis testing, JC1 Statistics WA	Drill $t$ -test vs $z$ -test decision tree
Calculating earthquake epicentres from P-S wave times	H2 Physics kinematics, waves	Recap time-of-flight and triangulation vectors
Estimating volcanic gas output from spectrometer data	A-Level Modern Physics absorption spectra	Practise gradient ± SE in Sheets

Window	What to monitor	Action for families
Term 1 (Jan–Mar)	MOE and school circulars calling for IESO nominees	Encourage interested students to compile Earth-science project work and practise timed DMT drills while awaiting selection details MOE news
April–June	Host committee schedule drops, travel briefings published	Block out the August travel window early; audit gear lists for fieldwork (boots, compasses, rugged notebooks) once ITFI venues are confirmed IESO 2025 host portal
July–early August	Final sprint before Ji'ning (7–17 August 2025)	Run full-length DMT mock papers on laptop, rehearse ESP presentation decks, and rotate field-practical roles across the team

International Earth Science Olympiad (IESO): 2025 IP Math & Physics Guide

1 What exactly is the IESO?

1.1 Why it matters to IP families

2 Competition format (current modules)

3 Host timeline and what it means for families

4 Why IP Maths & Physics students gain an edge

5 Planning for the 2025 Ji'ning finals

6 Further reading

7 Call-to-action

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