Science Olympiad for Class 2

Turn scientific curiosity into celebration moments for Class 2 students with CREST Science Olympiad. This International exam empowers students with skills beyond textbooks-observation, logical thinking, and competitive spirit. While preparing for the exam, students can explore living and non-living things, materials, air-water-weather, and measurements while competing globally.

CREST Science Olympiad (CSO) is one of the well-known exams among students. It is for students from Nursery to Class 10. Since its inception, it has been helping students across the globe achieve excellence in scientific skills and the essential skills required for students to excel in their careers. It is an international Science Olympiad that aims to identify and nurture the students' skill-set. CREST Olympiads is the World’s Most Innovative & Largest Online Olympiad Exam. Read through the article to know the complete details about the Science Olympiad for class 2.

a. The Science Olympiad for Class 2 is open to students anywhere in the world, from CBSE, ICSE, IB, State Boards or any other recognised board.

b. Schools can register their Class 2 students together, or you can register your child individually. CREST has run its Olympiads since 2019 and now reaches more than 6000 schools.

c. This is the first year your child takes the exam alone. Once the test begins, nobody should sit beside the child; that is one of the listed reasons for disqualification.

d. Your child's face must stay fully visible to the webcam. Pick a laptop, desktop or tablet with a screen above 11.5 inches and a stable internet line: Windows 8 or later, a Mac or an iPad all work. Use the latest Google Chrome (Edge or Firefox will also do, Safari will not), and leave phones out, since they cannot run the paper.

e. Level 2, the second and final level, is open to the top 55.56% of Class 2 candidates in Level 1, and to the top 3 school-registered students from each school with more than 25 students in the class.

1. Science starts at home. The Class 2 list covers food, housing and clothing, family and festivals, and occupations, so children see that their meals, clothes and festivals are part of Science too.

2. A first look at the Earth and beyond. Earth and Universe appears for the first time, and Air and Water now come with Rocks, so questions about the Sun or a pebble begin to have reasons behind them.

3. Concepts over cramming. According to a published Class 2 testimonial, CREST pushes children to build a firm conceptual base and to understand, in practical terms, the reason behind each concept.

4. The first ranked year. From Class 2, CREST gives percentiles, ranks by zone and internationally, and medals. Keep it light; a Class 2 review sees the Olympiad as something that builds enthusiasm for competitive exams.

International Science Olympiad registration for class 2 can be done by students on their own or through their respective schools.

The school has to fill in the form present here: https://www.crestolympiads.com/register-school, and it will be contacted within 48 working hours with the next steps.

Students who register separately from school & want to appear for the class 2 Science Olympiad online test can follow these simple steps:
1. Go to the browser and copy-paste this link: https://www.crestolympiads.com/registration
2. The registration form pops up.
3. Fill in all the registration form details.
4. Select the exam at the bottom of the details filling section in the registration form you wish to appear in.
5. Read the instructions carefully.
6. Make the payment.
7. Registration is complete.

Note:

1. Science Olympiad Individual registrations by students are accepted.

2. Students who have not done registration through school will have to take exams from home. The individual participating should have a webcam and a good internet facility. Use a laptop, desktop or tablet with a screen larger than 11.5 inches: a Windows computer or tablet running Windows 8 or above, a Mac, or an iPad. Phones cannot be used. Use the latest version of Google Chrome (Edge or Firefox also work); the exam cannot be taken on the Safari browser. The exam is monitored through a webcam.

Class 2 widens the lens from the child to the community. Compared with Class 1, the Science Olympiad syllabus for Class 2 adds Human Body; Food, Housing and Clothing; Family and Festivals; Occupations; Transport and Communication; and Earth and Universe, and it extends Air and Water to Air, Water and Rocks. Plants, Animals, and Good Habits and Safety Rules carry on. Living and Non-living Things, Human Beings and Their Needs, and Weather and the Sky are not on the Class 2 list.

Section 1

• Plants
• Animals
• Human Body
• Food, Housing and Clothing
• Family and Festivals
• Occupations
• Good Habits and Safety Rules
• Transport and Communication
• Air, Water and Rocks
• Earth and Universe

The Achievers Section asks Higher Order Thinking Questions, with the syllabus as per Section 1, so it adds depth rather than new topics.

Format: 35 questions, 60 minutes and 45 marks in total, made up of 25 one-mark questions and 10 two-mark Achievers questions. Level 2 uses the same structure. Guessing carries no penalty.

Many of these are everyday topics, so a good share of the preparation can happen at the dinner table and on the way to school. Occupations and Family and Festivals are the closest to home: they are about the people your child sees every day.

The exam dates for CREST Science Olympiad (CSO) for Class 2 for the Academic year 2026-27 are as given below:

Note: Check Olympiad exam dates for other CREST Olympiads subjects as well.

The exam fee is INR 275 for students studying and enrolling from India. For students studying and residing outside of India, the fee is USD 15.

Start about six weeks before the exam with three or four sessions a week of around 25 minutes. Class 2 children work alone on exam day, so let your child read each question first and step in only when they are stuck.

Make each topic concrete. Draw the human body together and label the parts. Sort the family's clothes into summer, winter and rainy-day wear. List the people who come to your home in a week and what work they do. Talk about how your family celebrates a festival. Compare ways to travel and ways to send a message, from a letter to a video call. Collect a few pebbles and ask where rocks come from, then look at a picture of the Sun, the Moon and the planets.

CREST publishes a Class 2 workbook, listed with the Science Olympiad books for Class 2. Some children enjoy learning with a teacher and a small group; online Olympiad classes for Class 2 are run by Olympiad Success, whom CREST names as its official preparation partner.

Bring in the Science Olympiad questions for Class 2 from the sample papers page early on. Do a few questions after each topic rather than saving them all for the end. The Achievers questions carry 2 marks each, so give them a little extra time in practice.

On exam day, 35 questions share 60 minutes, roughly 103 seconds each. Do at least one full paper with a timer, and take the free trial, which is a replica of the main exam.

In the last week, go back to the questions your child got wrong and ask them to explain the right answer in their own words. Since this is the first year without a grown-up beside them, also let them do one practice paper completely on their own.

The CREST Science Olympiad cut-off marks are decided by taking into account elements such as the exam's difficulty level, the number of students who took the exam and much more. CREST Olympiads releases the CSO cut-off marks in online mode. The class 2 Science Olympiad cut-off & rankings will be released on the official website.

By developing an answer key list that is released after the actual examination, CREST Olympiads has made estimating the score before the actual results simple. The correct answers to the questions in the Science Olympiad for class 2 are provided in the answer keys. CREST Olympiads release the answer key on the answer key dates, which can be found on the website's exam schedule page.

The Class 2 Science Olympiad results go online once the answer key dates are over, Level 1 usually within 10 days of the last Level 1 answer key date, and Level 2 within a month of the last Level 2 answer key date. Use the login created at registration, then open Performance and Results.

This is the first year with ranks, so it helps to know how they work. Besides international ranks, CREST ranks students in five zones: East, West, North and South cover India, and every other country falls in the International zone. After Level 1, the top 55.56% of Class 2 move on to Level 2, together with the three top school-registered scorers from any school with more than 25 children in Class 2.

Medals are decided on Level 2. A gold medal goes to a Class 2 child who reaches the 96th percentile or finishes in the top 10 of the zone, and to the top 3 school-registered students in schools with more than 25 in the class. Silver covers 93 to 96 and bronze 90 to 93, and each medal comes with a Merit Certificate. Whatever the outcome, talk it through gently. For a Class 2 child, the real gain is the experience of a first ranked exam taken alone.

a. Awards for the Class 2 CREST Science Olympiad (CSO) are based on the Level 2 exam.

b. International Ranks 1 to 3 in each class receive an Achiever's Trophy and a Merit Certificate.

c. A Gold Medal and a Merit Certificate go to every student at the 96th percentile or above, every student with a zonal rank of 10 or less, and the top 3 school-registered students of each school that has more than 25 students in the class.

d. Students between the 93rd and 96th percentile receive a Silver Medal, and those between the 90th and 93rd percentile a Bronze Medal, each with a Merit Certificate.

e. The top 25% of students receive a Merit Certificate.

f. Students in the top 25% to 50% receive an 'Honourable Mention' Digital Certificate.

g. Every student who qualifies for Level 2 and whose Level 2 marks are not in the bottom 10% receives at least an 'Honourable Mention' Digital Certificate.

h. A student who meets two or more of these criteria receives the higher award. All awards are delivered to the school or home address given at registration.

i. Every online participant receives a Digital Participation Certificate in their dashboard.

j. Check Olympiad Awards & Prizes in detail now.

1. My son is in class 2 and has just given the Science Olympiad exam. How can I access his result?

To view results for CREST Science Olympiad, follow the steps:

You have to first log in with your credentials on https://www.crestolympiads.com/login and then go to dashboard -> Performance -> Results -> Select CSO > Select CSO Level 1 & result page will show up.

2. What is Science Olympiad?

Science Olympiads are international competitive exams held in online mode for students from Nursery to Class 10. CREST Science Olympiad (CSO) is the best international Science Olympiad conducted by CREST Olympiads (World’s Most Innovative & Largest Online Olympiad Exam).

3. What is the exam fee for the class 2 Science Olympiad?

For CREST Science Olympiad (CSO), the exam fee is Rs. 275 for students studying and enrolling from India. For students studying and residing outside of India, the fee is $15 (US Dollars). The exam is conducted for students from Nursery to Class 10.

4. Is a calculator allowed in the Science Olympiad examinations for class 2?

No, students are not allowed to use calculators during the examination.

5. Whom should I contact for queries related to Science Olympiad exams for class 2?

For any query related to the Science Olympiad exams for class 2, use the below details to get resolved.

CREST Olympiads contact number: +91-98182-94134
CREST Olympiads email: info@crestolympiads.com