Abstract
This study examined the senior secondary school students' scientific creativity in relation to their academic achievement in physics. The study adopted the correlational research design. The population for the study consisted of all the SS III Physics students in six public co-educational secondary schools in Biu metropolis. A total of 120 SS III Physics students were involved from the six co-educational public schools in Biu metropolis, using intact classes. The instruments used for collection of data were Physics Scientific Creativity Test (PSCT) and Physics Achievement Test (PAT). The reliability coefficient of PAT using Kuder-Richardson 20 formula was 0.81, while that of PSCT using Cronbach Alpha stood at 0.78. Two research questions and two hypotheses, which were tested at 0.05 level of significance, guided the study. Data obtained from the study were analyzed using mean, standard deviation and Pearson Product Correlation Coefficients. The results from the study showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between the academic achievement of the students and their scientific creativity in Physics. The results also showed no significant difference between male and female creativity and academic achievement. In view of this, it was therefore, recommended that educational institutions should strive to improve students' academic achievement through scientific creativity.