Title: Creative Thinking and Problem Solving. ExploraVision is Muc
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How to Avoid Disqualification in ExploraVision
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
2Introducing Todays Presenter
Diana Celle Holmes Elementary School San Diego,
CA Grade Category K-3 2004 National Winner
3Todays Agenda
- Introducing the Competition
- Facts About Disqualification
- Entry Categories Entry Rules
- Required Entry Components
- Regional National Judging
4How to Avoid Disqualification in ExploraVision
1. Introducing the Competition
51. Introducing the Competition
- How many of you in the audience have either
- participated in or are familiar with
ExploraVision? - I have participated in ExploraVision
- I have never participated in ExploraVision
- I have never participated in ExploraVision but I
am familiar with the competition.
61. Introducing the Competition
- What is ExploraVision?
- Competition for all students in grades K-12. FREE
to enter! - Designed for students of all interest, skill
ability levels. - Team competition students work in teams of 2-4.
- Each team is guided or led by a teacher/coach and
an optional mentor.
71. Introducing the Competition
- Breakthroughs Positive and Negative
- Simple vs. Complex Ideas
- Creative Thinking and Problem Solving
- ExploraVision is Much More Than a Contest
81. Introducing the Competition
- Prizes Offered
- Certificate of participation and a small gift for
all! - Honorable Mention Recognition for 500 teams!
- Regional Awards (24 teams)
- Toshiba laptop/DVD player and other ExploraVision
gifts - National winners
- Second Place (4 teams) 5,000 US EE Savings Bond
for each student. - First Place (4 teams) 10,000 US EE Savings Bond
for each student. - A trip to Washington, DC for coaches, mentors,
students, and families.
91. Introducing the Competition
Lets Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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2. Facts about Disqualification
112. Facts about Disqualification
- Most common errors are
- Missing items (i.e. Abstract, Bibliography, etc.)
- Improper labeling of components or components not
in order. - Components do NOT follow the style requirements
- Double-spaced on standard 8 ½ x 11 white paper
- Eleven pages or fewer
- Written in English
- Standard font in 12 point or larger to a maximum
of 18 point. - Participant names and identification of school
concealed - Incorrect number of Web Page Graphics (exactly 5
required) or not using the proper form.
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3. Entry Categories Entry Rules
133. Entry Categories Entry Rules
- Grade categories
- Primary Level (Grades K3)
- Upper Elementary Level (Grades 46)
- Middle Level (Grades 79)
- High School Level (Grades 1012)
- Notes
- Each category will be judged separately.
- Students in a lower grade may be part of a team
competing in the next-higher entry category.
However, students may not move down to a lower
grade-level entry category. - A school or individual coach can enter an
unlimited number of teams.
143. Entry Categories Entry Rules
- Full time K-12 students
- Attending public, private, or home-school in the
US or Canada. - Students must be no older than 21 years of age.
- NSTA employees, Board Members, ExploraVision
Awards judges, and their respective families are
not eligible. - Each student can only be part of one team and is
limited to one entry per year. - Past winners MUST compete with different team
members in subsequent years.
153. Entry Categories Entry Rules
- Complete entry must consist of 1) Entry form
2) Abstract 3) Description 4) Bibliography5)
Five Simulated Web Page Graphics - Do not use report covers, binders, or folders.
- Submit your entry via mail to NSTA or via online
at www.exploravision.org - Complete entries must be received at NSTA
headquarters by 500 pm EST, Wednesday, January
28, 2009.
163. Entry Categories Entry Rules
Lets review True (T) or False (F)?
173. Entry Categories Entry Rules
Lets Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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4. Required Entry Components
194. Required Entry Components
- Entry Form Must be signed by students and coach
- Abstract No more than 150 words that summarize
the proposed future technology - Description
- Present Technology Provide an overview of the
present form of the technology. - History - Research and describe the history of
the technology from its inception. - Future Technology - Describe the team's vision
for what this technology will be like in 20 years.
204. Required Entry Components
- 3. Description (continued)
- Breakthroughs - Why doesn't this future
technology exist today? What breakthroughs must
occur to bring idea to fruition? - Design Process - Describe three alternative ideas
or features the team considered for this
ExploraVision project. Describe the team's design
process. - Consequences - Describe the potential positive
and negative consequences of the new technology
on society.
214. Required Entry Components
- Bibliography All sources used in researching
the chosen technology should be referenced - Five Simulated Web Page Graphics Communicate
and promote the teams future technology vision
may be hand-drawn or computer-generated and may
include text, pictures, photographs and diagrams.
224. Required Entry Components
- Style Requirements
- Title on first page of Description
- Typed, double-spaced
- Eleven or fewer pages
- On standard 8 ½ x 11 white paper with 1
margins - In English
- A standard font in minimum 12 point size or
larger up to a maximum 18 point size - Student, coach, mentor, and school names must NOT
appear in the Abstract, Description,
Bibliography, or Simulated Web Page Graphics for
blind judging purposes.
234. Required Entry Components
Lets review What is the maximum number of pages
of the written description of the project?
244. Required Entry Components
Lets review Where should teams include the
names of the team members and their school on the
entry form?
254. Required Entry Components
- Visit the ExploraVision web site
- http//www.exploravision.org
- Where you will find
- Entry materials
- The entry process
- Prizes, Rules and FAQs
- Past winners
- Videos of interviews from teachers and students
- Sample Entry Kithttp//www.exploravision.org/imag
es/Sample_Entry_Kit.pdf
264. Required Entry Components
Lets Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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5. Regional and National Judging
285. Regional and National Judging
- Regional stage 6 geographical judging regions
- Judging Criteria
- Present technology (10 points)
- History (10 points)
- Future technology (20 points)
- Breakthroughs (15 points)
- Design Process (10 points)
- Consequences (10 points)
- Bibliography (5 points)
- Simulated Web page graphics (20 points)
- Creativity, scientific accuracy, communication
and feasibility of vision. - 24 Regional Winner Teams selected, one in each
grade-level category in each of the six
geographical regions.
295. Regional and National Judging
- National stage (applies only to Regional
Winners) Create a website describing the future
technology. Website must include a video. - Create a prototype of the technology.
- Websites will be judged on creativity,
originality and the substance of the promotional
message not on the professional quality of the
website. - Website criteria
- Website must be viewed within 5 minutes.
- Website must incorporate at least one original
video 1-2 minutes in length. - Website must relate to the original project
description. - All team members must contribute to the
production of the website. - Website must show the prototype of the proposed
future technology in drawings, photographs or
video footage.
305. Regional and National Judging
Lets Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
31Thank you!
Other questions? Please email exploravision_at_nsta.
org or call 1-800-EXPLOR-9 ExploraVision
Team Marie Wiggins, Director, Corporate
Partnerships, NSTA Brian Short, ExploraVision
Manager, NSTA
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Q. Eberle, Executive Director Zipporah Miller,
Associate Executive Director Conferences and
Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director
e-Learning
NSTA Web Seminars Paul Tingler, Director Jeff
Layman, Technical Coordinator
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