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Category Requirements 2010

Criteria for each category are provided below. Also included are 'Tips' that may help students with resources and background information for a category. Please let us know if you have a good 'Tip' you would like to include for the future!

Criteria (pdf)
Art
Career/Industry
Drama & Dance
Lab Research
Molecular Modeling
Multimedia
Music
Teaching
Website
Writing-Creative
Writing-Journalism

Category Requirements Summary
Please view links above for complete category information. All projects must satisfy requirements for paper format, bibliography, and mentor description. Please provide your OWN AV/electrical equipment (i.e. CD or DVD player, computer, extension cords).

Teams of students may work together in Drama & Dance, Music, and Multimedia categories only. Each student must turn in an indivudally written, separate Science Background paper and Artist's statement. Students must also justify why a team was needed and document the roles fulfilled by each team member, to be included in the Artist's Statement.

Category Written Page Lengths Additional Items for Prejudging Poster at Expo? Can a Team Enter?
Art 1-5 pg Artist's Statement

5-10 pg Science Background
Photo or detailed sketch of your art piece. Include a jpeg file (no larger than 500KB) for electronic submission separately from your word document. No No
Career/Industry

8-10 pg Paper/Business Plan/Annual Report

5-10 page Science Background

Journal Yes No
Drama/Dance 1-5 pg Artist's Statement

5-10 pg Science Background

5-10 pg Script
Video uploaded to YouTube Yes (Promotional Ad) Yes
Lab Research 10-15 pg Paper Powerpoint presentation
(can submit as a pdf for prejudging)
Yes No
Molecular Modeling 5-10 pg Science Background Photo or detailed sketch of your work. Include a jpeg file (no larger than 500KB) for electronic submission separately from your word document. Yes No
Multimedia 1-5 pg Artist's Statement

5-10 pg Science Background
Video uploaded to YouTube
Storyboards
No Yes
Music 1-5 pg Artist's Statement

5-10 pg Science Background
Copy on CD, Lyrics/Score Yes (Promotional Ad) Yes
Teaching 8-12 pg Lesson Plan

Handouts
Video uploaded to YouTube Yes No
Website 10 html pages minimum Copy on CD. No No
Writing - Creative 8-12 pg Paper . Yes No
Writing - Journalism 8-12 pg Paper Interview Notes Yes No


The PDF documents are in Adobe Acrobat format. If you do not have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, then you can download it from the Adobe website.