Along with a more in-depth view of science content, each Advanced Science student must work as part of a two or three person team to submit an Exploravision project.
Exploravision - exploravision.org
Common Writing Concerns by Mr. Bright
Exploravision Template - Make a copy to start using.
Sample web page form - Make a copy to start using.
Exploravision 19-20 Shared Directory
The judging criteria for assigning points are based on creativity, scientific accuracy, communication, and feasibility of the project’s vision. Judges award higher scores to entries that are unique and different from those that have won previously. For all project submissions:
Title on first page of Description
Typed, double-spaced with sections in the exact order
Description is 11 or fewer pages
On standard 8 ½" × 11" white paper with 1" margins (paper entry)
Written in English
A standard font, minimum 12-point, maximum 18 point size.
For blind judging purposes, student, coach, mentor, and school names must not appear anywhere in the project other than on the Project Entry Form.
The deadline for submission is February 10, 2019. Mr. Bright will be submitting the single document your group has shared with us in Google Docs before this date.
An abstract of no more than 150 words (typed, double-spaced and clearly labeled) that summarizes the proposed future technology and other relevant information must precede other project components. The abstract should be on a separate page and does not count as part of the description.
Each team must prepare a written description of its project that does not exceed 11 pages and may be a combination of text and artwork. It must include the following sections with headings clearly labeled and be in the following order:
A) Present Technology – 10 points
Give an overview of the present form of the technology, including scientific principles involved in its functioning. Define a problem or limitation of this present technology that you will address in your ExploraVision project.
B) History – 10 points
Research and describe the history of the technology from its inception.
C) Future Technology – 20 points
Describe the team’s vision for what this technology will be like in 20 years, including scientific principles involved in developing the technology. This is where you should be specific about what your innovation is and how it works.
D) Breakthroughs – 15 points
Research and describe breakthroughs that are necessary to make the future technology design a reality. Describe why this future technology doesn’t exist today. Choose one of your required breakthroughs and describe an investigation that would have to be planned and carried out to test your ExploraVision project. If possible, include the kind of data or measurements that would be collected in the investigation.
E) Design Process – 10 points
Describe three alternative ideas of features the team considered for their project. The ideas and features should be directly related to the project, not a list related to other projects submitted in previous years or by other participants. Describe why the team rejected each feature and idea in favor of the ones in the submitted technology. Describe how your future technology feature is better than the rejected design feature.
F) Consequences – 10 points
Recognizing that all technologies have positive and negative consequences, describe the potential positive and negative consequences of the new technology on society.
All sources used in researching the chosen technology should be referenced in the Bibliography. Sources must be clearly labeled and include title, author, publisher, and copyright date. Footnotes are encouraged, but are not required. The Bibliography is not counted as part of the 11-page limit for the Description.
Team members must prepare five (5) sample web pages that communicate and promote their future technology vision. Web pages may be hand-drawn or computer-generated and may include text, pictures, photographs and diagrams. They should relate to material presented in the written description and illustrate the attributes of the chosen technology. One web page should be devoted to a model or visual representation of the technology that could be used to create a prototype for display. The model should help others visualize the design and communicate design features. Include a description of limitations of the model (i.e. how is the model different from the actual ExploraVision project.)
Source: 2015 Exploravision packet for Mail-in submissions
Create a Graph - Kids' Zone - nces.ed.gov - Download as PNG or JPG image to import into documents.
APA Citation Style - library.cornell.edu - Guide on creating bibliographies and in-text citations with the APA style.
Bread Clip and Bag Patent 3417912 - freepatentsonline.com - Patent applications follow a similar format to the Exploravision project.
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