Explora Vision Technology - student PDF

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ExploraVision Technology Outline Sections Abstract

Present Technology

History Future Technology Breakthroughs

Design Process

Consequences

Webpages

Bibliography

Description Summarize your proposed future technology and other relevant information. This document must precede other project components and should be on a separate page. It does not count as part of the description. No more than 150 words (typed, double-spaced and clearly labeled). Give an overview of the present form of the technology, including some scientific principles involved in how it functions. Define a key challenge or limitation of this present technology that you will address in your ExploraVision project. Research and describe the history of the technology from its inception. Describe the team's vision for what this technology will be like in 20 years — including scientific principles involved in developing the technology Research and describe breakthroughs that are necessary to make the future technology design a reality. Why doesn't this future technology exist today? Choose one of your required breakthroughs and describe a research project 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. Describe three alternative ideas or features the team considered for this ExploraVision project. The ideas and features should be directly related to the project, not a list of other projects you may have submitted. Describe why the team rejected each feature and idea in favor of the ones in the submitted ExploraVision technology. Describe how your future technology feature is better than the rejected design feature. Recognizing that all technologies have positive and negative consequences, describe the potential positive and negative consequences of the new technology on society. Tip: The Future Technology, Breakthroughs, Design Process and Consequences sections are the most heavily weighted when assigning points in the judging. Therefore it makes sense to devote at least two-thirds of the description to these areas Prepare five sample Web pages that communicate and promote their future technology vision. Sample Web pages may be hand-drawn or computer-generated and may include text, pictures, photographs and diagrams.  The sample Web pages should relate to material presented in the written description and illustrate the attributes of the chosen technology  Each Web page should relate to the others as if the team were actually designing a website to promote its future technology  One Web Page must be devoted to a depiction of a model or visual representation of the technology that could be used to create a prototype for display; the model does not need to be a perfect representation of what the technology would look like completed, just a depiction that will help others visualize the design and communicate key features Give proper credit in the bibliography to any non-original artwork All sources used in researching the chosen technology should be referenced here. (This does not count as part of the description.)  Sources must be clearly labelled and include title, author, publisher and copyright date  Also include Internet sources, interviews and non-original graphics  Footnotes are encouraged, but not required

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Projects will be judged on creativity, scientific accuracy, communication and feasibility of vision. Judges will award higher scores to projects that are different from those that have won previously.

PROJECT CHECKLIST DOUBLE-CHECK YOUR SUBMISSIONS. Many creative and wonderful projects are disqualified each year because the team didn't follow the rules. To ensure that doesn't happen to your team, we encourage students and teachers to double-check these details before submitting an ExploraVision project. You can see examples of past projects here.

WRITTEN SUBMISSION 

Is the abstract double-spaced, fewer than 150 words, clearly labeled and does it precede the description?

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Is the description typed and double-spaced, on standard 8-1/2" x 11" white paper, with 1" margins?

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Is the font a standard 12-point size or larger?

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Is the description at least one page and no more than 11 pages, including optional artwork?

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Is there a title at the top of the first page of the description?

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Is the description clearly labeled with headings presented in the following order? 1. Present Technology 2. History 3. Future Technology 4. Breakthroughs 5. Design Process 6. Consequences

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Does the project include a bibliography page (not counted as part of the description)?

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Are there exactly five sample Web pages?

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For online submissions: are all parts of the project (including sample Web pages) included in one Word or PDF document?

PROJECT DETAILS 

Does the project include a Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision official submission form (applies only to mail-in submissions)?

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Is the information on the form complete (names, grade levels, school name, address, telephone number and ZIP code)?

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Does the team consist of two, three or four student members and a coach?

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Is the project submitted in English?

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Have you ensured that student, coach, mentor and school names do not appear in the abstract, description, bibliography or sample Web pages?

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Have you removed any report covers, binders or folders (applies only to mail-in projects)?...