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Regulations

Rules

Elementary School Division Junior High School, High School, Vocational High School Division Higher Education/ Society Division Educator Division

Educator Division: Rules

This competition has no regional restrictions. Participants from overseas countries outside Taiwan are welcome to register. Cross-school teams are allowed, and cross-national teams are also encouraged.
Only students’ ages 9 to 12 (3rd to 6th grade in Taiwan; 4th to 6th grade in the US; year 5 to 7 in the UK) are allowed to participate. The team may be formed cross-school. However, 9 to 10 years old students and 11 to 12 years old students must team up separately. Participants have to discover scientific issues in life, and present the scientific principles, exploration process or the impact by drawing comics, along with a video and presentation slides as auxiliaries.
Please create comics within 5 pages using A4 size paper according to the format of the competition, the drawing styles are not limited but cannot present photos, copied pictures or texts. If the comics exceed 5 pages, 3 to 5 points will be taken. Please scan the drawings, turn them into a PDF file to upload.
For the preliminary submission stage, participants must also upload a video of 3 to 5 minutes (if the video is shorter or longer, 1 point will be deducted). The video must explain the concept and meaning of the work. The video should be in mp4 format with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 (if the resolution does not meet the requirement, 1 point will be deducted). The video should be filmed in landscape orientation (vertical filming will result in a 2-point deduction). The file size after compression must not exceed 250MB. Failure to upload the video will result in losing the 30 points.
Participants must adhere to intellectual property laws and provide proper attribution for all referenced sources within their work. Any consequences resulting from the use of unauthorized references or violations of intellectual property rights will be the sole responsibility of the participants.
Teams selected as finalists must attend the final presentation and awards ceremony. Each team will have 15 minutes: 10 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A.
Works scoring above 70 points will receive a "Certificate of Selection" awarded in the name of the event.

Scoring

Phase 1 - Preliminary Round:
Judges review the submissions, provide feedbacks, and assign scores. The number of judges will depend on the number of submissions, and after peer reviews. The top 6 teams advance to the final round, where live presentations will be scored to determine Gold(1 team), Silver(2 teams), Bronze(3 teams). Teams ranked 7th-10th will be considered "Honorable mention", 11st-15th will be considered "Commendations" and are not required to present in the final but will attend the awards ceremony.
Phase 2 - Final Round:
Three judges will evaluate the final teams' projects and live presentations. Scores will determine the rankings, and results will be posted on the competition website. Judges will evaluate based on criteria set by the organizers shown in the following tables

Elementary School Division: Evaluation Criteria for the Preliminary Round

No.	Evaluation Items	Criteria	Percentage
1	Topic	Whether the topic draws attentions and matches the content. Being able to select the appropriate topics based on issues of learning activities, daily experiences, technology, natural environment, books or online media.	3%
1	Relevance Between the Explored Topic & Life Issues	Being able to discover life issues make the work close to audiences’ lives.	2%
2	Accuracy of the Theories Applied & Research Methods.	Whether the theories are accurately applied.	10%
2	Accuracy of the Theories Applied & Research Methods.	Whether the contentsare comprehensive enough. And, whether the research methods are corresponded to the topic.	10%
3	Presentation & Expression	Being able to plan appropriate research steps based on the topic, and then conduct tests and revisions based on the research results.	10%
3	Presentation & Expression	Being able to analyze and compare the collected infomation , and then make charts or graphs to understand the causes and effects, and thus solving the issues.	10%
4	Aesthetics	Presentation of aesthetic in drawings.	5%
		Whether the layouts of the drawings are appropriate.	5%
		Whether the overall presentation of the drawings is beautiful enough to even delight the viewers.	5%
5	Applicability & Promotability	Whether the drawings are interesting enough to tell stories, and whether the content shows the spirit of the compatition. Being able to explain the research results for the peers and the public to make them understand the topic.	7%
5	Applicability & Promotability	Whether there is any example of the extended application of research results in our daily lives.	3%
6	Videos	Whether the content of the video echoes the topic and is well presented to make it understandable for the audience.	5%
		Whether the works presents the linguistic characteristics of the participants’ age, and weather able to explain with graphics and make video.	5%
		Whether the video is interesting, related to life issues and is expressed in a clear way.	5%
		Whether the video is creative enough to enhance the learning motivations of the audience and their understandings.	5%
		Whether the video is even able to tell stories in a narrative way, and would thus being captivating through its storyline and plots, rather than just being presented as a slide.	5%
		Whether the quality and the content of the video compelling enough to make the audience even want to watch it again or share it with their peers.	5%

Elementary School Division: Evaluation Criteria for the Final Round

No.	Evaluation Items	Criteria	Percentage
1	Topic	Relevance to Daily Lives Whether the topic draws attentions.	10%
2	Process of Exploration	Process of Research Planning & Revision Collection of Information Analysis & Discussion of Result	30%
3	Expression	Comprehensiveness Creativity Aesthetic	20%
4	Applicability & Promotability	Whether there is any example of the extended application of research results in our daily lives.	10%
5	Live Presentation & Responses		30%