The Pitsco Education Project is a new contest open to students who complete projects in a Pitsco Education lab. Deadline to enter is Dec. 1, 2009. Following are the official contest rules (
printable version). Direct all questions to Communications Manager
Tom Farmer.
Eligible participants: Current Pitsco
Education curriculum students (Missions, Modules, Suites, CareerPorts).
Project types: Any
student creation designed
and built as a required project in a Pitsco lab is eligible.
Projects include a CO
2 car, a balsa bridge or tower, a water rocket,
a Blinky board, a LEGO® car, a foam cutout, an airfoil, a pillow, a
tasty treat, a PowerPoint
presentation, a lab report, a Web site, a team challenge, or any other
curriculum project.
Categories: Video and non-video entries will be
accepted and judged separately.
Deadline: Entries must be received by December 1,
2009.
Prizes: A $100
Pitsco Education gift certificate will be awarded to the teacher of the
students who create the winning entry in each category. Top prize in the
non-video category is a digital camera
for the classroom, and top prize in the video category is a video camera for the classroom. Individual
personalized plaques or trophies will be awarded to students
who create the winning entries.
What to submit:
- Non-video – A brief written
summary and photos are required. The students who created the project must do
the writing and be pictured in the photos. A summary of no more than one page
of information (unless project documents are included) and up to five photos
may be included.
- Video – A video up to
three minutes in length may be submitted for each project.
Criteria:
- Non-video – Creativity
and quality of project, as evidenced in photos and written summary that
reflects what students learned from their experience.
- Video – Creativity
and quality of project and video, as well as number of views as registered on TeacherTube
Finalists: Teachers
select
the top entries from their lab (no more than two per category) and submit them for
final consideration.
How to submit:
- Non-video – The teacher submits
up to two entries to Editor Tom Farmer, The Pitsco Network, P.O. Box 1708, Pittsburg,
KS 66762,
or via e-mail (preferred method). Include name of school,
teacher’s name, students’ names, and contact information.
- Video – The teacher posts
up to two videos to the Pitsco Education group on TeacherTube and then creates a link to each video on the Pitsco
Education Facebook page. Send name of school, teacher’s name, students’ names,
and contact information to Editor Tom Farmer.
Judges: Submissions will
be judged
by teams of Pitsco curriculum developers and marketing specialists.
Published: The top projects
in each category will
be featured in
The Pitsco Network and displayed on www.network.pitsco.com (teacher Web site) and
other Pitsco Web sites and pages.