How to Participate

Congratulations! You have decided to do real science (and have a lot of fun). We are looking forward to seeing your experiment and results.

There are two kinds of registration: Team & Individual. Every participant needs to register and must sign a liability release form.

Team Registration:

Registration free and in return we will provide badges, hot & cold drinks, lunch, dinner, and an opportunity to launch your experiment and present your results. A team is a group of 3 to 5 active student participants (Members), and from 1 to 4 responsible adults. Every team of students must have at least one responsible adult (Coach) who will be present at all times and will maintain all parent permissions and contact information.

1. Choose Members & Coach.
2. Design an experiment	Tips Suggested Experiments
3. Register	Team Registration Form Liability Release Form
4. Write an Experiment Design, Lab Procedure, & Experiment Log form	Design Procedure Log
5. Email your assigned Scientist / Mentor and discuss your lab procedure.	Mentoring Procedure
6. Gather equipment, practice, & refine your experiment (Balloons, 1000 ft of cord, & helium will be provided. In addition, some laptop computers, loaded with LoggerPro 3.1 & PowerPoint 2000, will be available both at the launch site and later during analysis and presentation. (However, bringing your own Laptop is advised.) You will need to provide everything else.)	Judge’s comments from 2004
7. Arrive by 7:30 am on the day of the event to get your badges and forms. Bring warm clothes for morning and night as well as hat and sunscreen for all day.
8. Explain your objectives and expectations with your assigned Scientist / Mentor before launch.	Mentoring Procedure
9. Launch your experiment. Repeat as needed.	Tips
10. Complete your Log Report form	Example
11. Analyze your results
12. Prepare your Powerpoint presentation	Example
13. Discuss your results and presentation with your Scientist / Mentor	Mentoring Procedure
14. Present your results, professionally before an audience made up of the other teams as well a group of very interested University scientists and professors
15. Turn-in a labeled diskette to Mr. Kliewer with the following documents for publication on the website. a. Lab Procedure (Word or pdf) b. Log Report (Word or pdf) c. PowerPoint Presentation (ppt) d.
16. After the event, complete a well-written and complete Experiment Report. Within two weeks later, e-mail it to skliewer@king.prps.k12.ca.us so that I can publish it on the web	Example

Individual Registration:

Individuals who wish to participate must also register. Individual students (<18 years old) must have at least one responsible adult present.

Individuals are asked to volunteer to help. This help may include arranging services before the event, helping during the event, donating money or services, or loaning equipment for the event. In return for your help we will provide the BBQ dinner Saturday evening free of charge. Individuals who are unable or unwilling to volunteer but would still like dinner will need to send $9 with their registration payable to Claire Silver of Tobin James Cellars, for their dinner.