1st EVER Key City Steampunk Science Fair!
Key City is looking for the most Radical Ideas and Maddest of Mad Scientists to help us solve Tomorrow’s Problems… TODAY!! Scour your experiments and tomes, “borrow” your lab partners notes, hypothesize, theorize, jazzercise and make the most practical OR impractical stride into the future!
Craft a trifold (we are serious, we kicking it grade school!) make a Pipe Cleaner / Diorama or Functioning Example of your grand design and come compete with your fellow insane geniuses. Your experiment will be graded on creativity, razzle dazzle, feasibility and people’s choice. Judging will happen on Sunday so make sure you put your name and contact info on your entry sheet.
REQUIREMENTS
250 MAX printed word Abstract on your project about your idea for the future
Must include your name and contact information
Must be presented on a single tri-fold board
Entire Exhibit not to exceed 15 inches (38cm) Deep, front to back 48 inches (122cm) wide (side to side) and no taller than 5ft (150cm) from the table top
Display materials must fit on the table in front of your board, estimated to be approximately 15″ x 24″. For those of you who want to build something bigger – will need to indicate this on your application and be approved prior to the event.
Any and all liquids and chemicals, including water, of any kind, must be fully contained and sealed.
Smoke machines, vapes, fire producing, or spark inducing machines are not permitted
Displays must be completed in such a manner that can be left unattended without causing any undue mess.
Presentation and its materials must be appropriate for the general public in a family friendly event – any inappropriate wordage, theory, or materials will be removed immediately.
PROHIBITED ITEMS (PLEASE USE PHOTOS, REPRODUCTIONS, OR DRAWINGS INSTEAD
- LIVING ORGANISMS (including plants, fungi, and bacteria)
- SOIL, SAND, ROCK, CEMENT and/or WASTE SAMPLES, TOXIC WASTE SAMPLES
- HUMAN / ANIMAL PARTS and/or BODILY FLUIDS (blood/urine)
- BATTERIES WITH OPEN-TOP CELLS OR WET CELLS
- ANY ITEMS DEEMED TOO DISTRACTING (sounds, lights, odors)
- POISONS, DRUGS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OR DEVICES (ie active ammunition, model rockets, flamethrowers) – if you are unsure you need to ask!
- DRY ICE OR OTHER SUBLIMATING SOLIDS (solids that vaporize to a gas without passing through a liquid phase)
- SHARP ITEMS (syringes, needles, pipettes, knives)
- ANY LIVE FLAME OR SMOKE MATERIALS, OPEN OR CONCEALED, OR HIGHLY FLAMMABLE MATERIALS
- GASES OR EMPTY TANKS THAT PREVIOUSLY CONTAINED COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS OR GAS, INCLUDING PROPANE OR BUTANE
- DRONES OR ANY FLIGHT CAPABLE APPARATUS UNLESS THE PROPULSION POWER SOURCE IS REMOVED
ALL MATERIALS MUST ALSO ADHERE TO OUR POSTED POLICIES - IF YOU ARE UNSURE - JUST ASK!
JUDGING
Our panel of unbiases judges will review and grade each entrant on the following merits for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place ribbons –
- CONCEPT
- PROOF OF CONCEPT
- TRIFOLD PRESENTATION
- ORIGINALITY
- FEASIBILITY (WITHIN REASON OF COURSE)
- CREATIVITY
- RAZZLE DAZZLE FACTOR
This is a science fair being conducted in the completely made up world of KEY CITY so let your imagination run wild.
CLICK THE BUTTON BELOW TO COMPLETE THE REGISTRATION FORM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 1ST EVER KEY CITY STEAMPUNK COVENTION SCIENCE FAIR!!!!
