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Students may enter two projects. Projects may be
submitted from an individual or up to two team members.
State does not permit more than one
entry per student. If a student enters two projects and both
projects place, the student may only submit one to state. The 2nd
place winner in the other category will advance to state.
Projects are to be designed and created by students.
Some adult guidance is allowed, but it must be clear that work entered
by students was done by the students. Judges will expect students to
demonstrate that the work is their own.
Students will fill out and submit a one page documentation form.
Click here to download the
form.
Attendance, Errors, Etc:
Read the category descriptions before you select your project category.
No changes will be made after the project has been confirmed by the
school technology person. After that time, students’ projects will be
judged based on the category for which they registered. Changes in
category WILL NOT be made for any reason the day of the fair. Projects
will be judged by the category under which the project was submitted.
Students unable to present their projects, even due to illness, may NOT
use "proxies" unless they are part of the original, registered team
representing a project.
Copyright Requirements
1. Entries must adhere to all applicable copyright laws.
2. Fair Use Guidelines must be followed.
Section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act establishes limitations on
the exclusive rights of copyright holders, termed “Fair Use.” These
factors to be considered when determining fair use are: .
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a. the purpose and character of the use, including
whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit
educational purposes.
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b. the nature of the copyrighted work.
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c. the amount and substantiality of the portion used
in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole.
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d. the effect of the use upon the potential market
for or value of the copyrighted work.
3. All copyrighted works used outside the Fair Use
Guidelines must include documented permission from the copyright owner.
Examples of documented permission include:
4. For public domain music or other media, no letter of
permission is needed; however, the source must be cited in the
bibliography.
5. The following bibliographic information required for copyright credit
must include:
In compliance with federal copyright laws, if any of the
listed bibliographic requirements are not included, the entry will be
automatically disqualified. Entries are disqualified if information is
missing, not if the form of the bibliographic information is incorrect.
Note: If the information is not available, then entrant must indicate
that the information was not available as part of the bibliographic
information. See example (b) below, where the copyright date is not
given.
Examples of correct bibliographic entries:
a. Blau, Melinda. Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart?, Raintree
Children’s Books, 1977. (BOOK)
b. “Canary-Whistle”. The BBC Sound Effects Library. Electronic Effects.
Films for the Humanities, Princeton, N.J. no date (RECORD)
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