Claret Computer Olympiad 2009

January 28, 2009

 After two years of absence, finally Claret Computer Olympiad is back!

Once again we are inviting high school students in Metro manila to participate in this exciting contest. The event will be held on  February 17, 2009, Tuesday  from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

 

Here are the events for this year:

 EVENTS                                               NO. PARTICIPANTS

Visual Basic                                                             2

Excel                                                                          1

Amazing Race in claret                                          4

Rube Goldberg machine making contest          3

To join email the name of your particpants andthe name of your coach to  Mr. Roxan S. Cosico’s email address at coeus101@yahoo.com

Mechanics for Amazing Race in Claret 

The students will be tested on their collaborative skills, patience, stamina, language skills, human relations, entrepreneurship among others. A school will be partnered with another school to form a single team. A team of eight students from the two schools will unite to overcome various challenges that will involve physical endurance, mental challenges, as well as show their expertise in  video editing, graphics layout, marketing skills  and  oral  presentation.

 

Their objective:  To come up with an information campaign about  “Global Warming”

 

There will be several physical races before they will be given a task like running, jumping among others. The contestants should wear sports attire and rubber shoes. Please bring extra clothes for the video production.

 

First Task: Make a 2 minute on the spot video production on “Global Warming” using only themselves as talents  and upload it in You Tube. They have 1 1/2 hours to make the 2 minute video.

Scoring:

1st team to finish the race   10 points       +    2 minute video 10 points     20 points

2^nd  team to finish the race    9 points   +    2 minute video 10 points     19 points

3^rd team to finish the race     8 points    +    2 minute video 10 points    18 points

So on and so forth.

 

Second Task: Develop products made from recycled materials that they themselves will have to sell during lunch time to students of Claret as a means of raising funds for their “Environmental Campaign”. Each member of the team will have to invest P50.00 each. The amount of total sales will be the points earned for the team. They have 1 ½ hours to come up with products to sell. They can already buy the materials before going to Claret but they have to show receipts/records on how much did they spend on the materials.

 

Third Task: Make a booth showcasing posters, brochures and a three minute presentation on how students should be able to help in the Global Warming awareness campaign.  They can use the high school laboratory printer to print their posters. They will be given 1 ½ hours to design their booths.

Judges will be invited to choose the most attractive booth, video and best oral presentation. (A divider will be provided to hang the posters and sample of the products that they will sell during lunch time.

 

The race officials will get the total scores of the three events plus walk in audience will be given three stickers to stick on the top three booths that they like. Each sticker is worth 1 point. The sticker points will be added to their total scores. Medals will be given to the top three teams.

 

The participating teams will have to bring all the materials that they will need such as video camera, laptop computers, paper, scissors, glue, decors, props etc.

             What is a Rube Goldberg machine?  

Rube Goldberg. Goldberg was the creator of those insanely crazy machines designed to perform mundane tasks.

You will find a lot of examples in YouTube.

Machine Specifications 

• The machines must be assembled on the day of the contest itself. Only the motors may be brought in already assembled.*·     
•  The machine must complete the task as described by the contestants. 
•  The machine must be no larger than 6 ft x 6 ft x 6 ft. ·      The machine must have a minimum of 10  steps* and 30 maximum steps.
• The machine must run for no more than two (2) minutes. 
• Teams will have two (2) minutes before the first run to explain their machine. 
• The team will only have one chance to run the machine for the official judging.
• No live animals may be used in the machine. 
• The machine must not imply profane, indecent or lewd expressions. 
•  Any loose or flying objects must remain within the set boundaries of the machine. This
  includes, but is not limited to, drops of water, slivers of balloon, and other “small”
  objects. Steam and other gasses are exempt from this rule. 
• The machine may utilize up to  three (3) motors,  one (1) air compressor hose and one (1) power cord. No other cords may be run to or from the machine; however there is no limit to the number of hoses and cords utilized within the space of the machine. 
• No flames may be used on or within the machine. Electrical arching may be used upon approval of the contest Chairman. 
• No hazardous materials or explosives can be used on or within the machine. 
• The machine must be safe to the satisfaction of the officials. The contest
  Chairman must approve any questionable items prior to competition.       

Definition of a step:

A step is defined as an action that results in another action towards the final goal of the machine. A step is a linear process, not a parallel process. If a plane, for example, moves up a wire and triggers a switch that would be an example of one complete step. If the plane causes two things to happen, that would be a parallel result and would only count as one complete step. Another example is the act of tipping over a block of wood with a rolling ball is a step. The actual tipping motion of the block is NOT a step, unless it causes another action to occur.

 

 Materials:You may only use recycled materials  such as: cardboard, used plastic, old toys, metal , junk parts and the likes. Only unassembled parts will be allowed to be used (These refers only to items that your team pre-assembled with the intention of using it as an integral part of your machine).   A buddy system between  schools will be implemented to check whether the team will comply with the requirements. 50 points will be deducted from the total score of the team that will not disassemble the parts being questioned.Participants:

• Each school will have to field 3 high school students in any year level to form a team.
• The teacher/coach may only act as an observer during the actual event. He/she may not give any instructions to the students at any time during the construction of the machine.
• Each school may only enter two machines. (You can have two teams of three students each.)
• Each school must bring all the materials that they need including extension cords if needed.

 Judging Criteria:

There will be a total of 3 judges for each machine. The team with the most number of points would win the contest.

 

Major Criteria:

 

Creativity                                                                                                          40

Includes design and incorporation of recyclable materials

Originality/uniqueness                                                                                                               

Variety of concepts (more steps, more  points)                                                  30

(each step is worth 1 point with a maximum of 30 points)

Task completion/Continuity of the entire run                                                      30                   

                                                                        Total:                                      100 points

 

Demerit points:

Per human intervention                                                  -10

Below minimum time (10 seconds)                                -10

Any object out of bounds of the given area                    -10

 

SPECIAL AWARD

A Students choice Award Certificate will be given to the most popular Rube Goldberg machine entry.

     

  CONTEST (HANDS-ON)Excel and Visual BasicHANDS-ON: 

      Contestants will be provided with one computer unit attached to the LAN.

      Each contestant will be provided a copy of the problem specifications

      The contestants will be given five (5) minutes to read and analyze the instructions (During this time, the contestants are given the privilege to ask questions and to clarify the problems given to them.)

      The buzzer signals the beginning of the contest. The second buzzer signals the end of the one hour allotment. At this point, nobody is allowed to touch the keyboard.

      Contestants must save their work from time to time.

      A contestant is required to raise his/her hand if the computer malfunctions.

      The output will be the basis for judging. The panel will rank the result as: 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd.