DESCRIPTION: PARTICIPANTS WILL DESIGN, BUILD AND TEST A "RUBE GOLDBERG-LIKE DEVICE" WHICH INCORPORATES AS MANY UNIQUE ACTION TRANSFERS AS POSSIBLE. (A MINIMUM OF 5 IS REQUIRED) DEVICES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE COMPETITION.

THE COMPETITION:
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 2 PERSONS PER TEAM

1. TEAMS WILL DEMONSTRATE THE FOLLOWING TASK WITH THEIR DEVICE: TURN A PAGE IN A BOOK.
2. THE DEVICE WILL BE STARTED WITH A SWITCH, BUTTON OR SOME ACTION OF THE TEAM. ONCE THE DEVICE HAS BEEN STARTED, THE TEAM MUST STEP BACK FROM THE DEVICE AND ALLOW IT TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVITY WITHOUT ANY HELP FROM THE TEAM.
3. THE DEVICE MUST FIT WITHIN AN IMAGINARY BOX THE SIZE OF 2 STANDARD SCHOOL DESKS.
4. POINTS WILL BE GIVEN FOR EACH ACTION TRANSFER OVER THE REQUIRED FIVE.
5. EACH DEVICE MUST PASS A SAFETY INSPECTION BEFORE OPERATION. UNCONTROLLED OR HAZARDOUS NON-SHIELDED, FALLING OR LAUNCHED OBJECTS, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS OR SPILLS, HAZARDOUS FALMMABLE SUBSTANCES, OR OTHER POTENTIAL HAZARDS CAN LEAD TO DISQUALIFICATION.
6. TEAMS MUST SUBMIT A FLOW CHART TO THE JUDGES THAT DESCRIBES THE SEQUENCE IN WHICH THE ACTION TRANSFERS WILL OCCUR. THE 1 PAGE FLOW CHART MUST BE EASY TO FOLLOW (WELL ORGANIZED, NEATLY DONE, MAY CONTAIN DIAGRAMS AND BRIEF TEXT)

SCORING: THE SCORING IS BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ACTION TRANSFERS (BEYOND THE REQUIRED 5). IDENTICAL REPEATED ACTION TRANSFERS OF THE SAME TYPE ARE ALLOWED BUT NOT SCORED. FOR EXAMPLE, A ROLLING BALL FLIPPING A SWITCH WOULD BE AN ACTION TRANSFER AND A SERIES OF CASCADING OBJECTS THAT CAUSE THE NEXT ACTION WOULD REPRESENT AN ACTION TRANSFER. THE ROLLING BALL AND THE DOMINOES COULD BE USED AGAIN, BUT NOT SCORED.

• 10 POINTS AWARDED FOR EACH SUCCESSFUL ACTION TRANSFER
  (AFTER REQUIRED 5)
• 50 POINTS AWARDED FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE REQUIRED TASK (RAISING A FLAG)

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