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Teams are expected to compete in tournament events with honest
effort to follow the rules and the spirit of the competition. Team
members are expected to be the builders of all the devices used in the
events. The goal of competition is to give one's best effort while
displaying honesty, integrity, and sportsmanship. Students, coaches,
supervisors, parents, and guests are expected to display courtesy and
respect toward Science Olympiad officials, other teams, and guests of
the Science Olympiad. Failure to show honesty and/or courtesy by a
participant, coach or guest of the team may result in disqualification
of the team from the event, the entire tournament or future tournaments.
Our collective example will promote the spirit of cooperation among all
participants. Consider the words of Albert Einstein regarding integrity,
“The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our
actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depends on it.
Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to our lives.”
Therefore:
1. Teams may not interpret the rules so that they have an unfair advantage
over the rules or another team.
2. Unless otherwise stated, it is generally understood that if notes,
resources, calculators, actions etc., are not excluded, then they are
permitted unless they violate the spirit of the problem.
3. Once teams have entered the event area to compete, they may not a) leave until
they are finished, b) nor return once they have left, c) nor communicate with
outside resources, including people, places, etc. by any means. This effectively
excludes the use of any computer, PDA, calculators, wireless devices, phones, etc.
that have access to external communication or data retrieval during an event
unless specifically permitted.
4. Safety is of the utmost importance. Event supervisors are obligated to
prevent unsafe acts and devices. Safety decisions are not subject to
appeal as long as they are applied equally to all teams. Contestants may
not bring or use a) flammable liquids or flame sources of any type, such
as matches, cigarette lighters, alcohol and acetone b) nor bring or use
acids/bases of any concentration except for lemon juice, vinegar and
other mildly acidic/alkaline naturally occurring substances.
5. Coaches, teachers, parents, and other adult supervisors are responsible
for insuring that any applicable laws, regulations and school policies
are not broken.
6. One or more of the 15 current team members must have constructed all
pre-built devices presented for judging. Any of the current team members
may impound/demonstrate/operate the device at the competition unless
stated otherwise in the rules.
7. Any person designated by the coach can impound devices unless stated
otherwise in the rules.
State and regional tournament directors must notify teams of any site-dependent rule or
other rule modification at least 30 days prior to the tournament.
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