ExploraVision — National Science Competition Rules & Requirements

Learn the rules to get started.

Eligibility

All projects must meet the following requirements:

• All entrants must be United States or Canadian citizens and living within the United States, U.S. Territories or Canada and enrolled full-time in a public, private or home school
• Students must be no older than 21 years of age
• National Science Teachers Association employees, NSTA board members, ExploraVision judges and their respective
  families are not eligible to enter the competition
• Any project that has won at ExploraVision’s regional and/or national levels may not be re-submitted in future years
• Any project previously awarded a prize in another competition may not be submitted
• Any student who was selected as a regional or national finalist in ExploraVision can only compete in subsequent years with a new team — i.e., with students who have not previously been selected as ExploraVision regional or national finalists
• Students enter as a team of 2-4 students with a teacher/coach and optional mentor (no individual entries)
• For more information, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Categories

Each category will be judged separately, based on the abilities of students in those grades.  ExploraVision has four categories:

• Primary Level (Grades K – 3)
• Upper Elementary Level (Grades 4 – 6)
• Middle Level (Grades 7 – 9)
• High School Level (Grades 10 – 12)

Requirements

Each student may only submit one project via online per year. However, each teacher/coach can
participate in multiple projects per year. Each complete project must consist of:

• Enter your projects via online.*
• An abstract (150 words max.)
• The project description (11 pages max.)
• Bibliography
• Five sample Web pages

Please follow the guidelines in the project format section listed by grade level category. Submission materials
will not be returned. Please retain a copy for your records. You may photocopy any part of the submission materials.
Unfortunately, due to the volume of submissions, it is impossible to give individual critiques to participants.

*If there is a critical online issue, we may accept mail in. Please contact at exploravision@nsta.org

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Rights, Patents and Trademarks

Toshiba and the National Science Teachers Association reserve the right to use a
student’s, coach’s or mentor’s name, photograph, quote, likeness, descriptive essay or sample Web pages for publicity
and promotional purposes. Students who participate in the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision program retain rights to all ideas
and products generated through their participation in the program. Neither NSTA nor Toshiba will attempt to patent any
student work.

For information on patents and trademarks, contact:
United States Patent and
Trademark Office
Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1450
Alexandria, VA 22313-14501

www.uspto.gov
or call 800-786-9199 or 703-308-HELP.

Intellectual Property

Students who participate in the Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision program retain rights to all ideas and products generated through their participation in the program.  Neither NSTA nor Toshiba will attempt to patent any student work.