1. Picture This NCSO Coaches Institute October 25, 2008 C Division

2. Event Description  The objective is to have team members take turns drawing pictures of scientific terms while their teammates try to guess the term.  Each 3-person team will have 4 minutes to draw and guess 25 terms, with all teams getting the terms in the same order.  All team members will follow a definite order of rotation to be the sketcher. Once a term is passed the team cannot return to it.  Sketchers will draw on paper provided by the event officials, to be kept for later documentation if needed.  The scientific terms used can be found in the index of scientific dictionaries and textbooks, and should represent a cross-sampling of all scientific disciplines.

3. Detailed Rules  Timing begins when the 1 st sketcher is giving the 1 st term by the event supervisor. The supervisor will indicate when the correct term is guessed.  Use of alphabet letters and any numbers are not allowed. This is to prevent teams from inventing codes.  The sketcher may not speak unless he/she chooses to pass a term, and may not give any visual clues with their hands or body except for nodding yes or no. ‘Celebratory’ actions by the sketcher when a term is correctly guessed will be allowed.  The number of words (not letters) may be represented with underlines “___ ___”.

4. Detailed Rules continued  The only acceptable symbols are arrows, a minus sign (-) to shorten a word and a plus sign (+) to lengthen a word. Ex. In response to a guess of ‘refract’, a ‘+’ can be drawn to elicit a response of ‘refraction’. Symbols that represent the word given are also allowed, such a circle for the sun in the term solar eclipse.  For two-word terms, the sketcher may write a complete word that has been correctly guessed, but not parts of a word.  Forms of terms will not be accepted except for singulars or plurals.  If a team violates any of the rules concerning the use of alphabets, numbers, verbal/visual clues etc, the term in play will be passed.

5. Scoring  One point will be award for each term guessed correctly in the allotted time.  The team identifying the most number of correct terms is declared the winner.  If there is a tie, four tiebreakers may be used: First: The fewest terms passed. Second: The shortest completion time. Third: The longest string of correct terms. Fourth: The first term that a team correctly identified that the other team did not correctly identify.

6. Examples  New Moon  Electron  Earthquake  Fulcrum

7. Questions, Comments, Concerns?