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Presentation and rules
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Regional Finals
A technology
0 E D I T I O N elementary st
challenge fo
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2019-20 2 udents
A program of
Table of contents
The challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Tools for teachers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Frequently asked questions (FAQs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Specific rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The rules
Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Schedule of events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Competition area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Scoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to register. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Levels of competition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Acknowledgements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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The challenge Teaching tools
The following teaching tools
are free and designed to guide
Design a gripping tool that can be used to teachers step by step, making it
easy to prepare the “Get a Grip!”
pick up and move items of various sizes and challenge in class. Most of these
masses. teaching tools are available at
technoscience.ca :
–– Teacher’s guide
A LES for the class…and much more –– Student’s handbook
–– Certificate
The Junior Tech Challenge “Get a Grip!” is a LES for the classroom, but it is also a –– Frequently asked questions
competition that can be experienced at different levels. In fact, you can register (FAQs)
teams directly for the regional finals, as well as holding in-school competitions to
select teams for the final, while creating a bonding event for students and staff. In –– And many more tools!
some areas, school boards also invite their schools to participate in a final.
Are you are a pedagogical
The Réseau Technoscience, through its regional organizations, arranges regional consultant looking to organize a
finals this spring throughout Quebec. These finals will take place in May as part of final for your school board?
the Odyssée des sciences. Projects from the elementary level of the Hydro-Québec
Contact a member of the
Science Fair, as well as animations from the Club des Débrouillards will also be
Réseau Technoscience in your
presented.
area to receive all necessary
information and support.
T he rules
In this document, you will find useful information as well as the rules to successfully
complete this year’s Junior Tech Challenge.
The rules listed here are for an in class or school challenge. At the regional or school Frequently asked questions
board finals, there may be some variations in the presentation of events and how
they unfold.
The frequently asked questions section is
there for you and your students! You’ll be
able to find details on the rules:
N= New for the 2019-2020 edition t ec h n osci e n ce . ca
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To each cycle, its mission!
N Cycle 1 : Collect 150 points in the fastest time possible, without exceeding 60 seconds. Access to
operations areas A, B and C.
N Cycle 2 : Collect 200 points in the fastest time possible, without exceeding 60 seconds. Access to
operations areas A and B.
Cycle 3 : Collect 200 points in the fastest time possible, without exceeding 60 seconds. Access to
operations area A.
See the competition area plan on page 7.
Specific rules
1.1 The Junior Tech Challenge is a Réseau Technoscience program. The latter and its regional
organizations are responsible for holding regional finals throughout Quebec.
1.2 The Junior Tech Challenge is open to the students from all cycles of elementary school.
1.3 Each team is comprised of one or two participants. Any team with students from two different
cycles must compete the challenge from the higher cycle.
1.4 The prototype shall be designed and built by the team.
1.5 Failure to observe the rules or any other breach from the organizing committee’s directives may
result in the disqualification of a team.
1.6 The gripping tool must not alter the competition area.
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Construction
2.1 The gripping tool must fit on the floor inside a marked-off area measuring
0.5 m x 1 m. It can be disassembled if necessary, and reassembled by
the team once the judges have conducted their check.
N 2.2 The gripping tool must be held in the operator’s hands, without any
ground support (no standing gripping tools are allowed).
2.3 The gripping tool must be made of parts or materials that are
independent of one another. E.g.: A pair of salad tongs or any other
type of gripping tool already available on the market cannot be used.
Existing, individually available components may, however, be used.
2.4 The items must be picked up by the gripping tool to be transported. They
cannot be transported using a shovelling motion, or on a tray or in any
type of container.
2.5 The gripping tool must not alter the items. Each item must return to its
original shape after being seized by the teams’ gripping tools. Otherwise,
no points will be awarded for that item.
2.6 The answers published in the Frequently Asked Questions serve as a
reference for the interpretation of the rules.
2.7 The following are not allowed:
–– Any type of telescoping system NOT manufactured by the participants
(e.g.: cane, pool pole, telescoping umbrella);
–– Any gripping tool that could cause injuries;
–– Any form of electric power, magnets or welded material;
N –– Standing gripping tool.
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Schedule of events
3.1 The team must submit their gripping tool for inspection, to 3.9 Items must not be dragged along the ground. If the object
ensure that the rules have been followed. falls, the operator must pick it up with minimal dragging
on the ground. If the object is dragged excessively on the
3.2 Each team can test their gripping tool before the
ground, it will be removed from the competition area. As
competition begins.
soon as an object is grasped, it must be placed in one of the
3.3 The competition consists of two identical rounds. boxes. If an item is dropped in transit, it may be picked up
again, except if it has fallen outside of the competition area.
3.4 Each team must designate an operator, who will be the
only one allowed to manipulate the gripping tool inside 3.10 Each team’s turn is over once one of the following occurs:
the operations area. Teams may change operators for –– The 60 seconds have elapsed;
the second round. The other team member may verbally
intervene during the round. N –– The 150 points (cycle 1) or 200 points (cycles 2 and 3) have
been collected or exceeded;
3.5 When it is its turn, each team has 30 seconds to settle in the –– The operator exits the operations area a third time.
operations area.
3.11 Tunings or minor repairs are allowed between rounds.
3.6 The team members cannot be directly in contact with the
items. Only the gripping tool is allowed to touch the items.
3.7 When the signal is given, the operator has a maximum of
60 seconds in which to grip and pick up the items of his/her
choice and deposit them in the designated boxes.
3.8 The designated operator must remain in the operations
area. He cannot stand or lean on anything outside that
area. Two warnings may be given to an operator violating
this rule. If he or she was moving an item at the time, it
will be removed from the competition area. On the third
violation, the team’s turn will end.
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Competition area
Operations Cycles 1 and 2 Cycle 1
area
Box*
Box* The containers into which the
items must be deposited are
cardboard boxes originally
designed for carrying 5,000
sheets of letter-size (216 x 279
mm) paper.
All the cycles
Suggestion: If you do not own
1,5 m the official competition area,
use coloured adhesive tape
on the ground to delineate the
competition area and write
the item’s numbers to help
repositioning them.
Box*
Box*
Cycles 1 and 2 Cycle 1
Order the Junior Tech Challenge Official
Competition Area!
Cost and details at technoscience.ca.
1m 1m
4m
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Scoring
Points awarded for items being picked up by the gripping tool
10 points 20 points 30 points 50 points
1. Pliers 8. Deck of cards in its box 15. Pencil 20. Lego figurine
2. Sponge 9. Tennis ball on a eggcup 16. Box of macaroni and
cheese (full)
3. Margarine container 10. Reusable water bottle
without its lid (empty) (standing) 17. Recorder
4. Cardboard cup 11. Can of tomato paste (full) 18. Tin can (empty)
5. Baseball cap 12. Eraser
19. Screw
6. Cardboard tube from a roll 13. Plush toy
of paper towels
14. Box of tissues (empty)
7. Sock
Each team must collect as many points as possible within 60 seconds.
The timer stops as soon as the team reaches or exceeds 150 or 200 points.
In addition to the points collected, the team is awarded a bonus of 2 points per second not used. If the
team has not reached 150 or 200 points at the end of the 60-seconds time limit, all points collected will
count.
In case of a tie
Teams that are in position to win a prize will have to pick up the following three items as quickly as possible
to decide the winning team: # 2, # 13 and # 15.
JUNIOR TECH CHALLENGE - 2019-2020 | RULES 8New challenges at every level How to register
of competition How to register
To register your teams for the regional final, you
During the regional finals, the challenges can be presented in a different
must use the ON-LINE REGISTRATION FORM on
format. The goal in doing this is to allow the students that participate at
the website.
different levels of the competition to renew their experience. Everything will
be put in place so that students can review the notions learned in class However, if your school board is organizing
while continuing to have fun! a final, you must register your team with the
individual responsible for the final at your
respective school board.
Contact us
for details on costs, registration,
scheduling, etc.
t ec h n osci e n ce . ca
JUNIOR TECH CHALLENGE - 2019-2020 | RULES 9Junior Tech Challenge Program Manager
Isabelle Jutras
Scientific review
Jean-Marc Drouet
Professeur et ingénieur, Faculté de génie
de l’Université de Sherbrooke
Graphic design
Xavier Trudeau
Acknowledgments
This edition of the Junior Tech Challenge was realised in collaboration with la Table régionale en
science et technologie au primaire de la région Laval-Laurentides-Lanaudière which includes :
Commission scolaire de la Seigneurie-des-Mille-Îles,
Commission scolaire de Laval,
Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord,
Commission scolaire des Affluents,
Commission scolaire des Laurentides,
Commission scolaire des Samares,
Commission scolaire Pierre-Neveu,
Commission scolaire de la Pointe-de-l’Île.
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