Rules and Regulations

1. Each team will comprise FOUR members and the participants will have to give a presentation for a web site they have designed. Two of the team members will speak on the team's topic. The two remaining members will assist in the presentation and answering of questions.
   
   
2. The presentation from each team will consist of TWO parts: a web site and a computer slide presentation (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint™).

   • Web site: The site should consist of a minimum of FIVE pages, but not exceeding 10MB, including references and images and/or movies. Unless produced by you, all media used in the web site MUST reference a source, either scanned from a book or downloaded from a CD-ROM or another web site. The site must be ready as is to go online.
   • Presentation: The presentation is not simply a demonstration of the web site. It should present the important points of the team's chosen topic, and then showcase the contents of the web site in providing more information about the topic. That is, the web site is a supplement to the presentation.
     
     

   The following guidelines may offer some help to the participating teams:

   • Speaker 1 will act as a Chairperson for the team. He/she will introduce the presenters, and the topic to be presented.
   • The presenters (Speaker 2 & 3) will deliver the slide presentation, followed by a brief demonstration of the web site by Speaker 4.
   • After the presentation, Speaker 1 will highlight the main points, before thanking the presenters and closing the team's presentation.
     
     
3. Each team is to submit TWO different topics on the theme given before the deadline stipulated. The Organising Committee will select one from the topics submitted and inform the participating teams their respective topics in advance of the contest.


4. Each school can register maximum TWO teams for English category and maximum TWO teams for Chinese category.


5. Where a school is represented in both the English and Mandarin sections, DIFFERENT topics are to be proposed for each section. The topics must be ones on which the school has NOT spoken in the previous two Chem•Comm contests.
   
   
6. All teams in the finals must propose two DIFFERENT topics to the one spoken on in the preliminary round (see 3 above).
   
   
7. Participants will design their own presentations and web sites based on the topic. TWO days before the presentation, the team must submit the finished design in a CD-ROM to the Organising Committee. Arrangements to test formatting and projection details at the contest venue may be arranged at this time.
   
   
8. An overhead projector, a notebook, a USB drive and a CD-ROM drive will be provided during the competition. Participants are, however, advised to bring along their own notebook and drives. The team is only allowed to refer to the presentation and web site during the speech. No other props are allowed.
   
   
9. In the preliminary rounds, the time allotted for each team will be TWELVE minutes. A warning will be given at the NINTH minute. In the finals, the time allotted for each team will be FIFTEEN minutes. A warning will be given at the TWELFTH minute.
   
   
10. After the presentation, question(s) will be put to each team by the judges. During the finals, questions will also be accepted from members of the audience and opposing teams. The question(s) will be based strictly on the topic presented. ANY of the four team members can provide the answer(s) on behalf of the team. The question period shall not exceed FIVE minutes in the preliminary rounds and TEN minutes in the finals.
    
    
11. The SAME four team members must participate in BOTH the preliminary and final rounds. The choice of the first two speakers is at the discretion of the team. In the finals, a Best Speaker (both the first and second speakers are eligible) will be awarded for English and Mandarin sections respectively based on the majority votes of the judges.
    
    
12. The decision of the judges is final.

Judging Criteria