Participant Information

Accommodation

Travel to the event

Early departure

What does it cost?

Who comes?

Clothing

What to bring to Realise the Dream

• enough clothes for six days. Closed comfortable shoes for walking. Sleepwear
• School Uniform for the cocktail function hosted by the New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO
• Towels x 2
• Hat, sunglasses, raincoat, insect repellant
• Toiletries including soap, shampoo, toothpaste etc
• Medication
• You may want to bring your own pillow

• Props or devices you may need when talking to the judges
• Camera
• You are permitted to bring cell phones but these must be switched off during workshops, lectures, visits.
• Fancy dress for the quiz evening (this can be a funny hat, mask or whatever you want to dress up as)

Participant Guidelines

A1 Poster

1. Grab your audience’s attention with your research title.
2. Page set up should be A1 size
3. Font should be Arial
4. You have a blank A1 area to work with
5. You may have a background colour or design if you wish but make sure that the print about your research can be read clearly. (i.e. don’t use a dark blue background and then print in black)
6. Font size needs to be 14-16
7. Your poster needs to convey a summary of your research or technological development that gives the reader a good understanding of your work. It should be focussed and convey a clear message.
8. Include photographs about your work or of you carrying out the research. Photographs must be at least 300 dpi
9. Keep diagrams simple and interesting.
10. Use headings and subheadings to guide your reader through the information. Your poster should be able to be read from up to a metre away. If you can’t read the text then it is too small.
11. Acknowledge any support your have received while undertaking your research.
12. When producing your poster digitally we recommend you use one of the following programmes:- Powerpoint, Pagemaker, Photoshop, In Design, Freehand and Illustrator.
13. Your finished format needs to be a minimum of 300dpi at print size (A1)
14. You will need to send your electronic poster to us on a CD so that we can then hand to our printing designers to print it and laminate it on to an A1 poster. We will cover the charge for this.
15. This is to be received by us no later than 30 November. You can either email this to debbie.woodhall@royalsociety.org.nz or send it as a CD to Debbie Woodhall, RSNZ, 4 Halswell Street, Thordon, Wellington 6135.
16. The poster will remain the property of the Royal Society for showcasing posters at various educational institutions around NZ.
17. You do not need to include your name, school or age on the poster as we will be supplying strips that sit above your poster which include the Realise the Dream logos, your name, school and age.

2 minute oral presentation

• If the research has been carried out by a team of two students then the oral presentation can be presented as a team also.
• Participants may use props or devices or show what they have made.
• Participants are required to mention the key areas of their research or technological practice and the steps taken.
• Electronic equipment for the presentation e.g. power point is strongly discouraged unless participants feel it is absolutely necessary. This may be the case for those participants who been selected from electronic/computer/robotic programmes.
• It is important the participants have rehearsed their talk before coming to Realise the Dream.
• Participants are allowed to be creative and use humour in presenting their oral presentation if they wish.

After attending Realise the Dream each participant will become a Realise the Dream Ambassador. The role of the ambassador is to promote Realise the Dream and their research in their community and encourage other students to participate in their regional science and technology fairs and other programmes such as CREST and to be selected for Realise the Dream.

Good communication is an essential life skill and is vital to relationships in future careers. Being able to speak, write and present enthusiastically about a topic in a simple and engaging way is really important.

When the Ambassadors depart from Realise the Dream they will be given a media folder which will provide lots of choices of how they can promote Realise the Dream and their work. With this information, the guidelines and training they will receive during the week at Realise the Dream in December they will easily to able to complete the basic requirements for promotion in their community and more if they wish to do so.

The Ambassadors will need to submit evidence of the promotion they have carried out from December to the end of February about Realise the Dream and their research. This will need to be received by 25 February.

Awards

Conditions of Entry:

• Participants must attend Realise the Dream from the 6th until 11th December inclusive. Participants will depart Wellington on Friday 11th December in the morning.
• If your piece of research or work involves animals or humans please make sure that the proper ethical approval forms accompany this documentation.

Guidelines

• Smoking, consumption of alcohol or use of addictive/illegal drugs are strictly prohibited during the period for which the Royal Society of New Zealand is responsible for participants. The Event Manager reserves the right to send a participant home for breaches of these conditions or for misbehaviour, after notifying parents/guardians. If a participant is sent home for misbehaviour then all costs are paid by the participant/parent.
• Participants are to be courteous and considerate at all times to both fellow participants and support staff.
• School uniform is required to be worn by participants at the Cocktail function hosted by UNESCO.
• Smart dress is required by participants at the celebratory awards dinner in March.
• Participants are required to attend all activities planned by the organisers unless special permission is received from parents/guardians.

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