Projects Instructions
Projects Instructions
. o o If you are already a ThinkQuest Projects member, log in and go to http://www.thinkquest.org/compete/. If you are not yet a ThinkQuest Projects member, go to http://www.thinkquest.org/enroll/.
Accept the ThinkQuest Competition Terms of Use and ask your school or organizations signing authority to accept the ThinkQuest Competition Agreement. Form a team of 1-6 students. If you would like to include students from other schools on your team, use the Matching Tool. Collect a signed Parental Consent Form from each student who is a minor. Set-up a project in ThinkQuest Projects and assign your team members to it. Review the Rules, the Guiding Questions document, and the Roadmap to Success tutorial with your team. (Your team will be eligible to receive additional points if all students on your team complete the tutorial and submit a completed survey.)
How Will Entries Be Scored? Students who want to understand how entries are scored may review the Scoring Rubric with their teacher/coach. Please note that this step is optional. Define a Problem & Solution Students complete the following steps: State the problem you intend to solve and define the target audience for your entry. Research your problem. Conduct interviews, surveys, experiments, observations or field studies, and research at the library or online. Define your solution. Ensure that it meets the needs of your target audience and is achievable. Test your solution with members of your target audience and revise your solution based on those results.
Develop & Test the Entry Students complete the following steps: Develop your entry in ThinkQuest Projects. Make sure your entry does not include plagiarized material. Properly cite content and include a reference list. Check your entry to make sure all elements run smoothly. Complete your Critical Thinking Worksheet and give it to your coach.
Submit the Entry Coaches visit http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.myteams and submit their teams entry by following the instructions on the Submit Entry page.