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Day 0 st 1 June 2018

For teams who have not submitted their Project Round Part I Video, please do so anytime during this session outside at the Registration Table. Do note that the registration table will be closed at 1800 hours.

Timetable (Day 0) 1200 – 1900 Registration, Payment and Project Round Part 1 submission* 1215 – 1600 Astronomy Crash Course 1600 – 1700 Schedule Briefing & Update of Changes 1700 – 1800 Conceptual Q&A with QMs ** 1800 – 1830 Observation Round Briefing (Senior Category) 1830 – 1930 Dinner 1930 – 2100 Venue and Observation Familiarisation **Students taking part in Junior Category may be dismissed at 1800 H. Feel free to join us for familiarisation at 1930 H (meet back at LT 27

Timetable (Day 1); LT 26 (JNR) and LT 28 (SNR) 0900 – 1000 Registration (Equipment may be deposited at the designated tutorial rooms) 1000 – 1030 Opening Address 1030 – 1230 Multiple Choice Questions Round 1230 – 1345 Lunch 1345 – 1600 Data Response Questions Round 1600 – 1615 Observation Round Reminders (Senior Category)* 1615 – 1815 Observation Round – Theory Component (Senior Category) 1815 – 2000 Dinner Time & Telescope Setup (Senior Category) 2000 – 2200 Observation Round – Practical Component (Senior Category) * Students taking part in Junior Category may be dismissed at 1600 H.

Timetable (Day 2) NTU The Hive (& LT 22) 0900 – 0915 Registration and Briefing 0915 – 1230 Project Round 1230 – 1430 Lunch time and (optional) Post-Mortem 1430 – 1645 Finals 1 (Junior Category) 1645 – 1715 Break & Refreshments 1715 – 1930 Finals 2 (Senior Category) 1930 – 2000 Prize Presentation

Agenda • Errata to Information Letter • Changes to AC 2018 • Project Round Details • Conceptual Q&A • AC 2018 Observation Round Details

Errata to Information Letter • You will only have to bring your project round materials on 9 th June 2018 (Day 2) • Project Round Grading Rubrics is added into the information letter. • Day 0, 1 st June 2018 will be at NUS LT 27 (instead of LT 28) Day 1, 5 th June 2018 will be at NUS LTs 26 & 28 (instead of LT 27) Day 2, 9 th June 2018 will be at NTU The Hive and LT 22 (instead of Tan Chin Tuan LT)

Changes to AC 2018 (As compared to AC 2017) • Score Weighting for Preliminary Round Junior Round 1 – MCQ 35% Round 2 – Data Response 30% (35%) Round 3 – Observation Round 4 – Project 35% (30%) Total 100% (Bracket indicates weightage in AC 2017) Senior 25% 20% (25%) 30% 25% (20%) 100%

Changes to AC 2018 (As compared to AC 2017) • Score Weighting for Finals Round (for both Juniors and Seniors) 50% (40%) Final Round 1: Jeopardy Round (Individual and Team Segment) [There are more questions in the Jeopardy Round now as compared to AC 2017] 30% Final Round 2: Game Round 20% (30%) Final Round 3: Buzzer Round [There are less questions in the Buzzer Round now as compared to AC 2017) (Bracket indicates weightage in AC 2017)

Project Round • Venue: The Hive (NTU), TR Rooms 13 - 18 • On the day before Day 2 of AC 2018 (8 th June), each team leader will receive a Whats. App message containing details of which TR rooms to go to in Hive @ NTU. • You will then set up a booth inside the TR room that you are allocated to and present a discussion of the question to judges. The purpose of the exhibition is to elaborate more about the topic of choice in greater depth, which your team might not have conveyed in the video.

Project Round • Deeper depth refers to additional/interesting info, not a repeat of whatever that is mentioned inside your video. • You may wish to use any form of visual and audio aids that you deem appropriate for the discussion. • There will be 2 quizmasters attached to each TR room, who will serve as judges for the teams that are assigned to that particular TR room. • The idea of using TR rooms is in accordance to feedback from AC 2017, where it was chaotic, messy etc.

Project Round What is expected of you during the oral presentation: • ELI 5 • tl; dr where necessary • Last year feedback: Judges will TRY to be familiar with your presentations. To assist, you may take some time to quickly summarise the main ideas required for your further elaboration. What is not expected of you: • Repeat and vomit the same thing from video • Regurgitate information • Talking to your phone screens, paper/poster (engage the judges!)

Project Round What is expected of you during the oral presentation: • ELI 5 • tl; dr where necessary • Last year feedback: Judges will TRY to be familiar with your presentations. To assist, you may take some time to quickly summarise the main ideas required for your further elaboration. What is not expected of you: • Repeat and vomit the same thing from video • Regurgitate information • Talking to your phone screens, paper/poster (engage the judges!)

Project Round On the day itself, • You are free to use the chairs and tables in the TR rooms. • You may request to use powerpoint for your presentation, but it is subjected to approval. (Hence please charge your laptops if needed in advance) • Judges will be moving around, so do be patient and wait for your turn.

Project Round • Once the QMs have cleared all the teams in the TR room, your team is free to roam around other TR rooms (provided that they are cleared too) and take a look at projects done by other teams/schools. Alternatively, your team can go for early lunch. • However, do note that someone from your team must remain in the room at all times to present to any other participants who wishes to take a look at the presentation till 1200. • Your team will then clear up the area at 1200.

Project Round Rubrics • Video: 40% • Oral Presentation: 60%. Communication (Language and Ease of understanding) Content (includes Q&A, up to 10% deduction) Visual Aid/Presentation Teamwork 30% 40% 20% 10%

Syllabus • Math and Physics Expectation for AC 2018 uploaded on our website (updated with minor changes to it). • Be familiar with what each formula means in the formula booklet! • For the Senior Category this year, a Mathematical Formula Sheet will be provided. A pdf copy of the Mathematical Formula Sheet is available on our website.

Conceptual Q&A Floor is open to entertain any conceptual questions. Questions regarding the formula booklet/mathematical formula sheet PLEASE look through and be familiar with the formula booklet!

Juniors are dismissed Alternatively, the juniors are free to join us for night observation later at the engineering bridge. (Meet back here outside LT 27 at 1930)