In addition to the two main flying competitions (indoor flight and water rocket), we will also organize two additional competitions to promote the learning of aerospace science and activities at schools. These competitions are:
- Presentations by schools’ contingents (on the Competition Day)
- Videos made by students (about aerospace activities at their schools)
SCHOOL PRESENTATIONS
On the Competition Day, each school will be given a small booth (2 tables and a wall or soft-board) to display their plane and rocket models, and showcase their activities at schools through poster presentations. Each school will also be visited by judges to whom the students will present, for 5-10 minutes, their aerospace activities.
The activities to be presented and showcased in posters can include the aerospace science behind indoor flight and water rocket, and the processes of designing, constructing, testing, and flying them. Schools can also present/showcase other related aerospace activities, including the number of members in their schools’ aerospace clubs/units, and photos related to their aerospace activities. Schools are encouraged to present about how these aerospace activities impact their interest in the science subjects at schools.
Posters and presentations can be done in either English or Bahasa Malaysia. In addition to the posters, schools can also use other mediums such as videos and and Power Point slides using their own computers/laptops. School presentations will be evaluated based on these criteria:
- Content: quality of content/information in the posters
- Creativity: creativity and uniqueness of the posters
- Communication skills: Students’ ability to communicate well during presentation to judges.
VIDEO PRODUCTIONS
Students at each school can also produce a short video, of about 3-5 minutes, about their aerospace activities. These activities can include the process of learning, constructing, testing, and flying indoor planes and water rockets, as well as about other aspects related to aerospace activities around their schools. For example, students can include in their videos interview sessions with other students and teachers about what they think about having aerospace activities at their schools.
Important elements that must be included (either typed into the videos or shown as writings on papers) in these videos are:
- School name and address
- Information that these aerospace activities are prepared as preparations for AEROFAIR 2016 @ USM
- The date of the the video production and the names of the video crew.
Schools have to submit their videos online to YouTube and send the link to us (at the email address of our secretariat office) at least two weeks to enter this competition. We will then share these videos into this website. Three winners will be announced and awarded on the Competition Day.
These videos will be judged based on their creativity, uniqueness, and quality of content/information. Students can use either English or Bahasa Malaysia to communicate or write content in their videos. There are many FREE online tools that can be used to produce exciting videos for this competition.