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Competition Requirements
If you are interested in registering for the competition please email stiscomp@bigpond.com with your name, school name and contact details and your email will be directed to the coordinator in your region (who will contact you directly).
Spatial Technology in Schools Competition 2007
The main criteria of the project is that it must use a GIS to analyse the data and must use a GIS to present the data.
Project should include
- Why the problem was chosen
- How the task was approached
- Data/software used
- What was achieved?
- Results and discussion
- Future research potential
- Problems encountered
- References cited
Presentation format can be
- Poster
- Workbook
- Research paper
- PC presentation (e.g. PowerPoint)
- Video
- Webpage
- Other creative format
Judges will use criteria such as
- Use of GIS and/or other SIT
- Complexity of the problem
- Logic of the process
- Structure of the project
- Value of the outcomes
- Quality of the arguments
- Presentation
- Originality
- Benefits to community
Project subject areas
- Environmental issues
- Physical geography
- Human geography
- Urban geography
- Planning
- Tourism
- Population studies
- Socio-demography
- Socio-economics
- Economics
- Route selection
- Region design
Possible data sets available
- Cadastre
- Contour lines
- Flood studies
- Horiticultural suitability
- Land use zonings
- Remnant vegetation
- Crown reserves
- Town planning scheme zones
- Wetlands types and management
- Road centrelines
- Bus routes and bus stops
- Aboriginal reserves
- Power transmission lines
- Drainage
- Cultural features
- Public lands
- Airphoto backdrops
- Property sales
- Fire and rescue service locations
- Heritage places
- Gas facilities
- Phone lines
- Census data
- School locations
- Traffic light location
Role of teachers
- Coordinate student groups
- Select project topic with students and mentor
- Over-see project
- Motivate students
- Allocate time for training and project completion
- Liaise with mentor
Role of students
- Attend training if required
- Carry out work – field, computer
- Write up project
- Complete presentation
Role of mentors
- Guide teachers and students in GIS use
- Assist with software choice
- Assist with project selection
- Assist with data selection and acquisition
- Advise on methods and techniques
- Be available for problem-solving
- Guide rather than perform or train
Important dates
- Registration early April
- Meeting with mentor, teacher and students early May - decide on project subject, data acquisition, software required
- Software training if required
- Due date October 31 2007
- Regional judging early November
- AsiaPacific judging mid November
- Announcments APSEA Awards, November 22
Hardware requirements
- PC
- CD-Rom drive
- Minimum 100Mb hard disk space
- 32 Mb RAM
- Access to colour printer
Contacts
Bronwen Channon
STiS competition coordinator
08 6389 2775
stiscomp@bigpond.com