UIContest: America's Premier General Knowledge Contest in Game Show Format for High School Students and Their Parents. DESCRIPTION OF THE CONTEST: UIContest is a general knowledge contest between teams from area high schools. A unique feature of UIContest is that teams are composed of high school students and their parents/guardians. The contest, which takes place annually, was successfully held for the first time in April 1998. The aims of the contest are to increase parents' participation in their children's education and academic activities, to introduce talented high school students to UIC ...and to have fun! VENUE: The next contest will be held at UIC on Sunday, November 11, 2001 in the Illinois Room, Chicago Circle Center, 750 S. Halsted Street, Chicago. The early rounds will be played in the morning. Final round matches [quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals] start at 2 p.m. ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION: The deadline to register is October 12, 2001. Each school may field up to two teams. There is a registration fee of $40 per team. Schools will find UIContest challenging, rewarding and enjoyable. CONTEST FORMAT: Participation by parents is a novel aspect of the contest and highlights the important role of parents and guardians in their children's education. Teams are composed of three high school students and their three parents/guardians, all associated with one school. The contest consists of a series of elimination matches between two teams. Each question is won by the player who "buzzes" first. The team which is ahead at the end of 30 questions wins the match. A match will take about 20 minutes to complete, but several matches may go on simultaneously, depending on the number of teams. Short-answer questions are worth one point each. Every fifth question is more quantitative, requiring some analytical skills, and is worth 2 points. The questions will be drawn from a wide variety of categories including language, literature, movies, television, science, math, geography, history, social science, music, arts, current events and sports. PRIZES: The students of the top 4 teams will get paid six-week summer internships ($1500) in a research lab at UIC. They will also receive substantial scholarships if they wish to enroll at UIC. No participant will go home empty-handed - they will receive prizes like free tickets to local museums and sporting events, books, souvenir T-shirts, caps, etc. UIContest will be covered in local and campus newspapers. INFORMATION: For more information, http://outreach.vcaa.uic.edu ; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; or contact: Ms. Janis Hayden, Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street (MC 273), Chicago, IL 60607-7059 ; Tel. (312) 413-2797 ; Fax (312) 996-9016. ========================================================================== Uday Sukhatme Interim Vice-Provost for Academic Programs Professor, Department of Physics Office of Academic Affairs (MC 103) 2731 University Hall, 601 South Morgan Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607-7127 Tel: (312) 413-7636 ; Fax: (312) 996-0324 -- This is the CPS Science Teacher List. To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For more information: <http://home.sprintmail.com/~mikelach/subscribe.html>. To search the archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/science%40lists.csi.cps.k12.il.us/>
