“Picture This” 2015 Expectations

New York State SO Coaches WorkshopOctober 24-25, 2014

Mark KramerWeatherMark LLC

Pace University

Objective: Identify scientific terms or concepts from team drawings

• Like Pictionary

• Like Password, but with pictures and no gestures

• Terms/ConceptsOnly in the sciences,not scientists

• Like in “rainbow”

The rules

Tips

Examples

Time to play

Team = 3 MembersAsked NSO if 2 acceptable 10/4/14

Definite rotation order

All team members will draw !

Not like a tornado or waterspout!

Time Limit = 4 minutes to:

Complete < 25 Terms

Teams get terms in the Same Order

A team may choose to pass, butcan not return to the term

Timing Begins WhenOrder of draw established, &

Event Supervisor gives the 1st sketcher the 1st term

No other team member can see the terms!

Sketcher draws pictures & visual clues on paper.

Writing utensils provided by Event Supervisor.

Papers kept for documentation.

**The Sketcher **• May not speak

• May not give visual clues with their hands/fingers/feet, bodies or eyes

Except For:Demonstrated Event Supervisor Clues, e.g., nodding for "yes" or "no" or to acknowledge a desired response from a teammate.

The Sketcher

If the term is two (2) or more words, the sketcher may write down any word (not parts of a word) that have been correctly identified

But only when the Event Supervisor directs them to do so.

Illegal Parts of a Drawing

Any and all numberssuch as to the 1, iv, XX, 0.1

Letters of any alphabet, (including Morse Code)

Why?

To prevent teams from inventing codes and alphabets

Acceptable Symbols

# of words, not letters may be represented as dashes (underlines) on the paper!

_____ ______ _______ _______

Not sh - - , but

Happiness is “Picture This”

Acceptable Symbols

• Arrows

• Minus Sign “-” to shorten a word

• Plus Sign “+” to lengthen a word

• For e.g., “sublimate” + = sublimation

• Remember the exact word (singular or plural) is correct, any other form is incorrect

All other symbols, unless they represent the word(s) given are not permitted

• For example, a crescent for the word moon in moonrise is acceptable.

The term in play will be deemed a pass if:

The team violates any of the rules regarding the use of:

AlphabetsNumbersSymbolsVerbal communicationsEtc.

Does a team get DQed for violating any of the previous rules?(DQ = disqualified)No!

But, the term in play at the time of the violation will be counted as a pass.

Event judge will indicate when the correct term is given.

Forms of the word will not be accepted,

except for plurals and singulars which

will be accepted interchangeably

(rain or rains, but not raining)

Correct term is given & accepted by judge, then the next team member will be given a new term until the team has either:

1. Gone through the set of < 25 terms, or

2. Time expires.

Whichever comes 1st!

Scoring

1 point/term correctly identified in the 4-minute allotted time

Teams ranked by # correct

And ties are broken by

ScoringTies Broken in order by:1. Fewest terms passed,

2. Shortest time to complete list,

3. Longest string of consecutive correct terms, &

4. Team who identifies the 1st term in the list that was incorrectly identified by the other team.

So – What’s more important

# of correct terms

Then time!

Longest string can begin anywhere in the list.

So passing # 1 or #2 is not the end.

Science terms come from:• Indexes, glossaries of science

dictionaries & textbooks, and• Hopefully represent a cross-

sampling of science disciplines at the middle/high school level

• Terms that cross scientific disciplines e.g., photochemical smog – biology, chemistry, meteorology, astronomy, environment, earth, life & physical sciences, forensics, physics, etc.

Terms inspired by current events and news:

NY Times Science Times, Weather Channel, NOVA, Discovery Channel, Newspapers, Science Daily.com, CSI, etc.

Such as earthquake, tsunami, volcanic eruption, lava flow, polar vortex, global warming, etc.,

Tips for coaches

Team members should:

• Work well together

• May be friends

• Have a broad science background,

• Be quick to think on their feet.

• Have alternates & backups

Team members:

• Good science vocabulary,

• Be time wise

• Know when to pass

• Understand team’s place is determined by the # correct & then ties are broken.

How to make a winning team

• Teammates: friends, partners in other SO events, classes, art, drama, team sports, etc.

• Communicators• Practice & more practice• Start off easy & build the

vocabulary• Check internet resources

e.g., NSO, “Picture This”http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/games/pictionary/pictionary.html

More tips

KISS = Keep Drawings Simple

Students - list of terms

Practice on line at http://www.isketch.net/

How to Start - Have Students:• Set a goal - learn a given # of scientific terms/day

• Use textbooks and internet glossaries

• Write terms on small scrap paper/index cards

• Separate into two containers

Knew and did not know

Practice from both containers and work for speed

Terms can move from known and confident – back to unsure or forgot (unknown)

Keep It Simple: Water Cartoon Style

• Credit "www.cartoonstock.com"

Keep it simple2 or 3 contour lines suffice

• Contour map – topography map – relief map

• Unlikely to be isotherms or isobars on a weather map

• Practice drawing for scientific terms that are often repeated, but

• Do not develop systems, codes or signals.

• Judges will be on the lookout for such communications – don’t take a chance – air on the safe side.

http://soinc.org/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/Picture_This_Terms.pdf

What scientific terms come to mind?

Sample list of terms http://soinc.org/sites/default/files/Picture%20This09.ppt#272,16,Sample

Terms

• life• earth• physical• double helix• earthquake• fulcrum• deoxyribonucleic

acid• new moon• base• evolution

• paleozoic• electron• gamete• oceanography• fission• kingdom• solar eclipse• refraction• herbivores• water cycle• wavelength

2004 National Final Term List

• anatomy• cold front• proton• fulcrum• herbivores• isobar• simple machine• anemometer

2004 Terms continued

• topographic map• marsupial• virus

• (enhanced Fujita scale• exoskeleton• meiosis• pH scale

• astronomical unit

• digestive system

• pangea

• new moon

• subduction zone

• coriolis effect

My 1st list of terms• sublimation• vacuum• aorta • osmosis• symbiosis• homeostasis• neuron• ion• diaphragm• stratosphere• ice pellets• acceleration• superconductor

• catalyst• accretion• gravitational pull • equinox • adsorption• periodic table• smog• dispersion• petrified wood• adiabatic process• black body radiation• freezing point• concentration

My 2nd list of terms• evaporation• cosmic rays• vapor pressure• unsaturated

solution • quantitative

analysis• hardness• specific gravity• salinity• acid• erosion• vaccine• hydrology• environment

• volatile organic compounds

• glaciation• ideal gas law• isopleth• equation of state• avalanche• continental drift:• evapotranspiration• geothermal power• electrical circuit• advection• marine biology

My 2010 list of terms• swine flu• hemorrhage• herniated disk• spinal column• forensic science• sedimentary

rocks• infrared

radiation• environmental

chemistry• drought• brain• volcanic

eruption• vaccine

• hydrocarbons• potential energy• conduction• isotact• thermodynamics• earthquake• ice sheet• condensation• alternative energy• solar wind• advection• ocean current• ecology

So now it’s time 4 U to play

Picture This

Let’s split up into Teams of 2, 3 or 4

The Sketchers & The Guessers

Sketchers: Please Write Down 1 Easy &1 Hard Scientific Term to Draw and Guess on a Piece of Paper

Then Reverse Roles

Thank you for your interest, cooperation & questions

to your great team!

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