GEORGIA SPECIFIC RULES

(As determined at tournament directors meeting, 24 October. 2009) New items are all in red

1.  Trajectory, both divisions : graphs must be submitted prior to the 
day of competition. Specific details to be provided by individual 
sites. Penalties will exist for late submission.

2.  Mission Possible (C):  order of actions must be submitted prior to 
the day of competition. Specific details to be provided by individual 
sites. Penalties will exist for late submission.

3 . Ornithology, both divisions:  (aka advanced feathered herps) The birds will be restricted to GA birds from the national list.

4.  Wright Stuff(B):  flight logs will not be required

5.  Crime Busters(B):  no water testing will be done at any level

6.  Junkyard Challenge(B):  The distance from the center to the interior 
edge of the mousetraps will be 30 cm for all regional sites. The distance from the center to the interior edges of all mousetraps will be 35 cm at the state.

7 . Physical Science Lab (B): (possibly also Physics lab; details later): because of instability of fans, fans will not be placed 15 cm above table. Fans will be placed on the table.

8. Compute This (B) : all sites use Office 2007 on their computers.

9. On tournament day, each school with >1 team MUST have a separate adult 
register the team and serve as coach of the day.

10. Wrist bands must be worn by all competitors and the head coach. 

11. The mandatory fee that coaches must pay for the Send Bill To Aruba 
fund will be increased by a factor of the cube root of 45. A small % (  0.0237%) of 
the SBTA fund will be shared among the various state directors.

Note : teams advancing to nationals will be expected to follow national rules unless indicated by 2010 SONT communication.

GENERAL ITEMS

1. APPEAL
   
   
1. Each site will have an appeal board of at least 3 individuals; the number on the board must be an odd number
2. Appeals must be made within one hour of the team's completion of the event in question.
3. Appeals must be made in writing.
4. Scoring appeals must be made within one hour after the passing out of score sheets at award ceremony. This rule applies to all teams, whether they stay for award ceremony or not.
5. ONLY THE DESIGNATED COACHED, AS INDICATED ON THE REGISTRATION, MAY FILE THE APPEAL
   
   
2. TOURNAMENT DAY REGISTRATION
   
   
1. A separate adult must turn in the team roster for each team.
2. The roster form must be printed and totaled from the on-line form.
3. Students MUST wear wrist bands. Students without wrist bands will not be allowed to compete in an event, except a trial event.
4. Mutliple teams from a given school MUST each have separate devices. Devices may not be shared among/between teams.(actually an ovreall rule; it is listed here just to emphasize things.)
   
   
3. BIRDS (AKA, FEATHERED REPTILES)
   
   
1. Modified critter list. The critters will be limited to those on the list that appear in GA. Click here for a specific list. Families from the national list that will NOT be tested:
   
   
2. Printed labels will be allowed (and in fact, encouraged ). Answer sheets used will be double spaced, 12 font lines. The length of the label must not exceed 3 ½ inches, and must fit within the above indicated space. Students may bring in multiple labels, however, THE LABELS THEMSELVES MUST CONTAIN NO WRITING OTHER THAN NAME.
3. Taxonomy field guides: The book used does not have to contain the words "Field Guide." Any book that deals with taxonomy is acceptable.
   
   
4. LOG BOOKS, TEST KITS, SBTA, and other things
   
   
   1. Log books will NOT be required for
      1. Flight events (Wright Stuff and Balloon Launch Glider)
      2. Balsa wood events (Tower and Boomilever)
   2. B. Log books will be required for other events if specified in rules.
   3. TRAJECTORY: a copy of the graphs must be submitted prior to the competion. The tournament dierector will notify all teams of how and when the the graphs are to be submitted. Penalities will result from late submissions.
   4. ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY: All sites will use the Rapitest Soil Test kits. Most scientific suppliers sell this kit at a reasonable price..
      
      
5. WRITE IT DO IT
   
   A. Building bags may contain more, but never less, than the necessary pieces