Materials Choice Award

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Materials Choice Awards

Materials Choice Award

Project: Materials Choice Awards

Purpose: To familiarize middle school and

high school students with the materials
profession and show the importance of
materials in cool products or applications.
Value to ASM: Increase interest in materials
among youth and promote ASM International
& ASM MEF.
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Materials Choice Awards

Materials
Choicewhat
Award:
Students
determine
theyOverview
think is the
coolest product or application of a material.
Two tiers of competition
Middle School
- 1 page essay describing why the material is
the coolest
High School
- 2 page essay describing why the material is
the coolest
Both
- A picture and caption to Facebook and
Instagram
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- A video

Materials Choice Awards - Round 1

Materials Choice Award: Overview (Cont.)

First round of competition will include a written

essay, judged by the ASM SBoTs.
Top 10 teams in each tier will advance to
Peoples Choice round
Judging Criteria for written/essay
portion:
Novelty of material chosen and its
applications
Quality of writing
Justification for choosing material
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Materials Choice Awards - Round 2

Top 10 teams will have their submissions
posted to ASM Facebook and Instagram
pages.
The 3 teams in each tier (middle school and
high school) with most number of likes
(combined for Facebook and Instagram) will
advance to the finals.

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Materials Choice Awards - Round 3

Top 6 finalists from each tier will compete in
3 minute elevator pitch video presentation
about their nomination of coolest materials
application.
Videos will be shown at MS&T for final
judging.
Judges include: 3-ASM SBoTs and 2-MEF
Board members.
Judging Criteria for video competition
portion:
Content of presentation
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Materials Choice Awards - Prizes

The top score in the video presentation for each
tier will receive a monetary prize.
Middle School Tier: (1) $ 1000
High School Tier: (1) $ 1000
Money can be distributed between winning team
and/or gifted to classroom for classroom supplies
related to education in materials science.
Need a way to ensure money is being distributed as
ASM intends it to be (money is not being pocketed by
teacher or used for general classroom supplies such
as staplers)
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Materials Choice Awards

JUNE-AUGUST
Advertise
to Materials Camp
Materials
Choice 2015:
Award:
Project Deliverables
& Timeline
Teachers
DECEMBER 4, 2015: Submit essays
JANUARY 15, 2016: Notify top ten teams from essay
portion
FEBRUARY 5, 2016: Submit picture and comment

Load submissions onto Facebook and Instagram page

Keep track of number of likes for each submission
MARCH 15, 2016: Notify top 3 teams
MAY 1, 2016: Submit video
AT MS&T 16: Announce winners

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