Introduction

This is an international competition to exhibit STEM projects and will be held based on the following:

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Category
  • Primary school (12 years old or below)
  • Secondary school (13 – 18 years old)
Assessment Criteria
  • Originality & innovativeness (25%)
  • Project execution (25%)
  • Quality & impact (25%)
  • Project presentation and communication (25%)
Participation
  • Team size (1 to 3 student members + 1 project mentor (if the project was mentored by volunteer) + 1 teacher)
  • No limit to the number of teams from each school
  • Participation form is to be filled up by each team
  • No fees are charged for participation
  • Each team is required to exhibit throughout the 3-day event
  • Setting up will be done one day before the commencement of event. Details will be provided by the organizer through emails
  • Assessment by judges will be carried out during the 3-day event through interview and project presentation at the exhibition booth
  • Each participating team will be provided 1 banquet table, 2 chairs, 1 electrical point and a 2m x 2.5m shell board. Each team is responsible to bring other necessities for the setting up its booth
  • Each team is to exhibit its project at the assigned booth throughout the event period regardless assessment progress and status
Prizes

For each category, the following prizes will be available for award based on recommendation of the panel of judges.

  • Gold medal (RM 500, certificate)
  • Silver medal (RM 200, certificate)
  • Bronze medal (RM 100, certificate)
  • Merit (certificate)
Deadline for Registration20 October 2017 (Friday)
Contact

KLESF Secretariat – Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

Pn. Azura Abdullah (azura@utar.edu.my)

Tel: +6 03 – 9086 0288 ext 847

Fax: +6 03 – 9019 3188

Email: info@klesf.net

Possible Areas of Project

The projects can be related to the following areas:

  1. Life Sciences (Biology, Botany, Food Science, etc)
  2. Physical Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, etc)
  3. Medicine and Health Sciences
  4. Earth and Environmental Sciences
  5. Engineering and Technology
  6. Computer Science and Information Technology
  7. Mathematical Sciences
  8. Behavioral and Social Sciences
  9. Interdisciplinary Sciences

Information Pack

Download the details here:

  1. KLESF 2017 Challenge Details