2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 67 SERIES: HEALTH OCCUPATIONS B CONTEST: CONTEST: BIOTECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE BOWL, BIOTECHNOLOGY KNOWLEDGE BOWL, LIMITED DEMO LIMITED DEMO Series Director: ERIN ROY • (508) 416-2325 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - Room 340 with Event Manager: Maria Bennes REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty SkillsUSA attire: - Red SkillsUSA blazer, windbreaker or sweater, or black or red SkillsUSA jacket. - Button-up, collared, white dress shirt (accompanied by a plain, solid black tie), white blouse (collarless or small collard) or white turtleneck, with any collar to not extend to the lapel area of the blazer, sweater, windbreaker or jacket. - Black dress slacks or black dress skirt (knee-length) Wearing socks or hose is no longer required. If worn, socks must be black dress socks and hose must be either black or skin-tone and seamless/non pattern. - Black dress shoes or Professional Business Attire NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty Each Team is responsible to arrive with the required supplies: Thick Black markers, pencils, calculator, 75 sheets of white paper, and 30 sheets of colored paper for scrap. Any team that does not have the required supplies will not be allowed to participate in the contest. Judges: Will follow the scoring standards listed below. Resources: The References used for determining the questions are, the most current version of: Biotechnology: Science for the New Millennium (Ellyn Daughterty) Biotechnology: A laboratory Skills Course (J, Kirk Brown) Carefully Review the SCORING section of the New Technical Standards (see below): Please be aware of the game rule that requires each team to identify a “captain”. The captain will be the team member who stands with the team’s answer. Judges: We will follow the national contest standard: 3 to 4 impartial judges will be utilized. Scoring: a. Each team will begin each half with 0 points. b. A team may choose to answer the question or not answer the question. c. If a team chooses to answer and is correct, the team will be awarded 16 points. If a team chooses to answer and is incorrect, 16 points will be deducted. Total possible score per half is 400 for a maximum bowl score of 800. d. Teams will be allowed to NOT ANSWER/PASS TWO (2) questions per half and receive a 0 score for that question. e. If the team does not answer a question after the 2 passes have been awarded, (signified by remaining seated), this will be recorded as a wrong answer and 16 points will be deducted. f. The judges will make the scores visible to all teams before the start of the second half of the bowl. g. Score discrepancies must be addressed by the team captain. h. A written test worth 200 points will be administered on the day of competition. This test will be taken as a team. The score of the test will be added to the final total score. High school and post-secondary will have different exams i. The winning team is that team which has accumulated the highest total points (total score plus written test score, less penalties). j. In the event of a tie, the tie will be broken follows: The team with the highest written test score. Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission
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