PRIZES
Simon and Diana Raab have made a generous gift to the KITP to establish the Simon and Diana Raab Presentation Prizes to be awarded each year for winning presentations by Teachers' Conference attendees.

CONTEST RULES
Applications should create a talk summarizing the 2009 Teachers' Conference lectures and the accompanying discussions, suitable for presentation as a single science class period. It should include a PowerPoint (or equivalent) presentation, with supporting slide notes, and must include a set of practical analytical problems in each of the areas of presentation. Materials should be sufficiently self-contained to allow ready classroom use by science teachers other than the author.

JUDGING & EVALUATION
All winning presentations will be posted on the KITP Teachers' Conference webpage on the KITP site. Judging is undertaken by a jury of 2 teacher peers plus one scientist. Judges may not grade any personal submission.

Presentations will be graded on scale of 1-5, against a total of 25 points on following attributes:

1. Graphic quality; animation
2. Logic flow and coherence
3. Slide note clarity and accuracy
4. Motivation and Excitement factor
5. Analytical problems' interest as relating to conference subject and as illustrative of fundamental laws of physics

SUBMISSIONS
Applicants are requested to upload their presentations between June 1, 2009 and August 14, 2009 to: Contest.

Inquiries can be addressed to Professor Dan Hone at: Hone at KITP

WINNING PRESENTATIONS
Winners will be notified directly by email and prizes mailed no later than September 30, 2009, and their presentations posted on the KITP web site.

Void where prohibited.