GRADES 2–4
ENTRY FORM
Build STEM enthusiasm! Inspire grades 2–4 students to come up with creative ideas
for engineering a solution to a problem by designing a robot concept.
HOW TO ENTER:
PRIZES:
GRAND PRIZE:
STUDENT: One (1) MacBook® laptop
preloaded with MECH-X4 content
To enter, teachers (or parents/guardians) must submit
entries on behalf of their students.
Submit your students' entries in one of two easy ways:
TEACHER: Three (3) iPads® for the classroom,
a $250 Scholastic gift certificate, and a class set of
Disney XD gift bags
MAIL
Robots of the Future Contest
Scholastic Inc.
557 Broadway
ATTN: Mailroom 1271, J. Canter
New York, NY 10012
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WIN, CHERS
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TEACHER RECOGNITION PRIZES:
Four (4) additional $100 Scholastic gift certificates
to other teachers who entered
Submit a copy of this entry form stapled to each student
contest sheet. You can also download these pages at
scholastic.com/robots-of-the-future.
JUDGING CRITERIA:
Entries must include both a drawing and a written
description on the student contest sheet.
Mailed entries must be postmarked by 1/9/17 and received
by 1/16/17.
The following criteria will be weighted equally and used to
evaluate entries:
1 How well students explain how their robot works and
what problem it solves
2 How well the robot’s functionality addresses the problem
3 Creativity and originality
ONLINE
Upload your students’ contest sheets online at
scholastic.com/robots-of-the-future/contest.
Online entries must be uploaded by 1/9/17.
TEACHER’S NAME:GRADE:NUMBER OF ENTRIES:
TEACHER'S EMAIL:
TEACHER'S PHONE:
SCHOOL NAME:
SCHOOL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN'S NAME:
PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN'S EMAIL:
PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN'S PHONE:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. All teachers or parent/guardians who are legal residents of, and currently reside in, the 50 United States (or the D
istrict of Columbia) and who currently
teach grades 2–4 or have a child in grades 2–4 are eligible to enter their students’ entries, except for those who have family m
embers living in the same household employed by Scholastic Inc., ABC Cable
Network Group, Inc., and other related companies. Many will enter. Few will win. Visit scholastic.com/robots-of-the-future/contest/rules for complete Official Rules and restrictions. The contest start date
is 11/4/16. All entries submitted by mail must b e postmarked by 1/9/17 and received by 1/16/17. All entries submitted online must be received by 11:59 PM EST on 1/9/17. ERV of Prizes: Student Grand
Prize, one (1) MacBook laptop ($1,299); Teacher Grand Prize, three (3) iPads for classroom use, a $250 Scholastic gift certificate, and class set of Disney XD gift bags ($2,800); Teacher Recognition Prizes,
one (1) $100 Scholastic gift certificate each to four teachers ($400).
STUDENT
REPRODUCIBLE 4:
CONTEST SHEET
STUDENT'S NAME:
GRADE:
TEACHER’S NAME:
SCHOOL NAME:SCHOOL PHONE:
SCHOOL ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN'S NAME:
PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN'S EMAIL:
PARENT/LEGAL GUARDIAN'S PHONE:
Goal: Share your idea for a robot that solves a problem!
DRAW YOUR ROBOT
© DISNEY. All rights reserved.
Define a problem that your robot solves, and explain how your robot works:
SCHOLASTIC’S ROBOTS OF THE FUTURE CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES:
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR
WIN.
A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT IMPROVE ONE’S CHANCES OF
WINNING.
MANY WILL ENTER. FEW WILL WIN.
1. SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR: Scholastic Inc. (“Scholastic”), 557
Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
2. ELIGILIBILITY: The Scholastic Robots of the Future Contest (the “Contest”)
is open to teachers (“Teacher Participants”) parents, or legal guardians who
currently are legal residents of, and currently reside in, the 50 United States (and
the District of Columbia) (“Territory”) and who currently teach students in grade
levels two (2) through four (4) or have a child currently in grades two (2) through
four (4) (“Student Participants”). Any such Teacher Participant must have
obtained prior written authorization from the Student Participant’s parent or legal
guardian and the Student Participant must attend a public school, accredited
private school, or home school in compliance with the laws of its state. Neither
Employees of Scholastic, nor ABC Cable Networks Group, Inc. (“ACNG”), nor
their respective parent, subsidiary or affiliated companies, nor the advertising,
promotional or fulfillment agencies of any of them (individually and collectively,
“Entities”); nor members of their households or immediate families (defined as
parents, children, siblings, step-parents, step-children, step-siblings and their
spouses) are eligible to enter the Contest. Void where prohibited or restricted by
law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and
regulations.
3. ENTRY: A Teacher Participant or parent or legal guardian may enter this
Contest on behalf of his/her Student Participants in one (1) of two (2) ways
during the period beginning at 12:00 A.M. Eastern Time (“ET”), November 4,
2016, and ending at 11:59 P.M. ET, January 9, 2017 (“Entry Period”). During the
Entry Period, visit www.scholastic.com/robots-­‐of-­‐the-­‐future (“Website”). Once
you visit the Website, follow the links to download the contest entry form (“Entry
Form”) and student contest sheet (“Student Contest Sheet”), containing a
Student Participant’s drawing of a robot, and a written description of a problem
1 that the robot solves and explains how the robot works, collectively referred to as
the “Submission”.
(a) MAIL ENTRY: Teacher Participants and/or parents or legal guardians
may submit a copy of the Submission on behalf of the Student Participants via
mail (“Mail Entry”). All Mail Entries must be postmarked by January 9, 2017 and
received by January 16, 2017.
Mail Entries should be submitted to the following address:
Robots of the Future Contest
Scholastic Inc.
557 Broadway
ATTN: Mailroom 1271, J. Canter
New York, NY 10012
(b): ONLINE ENTRY
Teacher Participants and/or parents and/or legal guardians may submit a
Submission online at scholastic.com/robots-of-the-future on behalf of the
Student Participant (“Online Entry). Online Entries must be uploaded to
scholastic.com/robots-of-the-future by January 9, 2017. Student Participants
cannot upload their own Online Entries.
“Submission” shall mean and refer to each Mail Entry and Online Entry.
ALL SUBMISSIONS, whether submitted by mail or online, must include the
following information:
• Student Participant’s name
• Student Participant’s grade level
• Name of Teacher Participant designated by Student Participant to
receive a prize for himself/herself if Student Participant is declared a
Contest winner.
• Student Participant’s school name
• Student Participant’s school city/state
• Name, email address and phone number of Student Participant’s parent
or legal guardian
By uploading or mailing a Submission, you agree that the Submission conforms
to the Submission Content Guidelines as defined below, and that Scholastic, in
its sole discretion, may remove your Submission and disqualify you from the
Contest if it believes your Submission fails to conform to the Submission Content
2 Guidelines, or is otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules. By
uploading or submitting a Submission, you further acknowledge that Student
Participant’s Submission may be posted on-air or via other media and it will be
shareable by others.
Submission Content Guidelines:
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The Submission may not be offensive or inappropriate, as determined by
Scholastic and ACNG in their sole discretion;
The Submission must not contain material that violates or infringes the
rights of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any
person’s personal or property rights or any other third-party rights,
including but not limited to privacy, intellectual property rights, or that
constitutes, copyright infringement;
The Submission must not disparage Scholastic, its products or services,
ACNG, or any other person or party affiliated with the Contest;
The Submission must not contain brand names, brand logos, or
trademarks without permission, to the extent permission is necessary,
other than those owned by Scholastic or ACNG, which entrant has a
limited license to use to create and enter a Submission in this Contest;
The Submission must not contain text, images or artwork not created by
Student Participant;
The Submission must not contain material that Scholastic or ACNG
deem to be inappropriate, indecent, obscene hateful, tortious,
defamatory, slanderous or libelous;
The Submission must not contain material that Scholastic or ACNG
deem to promote bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or
individual or to promote discrimination based on race, gender, religion,
nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; and
The Submission must not contain material that is unlawful, in violation of
or contrary to the laws or regulations in any jurisdiction where the
Submission is created.
4. LIMITATIONS: All Submission must be received or postmarked by January 9,
2017 at 11:59 P.M. ET. Submissions are limited to one (1) Submission per
Student Participant (regardless of method of entry). Submissions by any method
other than set forth above in Section 3 are void. Neither the Entities, nor any of
their officers, directors, shareholders, employees, or representatives (individually
and collectively, “Releasees”) are responsible for: Submissions from persons
residing, or physically located, outside the Territory; Submissions that are
3 altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed,
inaccurate, incomplete, interrupted, irregular in any way, late, lost, misrouted,
multiple, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible or
otherwise not in compliance with these Official Rules; lost, interrupted or
unavailable network, server, Internet Service Provider, Website or other
connections; miscommunications; failed computer, satellite, or cable
transmissions, lines or technical failure; failed computer hardware or software
malfunctions, failures, technical errors or difficulties; technical failures;
unauthorized human intervention; traffic congestion; garbled or jumbled
transmissions; undeliverable emails resulting from any form of active or passive
email filtering; insufficient space in entrant’s email account to receive email; or
other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing,
production or technical errors or other causes; even if caused by the negligence
of any of the Releasees. Each of such potential Submissions will be disqualified
and any attempt by a person to use multiple email accounts to register more than
the number of Submissions allowed by these Official Rules may result in
disqualification at Scholastic’s sole discretion. Void where prohibited or restricted
by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local and municipal laws and
regulations.
5. PRIVACY POLICY/DATA COLLECTION: All personal information collected
from Student Participants, Participant Teachers, and/or parents or legal
guardians of Student Participants will be retained in accordance with Scholastic’s
records retention policies for the Contest (all Submissions will be kept for one
year following selection of the winner; all winning Submissions will be kept for up
to three years). By submitting a Submission in this Contest, the Teacher
Participant, parent, and/or legal guardian understands and consents to the
collection, maintenance, processing, and transfer of his or her information and
the information of the Student Participant in and to the United States and other
countries and territories, and to ACNG. The Participant Teachers, and parents
and/or legal guardians of the Student Participants acknowledge and agree that
such information may be available to United States authorities or
otherwise accessed in accordance with United States federal or applicable state
law.
The Submissions will be subject to Scholastic’s privacy policy, which can be
found at the following link: http://www.scholastic.com/privacy.htm.
4 6. WINNER DETERMINATION: Winners will be determined according to the
process set forth below:
Grand Prize Winner
At the end of the Entry Period, a panel of qualified judges determined by
Scholastic and ACNG in their sole discretion will select one (1) Student (“Student
Participant Winner”) and his/her Participant Teacher (“Participant Teacher
Winner”) with the highest-scoring Submission from among all eligible
Submissions based on the following equally-weighted criteria (“Judging Criteria”):
1. How well the Student Participants explain how his/her robot works and what
problem it solves
2. How well the Student Participant’s robot’s functionality addresses the problem
3. The Student Participant’s creativity and originality
In the event of a tie, the Submission that received the highest score for how well
the robot’s functionality addresses the problem, as determined by the qualified
judges, in their sole discretion, will be deemed the Winner.
Teacher Recognition Prize
Four (4) Teacher Participants from the remaining eligible Submission will be
chosen by random drawing to receive the Teacher Recognition Prizes (“Teacher
Recognition Winners”).
The winners of the Grand Prize and Teacher Recognition Prizes are collectively
the “Winners”.
The Winners, his/her parent or legal guardian, as applicable,
will be notified on or around February 8, 2017 via cell phone, mail or email, as
appropriate, to obtain and/or verify their mailing addresses (as applicable) as well
as any additional required information or responses. Each Winner, his/her
parent/guardian (where applicable) and the Participating Teacher (where
applicable) agree to be bound by the Official Rules, and the decisions of the
judges are final in all matters relating to this Contest. Each Winner and his/her
parent/legal guardian (where applicable) may be required to sign, notarize, and
return, within ten (10) days of date of notification: (1) an affidavit of
eligibility/compliance with the Official Rules and statement of originality and
verification of address; (2) a publicity release permitting Scholastic and ACNG
and each of their respective designees to (i) use the Winner’s name and/or
5 Participating Teacher’s name, address, likeness, biographical information and/or
Submission; (ii) reprint the Submission, in whole or in part, in any future
publication(s); and/or (iii) use the Winner’s services, including all live and taped
performances of Winner’s media interviews, photo/video and/or autograph
sessions in connection with this Contest in any and all media now known or
hereafter developed, worldwide without limitation, including for any advertising,
publicity, and promotional purposes, without additional notice or compensation,
notification or permission, except where prohibited by law; and (3) a release of
liability signed by the Winner or parent/legal guardian of the Winner (where
applicable). If the above are not executed and received by Scholastic within ten
(10) days of date of receipt of notification, prizes may be awarded to an alternate
winner from among all remaining eligible Submission. In addition, each Winner
and/or parent/legal guardian of the Winner (where applicable) must execute all
other documents reasonably requested by Scholastic and/or ACNG in connection
with the Contest. If Scholastic and/or ACNG discover at any time, during or after
the Contest, that a Submission contained infringing material, the parent or legal
guardian of the Student Participant or the Participant Teacher that submitted the
entry will be immediately disqualified and will be obligated, along with the
respective Participant Teacher Winner, or the Teacher Recognition Winner to
immediately return any and all prizes that may have been awarded to him/her in
connection with his/her entry.
7. PRIZES:
A. GRAND PRIZE:
o STUDENT PARTICIPANT: One (1) Grand Prize Student Participant
Winner will receive one (1) MacBook® laptop preloaded with MECH-X4
content (estimated retail value: $1,299).
o PARTICIPANT TEACHER OF STUDENT PARTICIPANT WINNER: The
Participant Teacher winner (“Participant Teacher Winner”) of the Student
Participant Winner will receive three (3) iPads® for the classroom, a $250
Scholastic gift certificate, and a class set of Disney XD gift bags
(estimated retail value: $2,800). Note: For purposes of the Contest, the
Participant Teacher Winner is defined as the teacher listed on the Entry
Form.
B. TEACHER RECOGNITION PRIZES: Four (4) Participant Teachers from the
remaining eligible Submissions will be chosen by random drawing to each
receive one (1) $100 Scholastic gift certificate.
6 “Prize” shall mean and refer to each Grand Prize and Teacher Recognition Prize.
No cash substitutions for Prizes. In the event of Prize unavailability, a Prize of
equal or greater value will be awarded as determined by Scholastic’s sole
discretion. Prizes are nontransferable. All federal, state, and local taxes, if any,
are the sole responsibility of the Winners and the parent or legal guardian
thereof. Subject to all applicable laws.
8. CONDITIONS: In addition, by entering this Contest and/or accepting any Prize
you may win, you agree that: [1] you have all rights, permissions and consents
necessary to grant the rights to Scholastic and ACNG as expressed herein; [2]
you will abide by and be bound by the Official Rules and the Scholastic and
ACNG’s decisions and Privacy Policy; [3] you waive all rights in and to the
Submission and it will not be returned; [4] you release and hold harmless the
Releasees from any and all liability for claims, injuries, losses or damages of any
kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in
part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, use, misuse,
possession, loss or misdirection of any Prize; participation in the Contest or any
contest-related activity or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer
Contest information; [5] the Prizes are awarded “AS IS” and WITHOUT
WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, express or implied (including, without limitation, any
implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose), and the
Releasees do not make any representation, warranty or guarantee, express or
implied, relating to the Contest or Prizes [6] a Winner’s acceptance of a Prize
constitutes the grant to Scholastic and ACNG and assigns of an unconditional right
to use Winner's name, address (city and state only), voice, likeness, photograph,
biographical and prize information and/or statements about the Contest for any
programming, publicity, advertising and promotional purposes without additional
compensation, except where prohibited by law; [7] in the event viruses, bugs,
unauthorized human intervention, Acts of God, acts or regulations of any
governmental or supra-national authority, war, national emergency, accident, fire,
riot, strikes, lock-outs, industrial disputes, acts of terrorism or other matters
beyond Scholastic’s reasonable control, corrupt, prevent or impair the
administration, security, fairness or proper play of the Contest, so that it cannot
be conducted as originally planned, except where prohibited by law, Scholastic
has the right, in its sole discretion, to modify the Official Rules or to cancel,
modify, terminate or suspend the Contests; and in such event, to select a Winner
by such method as Scholastic in its sole discretion shall consider equitable; [8]
the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or
7 administration of this Contest, including but not limited to: errors in the advertising,
Official Rules, selection and announcement of the Winners and distribution of the
Prizes; [9] any portion of any Prize not accepted or used by any Winner will be
forfeited; [10] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of any Winner to
accept or use any Prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; [11] Scholastic has
the right, at any time and at its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual it
suspects to be doing any of the following: (a) tampering or attempting to tamper
with the entry process or the operation of the Contest; (b) violating the Official
Rules; (c) violating the terms of service, privacy policy or other terms, conditions
of use and/or general rules or guidelines of any Contest property or service; (d)
acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with intent to annoy, abuse,
threaten or harass any other person or (e) for any other good cause as
determined solely by Scholastic; [12] Scholastic has the right to lock out an
entrant whose eligibility is in question or who has been disqualified or is
otherwise ineligible to enter the Contest ; [13] since any attempt by any individual
to damage or undermine the legitimate operation of this Scholastic is a violation
of these Official Rules as well as criminal and civil laws, and should Scholastic
believe or become aware that such an attempt has been, is being, or will be
made, it has the right to seek remedies and damages from any responsible
individuals to the fullest extent permitted by law, including without limitation
criminal prosecution; [14] all disputes, claims and causes of action at law or in
equity (individually, “Claim”) arising out of or relating to this Contest, the meaning
or interpretation of the Official Rules or any Prize awarded shall be resolved by
applying the laws of California, without regard to conflict of laws provisions
therein, and shall be solely and exclusively brought in the state or federal courts
within that state; [15] all Claims shall be resolved individually, without resort to
any form of class action; [16] all Claims, judgments and awards shall be limited
to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, but in no event include attorneys’ fees, and
under no circumstances will any entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, special, consequential
damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses
and waives all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased; [17]
Scholastic has the right to modify prize award procedures at its sole discretion;
[18] the Winner’s acceptance of the Prize constitutes the grant of an
unconditional right to ACNG and assigns to photograph, film, or otherwise
capture any creative content in the Submission (“Creative Content”) and ACNG
shall have the unconditional right to reproduce, distribute, display, exhibit,
transmit, broadcast, stream, synchronize with visual material, modify, amend,
create derivative works, and otherwise use and permit others to use the Creative
Content throughout the universe in any and all media now known or hereafter
8 devised, in all languages and in all versions, in perpetuity, without compensation,
except where prohibited by law; [20] ACNG’s use of the Creative Content as
described herein will not give rise to any claims of infringement, invasion of
privacy, defamation or claims for performance or payment of any kind, including
but not limited to payment of re-use fees, residuals or license fees; and [21]
ACNG shall have the right to make such changes to the Creative Content and
make such uses thereof as it deems necessary or desirable, including but not
limited to the right to use, edit, and reproduce and/or alter said Creative Content
in perpetuity, in its entirety or in part, for any commercial and promotional
purposes worldwide without any consultation or additional permission, or
compensation, credit or attribution.
9. WINNERS LIST: For the names of the Winners, send a self-addressed
stamped envelope after February 8, 2017, and before April 8, 2017, to:
Robots of the Future Winners List
Scholastic Inc.
557 Broadway
ATTN: Mailroom 1271, J. Canter
New York, NY 10012
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