7/29/2019 Display and Safety Regulations

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Western Nevada Regional Science & Engineering FairDisplayandSafetyRegulations

TheWNRS&EFDisplayandSafetyCommitteeisthefinalauthorityondisplayandsafetyissuesforprojects

approvedtocompeteintheWesternNevadaRegionalScience&EngineeringFair.Occasionally,the

WNRS&EFDisplayandSafetyCommitteemayrequirestudentstomakerevisionsintheirdisplayto

conformtodisplayandsafetyregulations.

ItemsNotAllowedatProject1. Livingorganismsincludingplants2. Soilorwastesamplesunlesspermanently

encasedinaslabofacrylic

3. Taxidermyspecimensorparts4. Preservedvertebrateorinvertebrateanimals5. Humanoranimalfood6. Human/animalpartsorbodyfluids(for

example,blood,urine)

7. Plantmaterials(living,dead,orpreserved)whichareintheirraw,unprocessed,ornon-

manufacturedstate.EXCEPTION:manufacturedconstructionmaterialsusedinbuildingthe

projectordisplay.

8. Laboratory/householdchemicalsincludingwater.

9. Poisons,drugs,controlledsubstances,hazardoussubstancesordevices(forexample,

firearms,weapons,ammunition,reloading

devicesandlasers)

10. Dryiceorothersublimatingsolids.11. Sharpitems(forexample,syringes,needles,

pipettes,knives)

12. Flamesorhighlyflammablematerials13. Batterieswithopen-topcells14. Awards,medals,businesscards,flags,

endorsementsand/oracknowledgements

(graphicorwritten)unlesstheitem(s)arean

integralpartoftheproject

15. Photographsorothervisualpresentationsdepictingvertebrateanimalsinsurgical

techniques,dissections,necropsies,orotherlab

procedures

16. ActiveInternetore-mailconnectionsaspartofdisplayingtheproject.

17. Prioryearswrittenmaterialorvisualdepictionsontheverticaldisplayboard.

[Exception:theprojecttitledisplayedintheFinalistsboothmaymentionyearsorwhich

yeartheprojectis(forexample,YearTwoofan

OngoingStudy)].

18. GlassorglassobjectsunlessdeemedbyDisplay&SafetyCommitteetobedeemedanintegral

partandnecessarypartoftheproject

19. AnyapparatusdeemedunsafebytheDisplay&SafetyCommittee

ItemsAllowedforDisplayBUTwiththeRestrictions

Indicated

1. Soil,sand,rock,and/orwastesamplesifpermanentlyencasedinaslabofacrylic .

2. Postaladdresses,WorldWideWebande-mailaddressestelephonenumbers,andfaxnumbers

ofparticipantonly.

3. Photographsand/orvisualdepictionsif:a. Ifnotdeemedoffensiveor

inappropriate bytheDisplayand

SafetyCommittee.b. Creditlinesiftheirorigins(PhotographtakenbyorImage

takenfrom)areattached.(Ifall

photographsbeingdisplayedwere

takenbytheparticipantorarefromthe

samesource,onecreditline

prominentlydisplayedussufficient.)

c. TheyarefromtheInternet,magazines,newspapers,journal,etc.,andcredit

linesareattached.(Ifall

photographs/imagesarefromthesame

source,onecreditprominently

displayedissufficient.)d. Theyarephotographsorvisualdepictionsoftheparticipant.

e. Theyarephotographsofhumansubjectsforwhichsignedconsentforms

areattheproject.

4. Anyapparatuswithunshieldedbelts,pulleys,chains,ormovingpartswithtensionorpinch

pointsiffordisplayonlyandnotoperated.

5. ClassIIlasers(HighSchoolONLY)if:a. Operatedonlybytheparticipantb. Operatedonlyduringjudgingc. LabeledwithasignreadingLaser

Radiation:DoNotLookIntoBeamd. Enclosedinprotectivehousingthatpreventsphysicalandvisualaccessto

beam

e. Disconnectedwhennotoperating6. ClassIIIandIVlaser(HighSchoolONLY)iffor

displayandnotoperated

7. Anyapparatusproducingtemperaturethatwillcausephysicalburnsifadequatelyinsulated