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Contest begins October 1st, 2007

The WeatherBug^® 2007 Online Science and Programming Contest

The WeatherBug 2007 Online Science and Programming Contest was designed to teach students in grades K-12 about innovative ways to display compelling information while writing their own programs and researching and learning about the environment around them.

The national contest, sponsored by WeatherBug and its online programming partners Leopard and Phrogram, will inspire and engage students in schools nationwide in computer programming and science, while also competing for some great prizes for themselves and their school.

Tools for the contest have been kid-tested and are fun and engaging. Winners will be chosen based on creativity, design and the most innovative use of weather data and information. Submissions will be displayed online or downloadable from the web so students can be inspired by what their peers created in other schools across the country.

Contest submissions need to be created using one of the following programs: Leopard, Phrogram or the WeatherBug API programming language tool.

Click Here for Official Contest Rules and Regulations

Click Here To Start Programming!

How to submit your entry:

Instructions for API:

Gather all required source files and binary files and combine them into a ZIP file with the same name as your program. Then, email the ZIP as an attachment to jferro@aws.com. In the subject line include: 'Fall Contest Entry' so we will know it's for this contest. Also write a brief description of what your program does in the body of the email

Instructions for Phrogram:

Excluding any custom sounds and images that you create, the easiest way to send us your program is to rename it like this: change “MyProgram.kpl” to “MyProgram.kpl.TXT .” To include the images and sounds with the program, combine all files in a ZIP file with the same name as the program. Then, email either the TXF file or the ZIP file as an attachment to jferro@aws.com. In the subject line include: 'Fall Contest Entry' so we will know it's for this contest. Also write a brief description of what your program does in the body of the email.

Instructions for Leopard:

Navigate to http://weather.weatherbug.com/labs/leopard/submitapps.html and follow the instructions on that page to submit your application.

Instructions for Stickers:

Send an email to jferro@aws.com with a link to the web site in which you have embedded your sticker.

Student Examples

Screenshot - Leopard Leopard Logo

Screenshot - Phrogram Phrogram Logo

Screenshot - API WeatherBug Logo

Official Contest Rules and Regulations

Contest Dates 
    All entries need to be submitted online Oct 1, 2007 - Nov 16, 2007. Late entries will not qualify.
        Winner to be selected in December 2007
        Official Contest website: http:///www.WeatherBugSchools.com/07contest.htm

Grand Prize (valued up to $4,995.00):
    WeatherBug Tracking Station OR a Camera for the winning entry's school 
    Trophy, WeatherBug t-shirt and baseball cap (for up to 35 students)

1st Runner-Up (valued up to $495.00):
    Digital Display Unit for winning entry's school 
    Trophy for the classroom or student 
 
2nd Runner-Up (valued up to $210.00):
    Classroom Activity Kit 
    Trophy for the classroom or student

Contest Rules  
1. Programs must be submitted by a teacher 18 years old or older on behalf of a K-12 student. 
 
2. Program must be submitted on behalf of a school, meaning that the grand prize will be awarded to the winning programmer's school. There can be multiple entries per school.

3. There are two categories in which to enter, elementary (K-6) and secondary (7-12). Only one entry can win the grand prize. 
 
4. The Grand Prize is a WeatherBug Tracking Station or camera for the school valued up to $4,995 
 
5. Programs must be 1000 lines of code or less or code, not counting white space 
 
6. Your program must be created using either Leopard, Phrogram or the WeatherBug API. Programs submitted in any other application will not qualify. 
 
7. No person or family member associated with WeatherBug, Leopard or Phrogram may participate in this contest. 
 
8. With regard to an entry you submit as part of the Contest, you grant WeatherBug a worldwide, perpetual, fully paid-up, non-exclusive license to make, sell, or use the technology related thereto, including but not limited to the software, algorithms, techniques, concepts, etc., associated with the entry. 
    
9. Notification of Winners. ALL WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL AND/OR PHONE. All winners will have 48 hours to respond to the email notification from the Sponsor or by the due date set in the email notification, or they will forfeit the prize. All winners will need to fill out an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release, have it notarized and fax it back to the Sponsor with a photocopy of their active driver's license.

10. Publicity. Except where prohibited, participation in the promotion constitutes winner's consent to Sponsor's use of winner's name, likeness, voice, opinions, hometown, state/province and country for promotional purposes in any media without further payment or consideration. Winner's photo and quote may be used in promotions during the fair and on WeatherBug online properties.

11. General Conditions. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, modify or suspend the promotion should virus, bugs, unauthorized human intervention, technical failures or any other factor beyond Sponsor's reasonable control corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper operation of the promotion. In such event, Sponsor reserves the right to award the prizes at random from among the eligible entries received up to the time of impairment. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to disqualify any individual it finds to be tampering with the entry process or the operation of the promotion or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner. Any attempt by any person to deliberately damage Sponsor's Web site or undermine the legitimate operation of this promotion may be a violation of criminal and civil laws, and, should such an attempt be made, Sponsor reserves the right to seek damages from any such person to the fullest extent permitted by law. Sponsor's failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision.

12. Release. By accepting any promotional prize, winner agrees that Sponsor, their respective parents, subsidiaries and affiliated companies, and the agents, employees, directors and officers of these companies (collectively the "Released Parties"), are not liable whatsoever for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any prize or from winner's participation in the promotion.

13. Limitations of Liability. The Released Parties are not responsible for: (1) incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information or late or incomplete entries, all of which will be disqualified; (2) technical failures of any kind, including but not limited to the malfunctioning of any telephone, computer, network, hardware or software; (3) the unavailability or inaccessibility of any Web site or service; (4) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the promotion; (5) electronic or human error which may occur in the administration of the promotion or the processing of entries; or (6) any injury or damage to persons or property, including but not limited to entrant's computer, which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from entrant's participation in the promotion or from downloading any material from Sponsor's Web site(s), regardless of whether the material was prepared by Sponsor or a third party, and regardless of whether the material is connected to Sponsor's Web site by a hypertext link.

14. Disputes. Entrant agrees that: (1) any and all claims, judgments and awards shall be limited to actual out of pocket costs incurred, including costs associated with entering this promotion but in no event attorneys' fees; and (2) under no circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for and entrant hereby waives all rights to claim punitive, incidental and consequential damages and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses, and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. All federal, state, provincial and local laws apply.

15. Data Collection. Sponsor shall collect personally identifiable information from entrants when they enter the promotion. The information collected is subject to the privacy policy of WeatherBug found at Privacy Policy and the official rules of this promotion.

Disclaimer: This contest is not valid in states or countries that do not allow contests of this type.  All Prizes: No substitutions for prize other than by WeatherBug, and Winner is solely responsible for all applicable taxes on the value of the prize, and will be issued an IRS 1099 tax form for the retail value of the prize.

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