The Open House Poster Session is an opportunity for teams to share information and images of their project in a community-wide event located on the campus of UAH. This event shall occur at a Shelby Center for Science and Technology on Friday December 5th, 2025 from 9:00-12:00 (CST). It is a time for the teams to present their projects in a more relaxed and conversational manner. Each team receives an easel for a poster, a 6-foot table to display items, and Wi-Fi for the review. Rules for the poster as well as what can be brought to the review are located below.

Poster – the team shall have a poster at the review. The poster is considered an informative poster designed to convey information regarding the ACE events conducted over the semester. At a minimum, the following is required on the poster.

1. Team Name
2. Team Logo
3. High School Name/Logo
4. Image of your payload design
5. Summary of payload and science objective
6. ACE(s) Descriptions and pictures
7. Online outreach summary and pictures
8. Summary of online analytics

The poster shall be 24 inches by 36 inches, in either portrait or landscape orientation. The poster will be printed by UAH. The poster shall be submitted to UAH via the Cnavas link by Wednesday, November 19th 2025 to ensure adequate time for printing. If the poster is not submitted by Wednesday, November 19th 2025 the poster must be printed with the team’s resources.

When submitting the poster to UAH, please use the following file naming convention: Highschool_Team#_Poster.

Poster_Template_Landscape.pptx

Poster_Template_Portrait.pptx

You must submit a pdf or ppt. NO illustrator files

SUBMISSION LINK: Submissions and Forms

Table – a 6-foot table is provided for each team at the review. All other items brought for the Open House Poster Session must fit on this table. No other space is provided for items. This table can be used to show some example(s) of the ACE events conducted over the semester and/or paper handouts/flyers describing the ACE events. NO marketing materials (pens, cups, food, etc.) are allowed. NO electrical power is provided.

RUBRIC THAT THE JUDGES WILL FOLLOW FOR THE OPEN HOUSE POSTER

Component (Points)	Criteria	Explanation
Poster Layout (5 Points)	Requirements	Does the poster have the Team Name, Team Logo, High School Name/Logo, Figure of the Proposed Payload, Final Team’s Mission, Summary of Online Outreach, Online Outreach analytics, ACE(s) Description, and ACE(s) pictures on it?
	Organization	Is the poster organized? Does the flow of information make sense? Is it too cluttered or just right? Is the poster visually pleasing?
	Information Understood	Is the information presented on the poster easily understood? Can you follow what the team did without their explanation?
Science & Payload Design (8 Points)	Science Objective	Did the team effectively explain their science objective(s)? Did they explain what specifically they want to measure? Do you understand why the team chose their objective(s)?
Science & Payload Design (8 Points)	Payload Design	Did the team adequately explain their payload design? Do you understand how the payload functions and how it achieves the science objective? Did the team provide images to help you understand what their payload looks like and how it functions?
Outreach (8 Points)	Explanation of ACE(s)	Are the ACE(s) adequately explained? Does the ACE seem to fit with their science objective? Do you understand the “point” (learning objectives) of the ACE(s)?
	Complexity of ACE(s)	How complex is the ACE(s)? Did they have to do a lot of work to prepare and execute the ACE(s)? Do the ACE(s) seem to be well thought out and executed? Can you tell that the team put in an adequate amount of effort?
	Online Outreach	Did the team show effort in their planning and execution of online outreach? Did the team provide their online audience with meaningful information?
Team Presentation (6 Points)	Interaction with Judges	Did the team engage you in discussions? Did they answer your questions appropriately?
	Appropriate Attire	Was the team appropriately dressed for this review? Did they seem professional in their appearance?
	Team Integration	Did the team seem integrated? Did multiple students engage you when you approached?
Overall Impression (3 Points between all teams)	Judge’s Discretion	Did the team have a “wow factor”? Did the team stick out in the judge’s mind? Did the team go above and beyond in one or more categories, more so than other teams?

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