Verifiedbeginner
Figures that survive a judge at one metre
Practical rules for charts that have to be read across a table, in a noisy hall, in ten seconds.
- figures
- charts
- accessibility
- +1
Data Visualization7 min
Resources
Curated guides, templates, and reading — the things worth knowing before you need them.
15 resources
Verifiedbeginner
Poster layout that works in a crowded hall
Column structure, the 40% white-space rule, and what to cut when it does not fit.
- poster
- layout
- typography
Poster Design8 min
Verifiedintermediate
Research integrity for student projects
Attribution, data handling, and the grey areas that get projects disqualified.
- integrity
- attribution
- honesty
Research Ethics7 min
Verifiedintermediate
Structuring an analysis you can defend
A folder layout and a set of habits that keep a computational project reproducible.
- reproducibility
- code
- structure
Programming7 min
Verifiedintermediate
The 250-word abstract, sentence by sentence
A seven-sentence skeleton that fits the usual word limit and covers everything judges look for.
- abstract
- structure
- word-limit
Abstract Writing6 min
Verifiedintermediate
The questions judges actually ask
Twelve recurring interview questions and what a strong answer contains.
- judging
- interview
- questions
Verifiedintermediate
What separates a finalist project from a good one
Patterns that recur in projects that place, drawn from judging rubrics rather than from any single project.
- judging
- rubrics
- quality
Example Projects8 min
Verifiedbeginner
Abstract self-review checklist
Fifteen checks to run on your abstract before submitting it.
- checklist
- abstract
- editing
Abstract Writing3 min
Verifiedbeginner
Engineering design criteria template
A fill-in template for stating design requirements, constraints, and test criteria before you build.
- template
- requirements
- iteration
Engineering Safety4 min
Verifiedintermediate
Hedging: saying exactly how sure you are
The vocabulary of scientific caution, and why over-claiming costs more than it gains.
- claims
- hedging
- precision
Scientific Writing6 min
Verifiedbeginner
Poster planning worksheet
Block out your board before you open the design software — content first, layout second.
- template
- planning
- poster
Poster Design4 min
Verifiedbeginner
Question, hypothesis, prediction — three different things
The distinction judges probe and most students blur.
- hypothesis
- prediction
- mechanism
Research Questions5 min
Verifiedbeginner
Rehearsing the two-minute explanation
A drill for building an explanation that survives interruption, noise, and forty repetitions.
- rehearsal
- speaking
- pitch
Verifiedbeginner
Writing a falsifiable hypothesis
A worked template, plus the four failure modes that make a hypothesis untestable.
- hypothesis
- falsifiability
- template
Verifiedintermediate
Your model needs a baseline
Why 94% accuracy can be a terrible result, and what to compare against instead.
- baseline
- evaluation
- metrics
Machine Learning7 min