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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
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