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Milestone
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Completion timeframe
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Teachers register schools on Challenge website
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November 12 !!
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Student Teams register with NES
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November 19 !!
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NES Challenge Brain Teaser #1
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November 19 !!
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Teams do background research
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October & November
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Teams submit project design to teacher
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Mid-November
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Teacher OKs design
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One week later
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Teams set up and conduct their experiment
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November & December
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Teams analyze data
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December
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Teams submit 1st draft of report to teacher
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Right after winter break
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Teacher provides comments on 1st draft
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Mid-January
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Dry run of oral presentations
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End of January
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Local Events held at schools
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Mid-February |
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NES Challenge Brain Teaser #2
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End of February
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Teams post their Experiment Design, Final Report and Presentation
on the Web
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End of February
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Regional Events via DLN, coordinated by Centers
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March
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NES Student Symposium
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May
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