ACT-SO SAFETY PROCEDURES
In order to ensure a safe environment for our contestants, we request that you carefully review the NAACP ACT-SO Safety Procedures listed below.
The NAACP ACT-SO Program prohibits the use of the following materials for display:
Living organisms (ex: plants, animals, and microbes)
Dried plant materials
Taxidermy specimens or parts
Human or animal foods
Human/animal parts or bodily fluids (e.g. blood, urine. Note: dried animal bones, histological dry mount sections, wet mount tissue slides, teeth, hair and nails are acceptable)
Soil or waste samples
Preserved vertebrate or invertebrate animals (inclusive of embryos)
Laboratory chemicals, including water
Dry ice or other sublimating solids (i.e. solids which vaporize to a gas without passing through a liquid phase
Poisons, drugs, controlled substance, hazardous substances or devices (i.e. firearms, ammunition, or reloading devices)
Sharp items (syringes, needles or pipettes)
Flames or highly flammable display materials which vaporize to a gas without passing through a liquid phase
Batteries with open top cells
Contestants are advised to use photographs and other visuals for presentation, Due to the potential for serious harm to the contestants and others, any project that displays and of the above items at the National ACT-SO Competition will be disqualified
Living organisms (ex: plants, animals, and microbes)
Dried plant materials
Taxidermy specimens or parts
Human or animal foods
Human/animal parts or bodily fluids (e.g. blood, urine. Note: dried animal bones, histological dry mount sections, wet mount tissue slides, teeth, hair and nails are acceptable)
Soil or waste samples
Preserved vertebrate or invertebrate animals (inclusive of embryos)
Laboratory chemicals, including water
Dry ice or other sublimating solids (i.e. solids which vaporize to a gas without passing through a liquid phase
Poisons, drugs, controlled substance, hazardous substances or devices (i.e. firearms, ammunition, or reloading devices)
Sharp items (syringes, needles or pipettes)
Flames or highly flammable display materials which vaporize to a gas without passing through a liquid phase
Batteries with open top cells
Contestants are advised to use photographs and other visuals for presentation, Due to the potential for serious harm to the contestants and others, any project that displays and of the above items at the National ACT-SO Competition will be disqualified