General Judging Pointso Recruit Team Members o Bring Team member list o Community Judges will be added to your teamo Paper with what to do when- on clip board for team leaderso Final Number of Projects by category o Please wear name tag at all times while judgingo Dress Appropriatelyo Careful with paperwork o Careful with conversationso Do not ask personal questionso Conflict of Interesto Okay if school/ name is on projecto Sign/comment/initial project Hang Tago For categories with large number of projects- Start from each end of tables o Participants get better with each interviewo Turn in paperwork to coordinator at front office in a timely manner,
especially forms with quick turn-around requirement
General Schedule
12:30 PM Mandatory Judge Meeting for all judgeso Organization for Judging
Move Projects Projects may be in the wrong category
Preliminary judging of boards and papers 7:00 PM Nominations due for Best Papers Display team can begin judging for the best
designed board
Thursday
Moving Projects Moving projects -Thursday only Only team leaders may make the decision to
move projects Talk to the receiving team leader Add to project move list at the office front desk Put out project move form
Attach to place project was originally located Designate someone if you can’t be there for the
project move time Front office needs to be told who the designee is
Thursday
Project Hang tags Make sure all judges sign
or initial Constructive comments
only Black out any negative
comments, regardless of who made them
Thursday
Paper Nominationso From category teamo Nominate best 3-5 papers in
each category and divisiono Each division for the paper
team to evaluateo Friday morningo Write the project number and
title from boardo Projects may not have a paper
o If no paper is present, paper cannot be nominated
o Participants may bring paper for interview Friday. Ask for the paper.
o One award from each division
Due by 7:00 PM Thursday
General Schedule 8:00am Paper Team Begins 9:00am Oral Team Begins 9:00 am -12:00 Junior Senior Division Interviews
Place Award Decisions Nominations for Oral Awards
9:00 am -10:45am Elementary Interviews For Biomed, Earth Science, Zoology, Botany, Environmental Science, &
Physics. Place Award Decisions Nominations for Oral Awards Nominations for Most Enthusiastic Speakers
11-12:45 Elementary Interviews For Behavioral & Social Science, Chemistry, Consumer, Environmental Math & Comp Place Award Decisions Nominations for Oral Awards Nominations for Most Enthusiastic Speakers
1:00-2:45 Junior, Senior Team Leader Return for Big Awards 2-2:45 Elementary Team Leaders Return for Big Awards
All awards due by 3:30pm
Friday
Oral Award Nominations• As a team, each category nominates the
best 3-5 speakers in each category • Next, Oral Awards team will evaluate and
make a decision • After interviewing is complete for the
category, nominations should be turned in to the front office
• Oral award team chooses one project from each division
Due Friday before ISEF interviews
Most Enthusiastic Speaker Nominated by category team After interviewing is complete for the
category, nominations should be turned in to the front office
Oral Awards team will then evaluate Elementary Only
Two awards Purpose- Radio interview
Due Friday
Novice Newton Awardso Encouragement awards- for projects
with good creative projects, not everything is together for a place award.
o Elementary Level onlyo No more than 2 from each categoryo Category Team Decision
Due Friday at 1:30 PM
Middle School Principals Award• Applies only to Junior Division Encouragement award-
for good creative projects not quite a place award
• 2 from each category?• Category Team Decision
Friday 12:30 PM Deadline
Pioneers of Science Encouragement award-
for good creative projects not quite a place award
Elementary Level only 2 from each category? Category Team Decision
Due Friday at 1:30 PM
Grand Awards
Possibilities-1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable mention(s).Need to write project number and title Sign and date the form
Junior / SeniorDo not need to fill all spots (Quality) Need paperwork in by 12:30 Friday
ElementaryUsually try to fill all spots,Need paperwork in by 1:30 Friday
Friday
Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Award (ISEF) Applies to Senior Division only 2 student & 1 Alternate to go to ISEF Must be 1st place project
or 1st and 2nd from the same category Team Leaders’ Decision
Due by 3:30 PM Friday
Student Observer to Intel International Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF)
Team Leaders’ Decision This award should come from the Junior
Division, but could come from the Senior Division if student is a freshman or sophomore
Student should have a project that has won a grand award
Due by 3:30 PM Friday
Colorado State Science & Engineering Fair Award (CSEF)
20 Positions Must be from Junior/Senior Divisions
only Normally from 1st and Second Places in
category awards Do not send a 2nd Place over a 1st Place
in the same category Team Leaders’ Decision
Due by 3:30 PM Friday
Most Original Project Awards 1 Senior Division 1 Junior Division 1 Elementary Division Must be from a project that has won a category
award Creativity Team Leaders’ Decision
Due by 3:30 PM Friday
Best Overall Project
1 Senior Division 1 Junior Division 1 Elementary Division Must come from 1st place Projects Team Leaders’ Decision
Due by 3:30 PM Friday
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