24th Indian River Regional Science &
Engineering Fair
Elementary
Judge Orientation
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: Elementary
Tonight – Orientation and project preview:
*Welcome & About the Education Foundation
1. Review the schedule on Saturday
2. Review the process
3. Preview projects
Saturday:
Step #1 – Arrive no later than 8:15 a.m.
Pick up your name badge, judge packet, have some coffee
and a bagel and meet your teammates.
Step #2 – We will greet everyone and walk you over to the
cafeteria where the judging takes place.
Step #3 – Every 30 minutes a new student group will come
in. Each person on your team is going to judge the students
on you list. This is done one-on-one and not as a group.
Saturday continued:
For example……
Please refer to the Schedule of Events on page 31 of your program booklet.
• The first group to arrive will be at 8:45 a.m.
• Their teacher will lead them in to their assigned place
• You will have 30 minutes to judge just the students in your assigned category –
row of the cafeteria
Student Arrival Time:
8:45 a.m.
Judging Time:
9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Beachland Elementary
Glendale Elementary
Indian River Academy
Osceola Magnet School
SunCoast Primary School (Grades K – 5)
Each category has a row in the cafeteria
You will move along that row to talk with the students about their projects.
Each project will have a place card:
Project Number & Student Names will be displayed. The project
numbers are on your list of projects to judge.
Project #, Name(s)
B1 Iyanna Gonzalez & Brayden Allen
C1 Lyla Arnold & Aivin Gonzalez Rodriguez
D1 Nathan Caldwell & Dominic Caicedo
F1 Jose Salas & Jorge Bustamente
G1 Kiera Roberts & Daniel Campbell
IRH1 Samantha Goldsmith
L1 Sophie Warrick & Michael Gonzalez
O1 Landon Del Tufo & Dylan Erickson
P1 Caleb Stewart-Reid & Nylah Chambers
R1 Camille Shafer & Kaylee Acevedo
S1 Kaden Chapin & Jenna Santella
SH1 Sophia Cetrulo & Hunter Johnston
TC1 Ayden Davenski & Amy Rodriguez
V1 Heather Guzman & Jayden Harris
Total
For example: The First Grade Team will judge the following projects between 9:00 a.m. and 11:45.
Judge Form – Elementary Division
Grade K-3
Scientific Method - 15 points:
Is there a clear problem statement and hypothesis?
Do the procedures help to support or falsify the hypothesis?
Do the procedures include at least 3 test replicates?
Was numerical data collected to develop or support the conclusion?
Is the conclusion supported by the data?
TOTAL
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
0
1
2
3
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
0
1
2
3
Subject Knowledge – 9 points:
Do the students thoroughly understand the project?
Did the students do the majority of the work?
Do the students effectively answer questions?
TOTAL
Verbal Presentation - 3 points:
Do the students speak clearly and refer to display board?
TOTAL
Backboard Display - 6 points:
Does it tell the story of the project?
Is the display neat and legible, with no obvious spelling or grammatical errors?
TOTAL
Data Treatment - 3 points:
Did the student create graphs, tables or illustrations to support their data?
TOTAL
Comments for Students:
/36
Grand
Total
Judge Form – Elementary Division: Grade 4 & 5
Scientific Method – 15 Points
Did the student formulate a clear problem statement and hypothesis?
0
1
2
3
Do the procedures help to support or falsify the hypothesis?
0
1
2
3
Do the procedures include 3 to 5 test replicates?
0
1
2
3
Does the experiment have a control, an independent, and a dependent variable?
0
1
2
3
Is there a conclusion and is it proven by numerical data?
TOTAL
0
1
2
3
Subject Knowledge – 9 Points
Do the students thoroughly understand the project?
Did the students do the majority of the work?
Does the student effectively answer questions?
Verbal Presentation - 6 points
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
TOTAL
Do the students speak clearly and refer to display board?
Are the students able to communicate their research?
TOTAL
Backboard Display - 6 points:
Does it tell the story of the project?
Is the display neat and legible, with no obvious spelling or grammatical errors?
TOTAL
Data Treatment - 6 points:
Did the student create graphs, tables or illustrations to support their data?
Does the data presented on the board agree with the data in the log book?
TOTAL
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
Does the Lab/Log Book reflect learned information and document the project?
0
1
2
3
Supporting Documents - 3 points:
TOTAL
Comments for Students:
/45
Grand
Total
Reminders about scoring:
1.You will have a judging sheet for each project.
You will fill these out after interviewing each child/team
2. These scores are a guide to help you rank the projects
at the end of all 4 groups.
3.Your team will return to the Media Center and discuss
which projects are 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
4. THERE NO TIES!!!!!!!
INDIAN RIVER REGIONAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, INC.
TEAM SCORING SHEET
ELEMENTARY DIVISION
Judge 4
Judge 3
Project #, Name
Judge 2
Grade 1
Judge 1
2016
Total
B1 Iyanna Gonzalez & Brayden Allen
C1 Lyla Arnold & Aivin Gonzalez Rodriguez
D1 Nathan Caldwell & Dominic Caicedo
F1 Jose Salas & Jorge Bustamente
G1 Kiera Roberts & Daniel Campbell
IRH1 Samantha Goldsmith
L1 Sophie Warrick & Michael Gonzalez
O1 Landon Del Tufo & Dylan Erickson
P1 Caleb Stewart-Reid & Nylah Chambers
R1 Camille Shafer & Kaylee Acevedo
S1 Kaden Chapin & Jenna Santella
SH1 Sophia Cetrulo & Hunter Johnston
TC1 Ayden Davenski & Amy Rodriguez
V1 Heather Guzman & Jayden Harris
ONE PERSON SERVES AS THE SCRIBE TO TALLY AND RANK THE PROJECTS
THE TEAM SCRIBE THEN LISTS THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE PROJECT
ON THE
PINK SHEET. THERE WILL BE ONE PER TEAM. THIS GETS TURNED IN
TO THE FRONT DESK IN THE MEDIA CENTER:
PLACE AWARD WINNERS
ELEMENTARY DIVISION
2016
Grade Level: First Grade
1st Place – Name(s) __________________________________
2nd Place – Name(s) __________________________________
3rd Place – Name(s) __________________________________
Approved by Judges:
________________________________________________________________________________
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_________________________________________________________________________________
# _________
# _________
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OTHER POINTS TO CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING PROJECTS:
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
 Are the Problem Statement and Hypothesis
clearly stated?
 Are the procedures designed to support or
falsify the hypothesis?
 Are there at least 3 replicates?
 Were data collected ?
 Is there a clear conclusion that is supported
by the data?
SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE:
Do the students
understand the
project?
Did the students do the
majority of the work?
Do they answer your
questions effectively?
Verbal Presentation
• Do the students speak clearly and refer to the display
board?
• 4th & 5th only: can they effectively explain their
research?
Backboard Display
• Verbal Presentation Does it tell the story?
• Is it neat, with no major grammatical or spelling
errors?
• Note: We have never deducted points for handdrawn boards (versus computer generated)
Data Treatment
• Are there graphs, tables and/or illustrations to
show their data?
• 4th & 5th only: do the data presented on the
board agree with the data in the Log?
• Highly suggest using the metric system
• Note: at the Elementary level we do not expect
statistical analysis, other than an average.
Supporting Documents
• 4th & 5th grades only
• Is there a Log that documents the project?
• Do the data in the Log agree with the data
on the board?
• Note: Reprints are a plus
A short word on Ethics
• Please identify if you have any possible conflict of interest, e.g. judging your
own child
• Please do not lobby for your child’s project
• Bottom line: All projects should have an equal chance to be judged based on
the criteria above.
Final Points
• Use simple terms
• Encourage the students
• Tell them that they did well
• Encourage their future
pursuit of science
QUESTIONS?