Cusp Judging Tuesday 12 May 2015 UNB Fredericton

2 Cusp Chair Caroline Whippey National Judging Committee

3 Excellence Awards MedalNumberCash AwardCategory Gold10$250Junior Silver20Intermediate Bronze40Senior

4 Cusp Judging The order at the boundaries between medals matters. Project 10 gets gold. Project 11 gets silver. CuspCategory Gold – Silver boundaryJunior Silver – Bronze boundaryIntermediate Bronze – no award boundarySenior

5 Nine Teams of Three Find your Team Mates and Introduce yourselves

6 Judging Process 1 Three judges per team Chair participates in the Cusp judging List of 8 projects will be provided by the Chief Judge Operations Judges have 8 minutes to interview the student, and 2 minutes to record their impressions Judges work alone Do not interrupt the Special Award judging which is scheduled in the first round. You are free to listen in Chair leads the team through the process Chairs the discussion

7 Judging Process 2 Keep to time! Meet as a team to decide your final results by consensus Ensure all team members get a voice Give final results to the Chief Judge Operations Put all paperwork into the box on the table of the Chief Judge Operations

8 Timetable From (pm) To (pm) Event 2:302:45Meet at your Cusp Judging Table. Receive the list of projects to be judged from the Chief Judge Operations. Fill in projects to interview on your Judging Form 2:454:30Interview your projects for 8 minutes + 2 minutes recording 4:305:00Meet at your table. Decide on final ranking by consensus. 5:00Report Final Results to Cusp Chair. 5:01Judges Reception – optional.

9 Judging Form Enter the project numbers to be judged Project #Title - abbreviatedRank Comment Project Number Comment Project Number Comment 5 more projects Individual Judge Oil Spills Better Maple Syrup Nanoparticles 1 3 2

10 Worksheet Team Consensus Enter the Ranking (e.g. 1-8) of each project by each judge on your team. Through reasoned discussion, determine a consensus rank for each project highest (1) to lowest (8) Project Number Judge’s Name Kelly Kaczka Lorna Lewis Mandy Maclin Total raw score Consensus Rank more col

11 Final Result Form RankProject #Title (abbreviated) Purifying Water North of the Arctic Circle Wind Turbines Noise Stress Sleep on This Heavy Metal Mitigation Can Tires Replace Furnace Oil? Seed preconditioning to increase crop yield Can Your Diet Prevent Alzheimers? Does An Electric Field Affect Plant Growth?

12 Questions ?

13 Thank You for your contribution to the Canada Wide Science Fair