ESKOM CAPE TOWN EXPO FOR YOUNG SCIENTISTS JUDGING AT CAPE TOWN EXPO 2014

JUDGING Two parts: 1. Prejudging of content - Morning Your creative thought Your file, journal, and poster The judges think of questions to ask you 2. Interview - Afternoon You tell the judges about your project Judges ask questions and you answer them

JUDGING Various Judges! 3 Medal Judges Convener (judge team leader) Chief Judges (see all projects and moderate all results) Maybe Special Judges CHIEF JUDGES DECISION IS FINAL!

JUDGES ASSESSMENT Judges will evaluate your project like this: Scientific ability & creative thought – 50% Display: Your poster, file, and journal – 30% Interview: The way you explain your project and answer questions – 20% TOTAL : 100

SCIENTIFIC ABILITY TO EVALUATE YOUR SCIENTIFIC ABILITY, THEY WILL LOOK OUT FOR: Good command of the scientific method Scope / range of investigation Aim Method Results Analysis Conclusions

CREATIVITY, ORIGINALITY TO EVALUATE CREATIVITY AND ORIGINALITY, THEY WILL LOOK OUT FOR: The amount of research you did The originality of your approach – how you did it Your use of resources – books, internet, professionals Your depth of planning and execution of investigation

PART B: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (POSTER, REPORT, JOURNAL) Display of project is bright and eye-catching Poster summarises project and is neatly organised Report file neatly and logically organised Written language on poster and in report Evidence of background research done Aim of project reflected on poster and in report Methods (and materials) used or technologies used

PART B: WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (POSTER, REPORT, JOURNAL) Results on poster and in report Analysis / Discussion of results Interpretation Conclusions reached are reflected on poster and in report Other authentic material included in file or display Sketches, diagrams, graphs and tables References in report Acknowledgments

JOURNAL and REPORT Journal: Record of ALL your work – no matter how rough it is! Each page should have the date when you did it! Report: Neat file – contents page, dividers, logical arrangement AT THE FRONT OF YOUR REPORT: DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY AND ABSTRACT Aim or introduction (Why) Method (How)

JOURNAL and REPORT Results (What happened – tables & graphs) Interpretations (Describing what happened in words) Discussion of results – patterns and trends and why they may have happened Conclusions (refer directly to aim / hypothesis) Extras – errors and modifications (what went wrong and what could you have done to improve your project if you had time) References and Acknowledgments (which books and websites and people you referred to and who helped you) Rough work in the appendix

DISPLAY Space at Expo: 1,5m x 0,5m table space Poster board at back of table to mount poster 3 sided poster is a good idea There will be a table cloth on the table Samples, models & file go on the table – not on the floor, that's for people to stand and walk. REMEMBER THE ETHICS RULES!