1. Team Leader Training

2. General Judging Points
Recruit Team Members
Bring Team member list
Community Judges will be added to your team
Paper with what to do when- on clip board for team leaders
Final Number of Projects by category
Please wear name tag at all times while judging
Dress Appropriately
Careful with paperwork
Careful with conversations
Do not ask personal questions
Conflict of Interest
Okay if school/ name is on project
Sign/comment/initial project Hang Tag
For categories with large number of projects- Start from each end of tables
Participants get better with each interview
Turn in paperwork to coordinator at front office in a timely manner, especially forms with quick turn-around requirement

3. General Schedule Thursday
12:30 PM Mandatory Judge Meeting for all judges
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

4. San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair 2019 Judge Ethics Statement & Sign-in Sheet
You will be asked to read and sign a statement (below) upon arrival
I hereby acknowledge that by signing this form, I agree to serve as a judge for the San Luis Valley Regional Science Fair. I agree to act in a positive and ethical manner in which each student encountered is treated fairly and respectfully. Privileged information or ideas that are obtained through my volunteer service will be kept confidential by me and I will not use such information or ideas nor disclose such information or ideas to third parties. I agree to disclose any conflicts, potential conflicts, perceived conflicts, and perceived conflicts of interest resulting from direct competitive, collaborative or other relationships with any of the students and to recuse myself from judging in such circumstances. I agree to decline and report any offer of payment or other consideration of value. I agree to report and refrain from harassment of any person for any reason including, but not limiting to: age, national origin, race, color religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, ancestry and/or veteran status and understand the SLVRSF responsibly to investigate such claims. I agree to notify the SLVRSF immediately if I become aware of any circumstance that would compromise my ability to attend the event or evaluate projects.

5. Moving Projects Thursday 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

6. Project Hang tags Thursday Make sure all judges sign or initial
Constructive comments only
Black out any negative comments, regardless of who made them

7. Thursday
Display
Display Team can Begin Judging for the best designed board

8. Thursday
General Judging Form

9. Math & Computer Science Judging Form
Thursday
Math & Computer Science Judging Form
Elementary Form Junior/Senior Form

10. Paper Nominations From category team
Due by 7:00 PM Thursday
Paper Nominations
From category team
Nominate best 3-5 papers in each category and division
Each division for the paper team to evaluate
Friday morning
Write the project number and title from board
Projects may not have a paper
If no paper is present, paper cannot be nominated
Participants may bring paper for interview Friday. Ask for the paper.
One award from each division

11. General Schedule Friday 9:00 am -10:45am Elementary Interviews
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.
Nominations for Most Enthusiastic Speakers
11-12:45 Elementary Interviews
For Behavioral & Social Science, Chemistry, Consumer, Engineering, Math & Computer Sciences
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

12. Oral Award Nominations
Due Friday
before ISEF interviews
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

13. Due Friday 3:30
Oral Award Form

14. Most Enthusiastic Speaker
Due Friday
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

15. Novice Newton Awards Due Friday at 1:30 PM
Encouragement awards- for projects with good creative projects, not everything is together for a place award.
Elementary Level only
No more than 2 from each category
Category Team Decision

16. Middle School Principals Award
Friday 12:30 PM Deadline
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

17. Pioneers of Science Due Friday at 1:30 PM Encouragement award-
for good creative projects
not quite a place award
Elementary Level only
2 from each category?
Category Team Decision

18. Friday
Grand Awards
Possibilities- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable mention(s). Need to write project number and title Sign and date the form Junior / Senior Do not need to fill all spots (Quality) Need paperwork in by 12:30 Friday Elementary Usually try to fill all spots, Need paperwork in by 1:30 Friday

19. Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Award (ISEF)
Due by 3:30 PM 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

20. 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

21. Colorado State Science & Engineering Fair Award (CSEF)
Due by 3:30 PM Friday
Colorado State Science & Engineering Fair Award (CSEF)
24 Positions
Must be from Junior/Senior Divisions only
Normally from 1st and 2nd Places in category awards
Do not send a 2nd Place over a 1st Place in the same category
Team Leaders’ Decision

22. Most Original Project Awards
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

23. Best Overall Project Due by 3:30 PM Friday 1 Senior Division
1 Junior Division
1 Elementary Division
Must come from 1st place Projects
Team Leaders’ Decision

24. Notes (judging forms)—add to presentation
<Paper with what to do when- on clip board for team leaders>
Final Number of Projects By category
Both before for the team leader meeting and after