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

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

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

6. Display  Display Team can Begin Judging for the best designed board

7. General Judging Form

8. Math & Computer Science Judging Form Elementary FormJunior/Senior Form

9. Paper Nominations o From category team o Nominate best 3-5 papers in each category and division o Each division for the paper team to evaluate o Friday morning o Write the project number and title from board o 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. Oral Award Form

13. 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

14. Novice Newton Awards o Encouragement awards- for projects with good creative projects, not everything is together for a place award. o Elementary Level only o No more than 2 from each category o Category Team Decision

15. 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

16. Pioneers of Science  Encouragement award-  for good creative projects  not quite a place award  Elementary Level only  2 from each category?  Category Team Decision

17. Grand Awards Possibilities- 1 st, 2 nd, 3 rd, 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

18. Intel International Science & Engineering Fair Award (ISEF)  Applies to Senior Division only  2 student & 1 Alternate to go to ISEF  Must be 1 st place project  or 1 st and 2 nd from the same category  Team Leaders’ Decision

19. 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

20. Colorado State Science & Engineering Fair Award (CSEF)  20 Positions  Must be from Junior/Senior Divisions only  Normally from 1 st and Second Places in category awards  Do not send a 2 nd Place over a 1 st Place in the same category  Team Leaders’ Decision

21. 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

22. Best Overall Project  1 Senior Division  1 Junior Division  1 Elementary Division  Must come from 1 st place Projects  Team Leaders’ Decision

23. Notes  (judging forms)—add to presentation   Final Number of Projects By category  Both before for the team leader meeting and after