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Saturday February 9, 2019Amity Regional High School

25 Newton RoadWoodbridge, Connecticut

Connecticut STEM FairInstructions for Judges

STEM Fair 2019 Schedule7:30 – 8:15 Judges check-in, collect judging materials, meet Team

members and have breakfast8:30 – 9:15 Judges’ Orientation9:30 – 12:30 Judging of all Exhibits

Lunch (available 12:00 – 1:30)1:30 Keynote presentation:

Stormy J. Chamberlain, PhD.Associate Professor Genetics and Genome Sciences

University of Connecticut

followed by Awards presentations

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Philosophy and Mechanics

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Consistent Scoring Constructive Feedback On time Finish

Dignity & Respect for all

Your Role as a Judge

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Evaluate Show Interest Ask questions

CONSTRUCTIVE Feedback ONLY

Student Exhibit Evaluations

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25 minutes TOTAL

5-10 minutes: Presentation

5-10 minutes: Q & A

5-10 minutes: Fill out form

Evaluations

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Captains are responsible for turning in scores

Clipboard EvaluationExhibit

Evaluations: color coded

Color

IndividualResearch Proposal Science white

Engineering green

Completed Project Science canaryEngineering blue

TeamResearch Proposal Science ivory

Engineering ivory

Completed Project Science ivoryEngineering ivory

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Evaluation Process

PLEASE NOTE: Categories on evaluation forms do not have equal point values

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Exhibit rated

Team discussion

Clarification

NOTAlignment of

scores

Past Science Fair Eval Scores

Median: 76 - 78Mode: ~80

Approximate Ranges

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Outstanding: 95 - 100

Excellent: 90 - 95

Good: 80 - 90

Fair: 60 - 80

Recent Score Distribution

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Captain’s Responsibilities:You Are Essential

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Someone missing? Let us know Lead the Process:

• Introduce judges to student• Manage timing (25 mins/exhibit)• Check forms: accuracy & completeness

Submit completed forms before going to next

project

Check in with Dale Lichtenberg when finished with final project.

Evaluations

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Seen by student AFTERthe fair

Seen ONLY by scorers

Video

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Exhibitor: A.J Scheetz

Bridget Oei

Judges: Ruth Montgomery

Captain: Michael Opuszynski

THANK YOU

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