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Judging Criteria

Research Digital presentation: 50 Points

• Questions sufficiently narrow and is answerable
• The hypothesis addresses question and is research based
• Variables and controls identified and effects on the results are clear
• Data is adequate for the conclusion and appropriate for problem
• Conclusion is logical and based on collected data
• Display is artistic, creative and appealing to the eye
• Includes new and interesting information/perspective
• Logical flow of information
• Research display depth of knowledge relevant to project

Research Narrative/Experimental Report: 25 Points

• Experimental report displays depth of knowledge relevant to project
• Curiosity is evident
• Experimental report contains abstract, introduction, method, results, references/source and in APA format
• 4th - 5th grade - cite at least 1 source, 6th - 8th grade - cite at least 3 sources, 9th - 12th grade - cite at least 5 sources

Interview/Oral Questions: 25 Points

• The interview is clear and well presented
• Evidence student did own work
• Questions answered appropriately and completely
• Professionalism is evident

Possible Interview Questions:

• Why/How are your findings important?
• In what college and/or career pathway would this information be beneficial?
• What was the most challenging piece of your experiment?
• What did you learn from your background research?
• Did anyone help you with the project?
• Did you take all data (run the experiment) under the same conditions, e.g., at the same temperature (time of day) (lighting conditions)?
• Were there any books/resources that helped you do your data analysis?
• Did you try anything that did not work or did not give you expected results? If so, what did you learn from this?
• Which project variable was the most difficult to track and explain why.
• How do the results from your project provide benefit to society?
• Why did you select this topic for your project?
• Please introduce yourself and tell us about your research project.
• How did you come up with the idea of your research?
• Explain how you ran the tests? How many times did you repeat your tests?
• If you were going to do it all over again, would you change your test/project? How and why?
• Were you surprised by your results/conclusion of your project? Why/why not?

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