Cusp Judging Tuesday 12 May 2015

UNB Fredericton

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Cusp Chair

Caroline WhippeyNational Judging Committee

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Excellence Awards

Medal Number Cash Award CategoryGold 10 $250 JuniorSilver 20 IntermediateBronze 40 Senior

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Cusp Judging

• The order at the boundaries between medals matters.• Project 10 gets gold. Project 11 gets silver.

Cusp CategoryGold – Silver boundary JuniorSilver – Bronze boundary IntermediateBronze – no award boundary Senior

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Nine Teams of Three

• Find your Team Mates and Introduce yourselves

http://coolestgalleries.com/2014/07/29-names-groups-animals-never-knew/

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Judging Process 1

• Three judges per team• Chair participates in the Cusp judging• List of 8 projects will be provided by the Chief Judge Operations• Judges have 8 minutes to interview the student, and 2 minutes to

record their impressions• Judges work alone• Do not interrupt the Special Award judging which is scheduled in the

first round. You are free to listen in

Chair leads the team through the processChairs the discussion

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Judging Process 2

• Keep to time!

• Meet as a team to decide your final results by consensus

• Ensure all team members get a voice

• Give final results to the Chief Judge Operations

• Put all paperwork into the box on the table of the Chief Judge

Operations

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TimetableFrom (pm)

To(pm)

Event

2:30 2:45 Meet at your Cusp Judging Table.

Receive the list of projects to be judged from the Chief Judge Operations.

Fill in projects to interview on your Judging Form

2:45 4:30 Interview your projects for 8 minutes + 2 minutes recording

4:30 5:00 Meet at your table. Decide on final ranking by consensus.

5:00 Report Final Results to Cusp Chair.

5:01 Judges Reception – optional.

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Judging Form

Enter the project numbers to be judged

Project # Title - abbreviated Rank

Comment

Project Number

Comment

Project Number

Comment

5 more projects

010205

010220

030209

Individual Judge

Oil Spills

Better Maple Syrup

Nanoparticles

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3

2

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WorksheetTeam Consensus

Enter the Ranking (e.g. 1-8) of each project by each judge on your team. Through reasoned discussion, determine a consensus rank for each project highest (1) to lowest (8)

Project Number

Judge’s Name 010304 010316 020305 020314 040306 050308 070304

Kelly Kaczka

Lorna Lewis

Mandy Maclin

Total raw score

Consensus Rank

8 7 3 1 2 4 5

8 6 4 3 2 1 7

6 8 5 2 1 37

6 7 4 1 2 3 5

1morecol

22 21 12 6 5 12 15

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Final Result FormRank Project # Title (abbreviated)

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2

3

4

5

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8 060305 Purifying Water North of the Arctic Circle

020314

040306

050308

020305

070304

010304

010316

Wind Turbines Noise Stress

Sleep on This

Heavy Metal Mitigation

Can Tires Replace Furnace Oil?

Seed preconditioning to increase crop yield

Can Your Diet Prevent Alzheimers?

Does An Electric Field Affect Plant Growth?

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Questions

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Thank Youfor your contribution to the Canada Wide

Science Fair