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
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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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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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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