Excellence Award Judging

1. Excellence Award Judging Tuesday 13 May 2014 Windsor

5. Thank You All Edwin Tam CWSF Chief Judge Don Thomas CWSF Deputy Chief Judge Jacqueline Stagner CWSF Deputy Chief Judge Phil Dutton CWSF Deputy Chief Judge

6. National Judging Committee Judith Soon Chair Jeff Hoyle Vice-Chair Caroline Whippey Patrick Whippey

7. CWSF 2014 Windsor Canada Wide Judging Advisory Panel Edwin Tam Don Thomas Jacqueline Stagner Phil Dutton CWSF 2016 Montreal CWSF 2015 Fredericton Ben Newling Michel Couturier Ken Elliott Jacques-Yves Gautier

8. CWSF 2016 Montreal CWSF 2017 Regina Canada Wide Judging Advisory Panel David Lowther Mark Brigham Pierre-PhillipeOuimet Wilson Wong CWSF - ongoing CWSF 1997 & 2017 Plus the National Judging Committee Mark Dzurko James Grant Edward Mathie Diane Fraser

9. Excellence Awards

10. Monday Judges Orientation

11. Tuesday Judging Timetable

12. Judging Criteria

13. Judging Process – Before Lunch • All interviews are scheduled, 9:00am – 12:30pm • Teams of 4 judges assess 7 projects each • Judging periods of 30 minutes: 20 minute interview with finalists; 10 minute write-up • Each finalist is judged four times • Every team has a Chair • If there is a fifth judge, pair up with another judge but evaluate each finalist separately • Sign your name on the student’s judging timetable • Give the full 20 minute interview.

14. Judging Process During Lunch • Teams of 4 judges discuss and rank projects over lunch • Each team member has an equal voice • Each project receives an appropriate score, composed of Level (1 – 4) and Rating (0 – 9) • Chair enters results into Database using the Playbooks • Deadline: 1:45 pm • Give all paperwork to Judging Administration

15. Judging Rubric 1

16. Judging Rubric 2

17. Judging Rubric 3

18. Use the rubric to assign a level to Parts A, B and C for the project. In addition to the Level, please assign a single letter rating: H (high), M (medium) or L (low) that reflects the quality of the project and its strength relative to the other projects you have assigned the same level. Note: Finalists will not see this sheet. Judging Form 3 H Graphing is weak. Spelling errors on board. Weak lab notebook 2 M 4 M

19. Consensus Scores – Scientific Thought Worksheet After filling in the judges’ names and project numbers, enter each judge’s level and rating (H, M or L) for each project. Following discussion of each project’s scoring by all team members, enter a consensus level (1 - 4) and rating (0 – 9) in the right hand column . Note: Consensus values are determined through team discussion, not by mathematical calculation (e.g. mean, median, mode) Use the Blackberry Playbook to enter the consensus values for each project. 3 2 M 2 H 2 L 3 M 3 L 3 3 M 2 L 2 M 2 L 2 L 3 2 Enter into Playbook Repeat for: (b) Originality and Creativity (c) Communication

20. Celebration Judging Giving Feedback

21. Celebration Judging Celebration Judging is your opportunity to provide Feedback. Each judge will give feedback to one or two projects. These will be assigned to you. Each project will get one Celebration Judging. Do your Celebration Judging as soon as you have finished your other afternoon judging assignment.

22. The Feedback Sandwich • Describe: • Something the student has done well • Something that the student could improve • How the student might go about making that improvement. • Each student should receive 2 "sandwiches" in 10 minutes. • Encourage the finalists to write down your suggestions as soon as you leave. Their delegates and parents will ask.

23. Feedback and Coaching *New this Year*

24. Caution You must not give any hint whatsoever about any awards the student may or may not have won.

25. Questions ?

26. Orientation for Afternoon Judgingis next

27. Thank Youfor your contribution to the Canada Wide Science Fair