| Phase 1
~ Five rounds of judging with students present |
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1. |
Each student's/team's presentation and project display board is
evaluated by five different judges using the
CRSEF Judging Rubric. Each judge may award each project up to a
total of 100 points. |
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2. |
The
project's total score from each judge is recorded in the
CRSEF Official Score
Spreadsheet. |
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3. |
Both
the
highest and lowest score is dropped from consideration.
Then, the three remaining "middle" scores are totaled to determine the
project's preliminary overall score out of a possible 300 points. All
of the projects are then ranked from highest score to lowest score. |
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Phase 2 ~ Judging top 20 projects with students not present |
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4. |
The
judges convene into one large group and discuss the top 20 projects with the
highest preliminary overall score. The judges view the display boards
of each of the top 20 projects while judges who have spoken with that
student/team share their insights about that project's strengths and
weaknesses. The judges, as a group, then discuss each project.
The judges then determine by vote which 13 projects will be the Best of
Show. These projects will advance and compete at the Florida State
Science Fair. Projects that are determined by
the Collier County Scientific Review Committee Chair to be ineligible for
the state science fair will not be eligible to be awarded Best of Show and
will not advance to the state level. |
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5. |
The
projects not selected to be Best of Show are then ranked in order from
highest to lowest using their preliminary overall scores. This final
ranking determines the 1st Place, 2nd Place and 3rd
Place winners. Each of these place levels will be awarded to
approximately 10 projects. |