Science Fair Project Judging
How Science Fair Projects Are Judged and Evaluated
The seven criteria listed below are the most important criteria which science fair judges use to evaluate science projects.
Creativity
Demonstrating originality with your topic choice.
Demonstrating originality in each phase of project development.
Skills
Conducting experiments.
Collecting, documenting and presenting the data.
Possessing knowledge about the project equipment.
Thoroughness
Being knowledgeable about the scientific literature about your topic.
Repeating your experiments multiple times to verify results.
Documenting all phases of the project.
Clarity
Presenting data, analysis, interpretations, explanations and conclusions in an orderly and understandable manner.
Being articulate in your oral presentations.
Neatness
Keeping all project materials clean and orderly.
Being well groomed for your oral presentation.
Integrity
Acknowledging sources of information- never plagiarize.
Acknowledging direct assistance from your monitor and professional scientists, engineers and mathematicians.
Results
Concluding your project with relevant, valid, scientific, mathematical and/or engineering information.
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