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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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