Science Fair Judging Criteria
We are looking for excellence in these three areas:
1) Project Content/Scientific Content or Process Skills: Judges will look for whether you used some or all of these: observation skills, measurement, making comparisons, and/or accurate data collection and reporting. They will also look at whether your information is scientifically correct.
2) Creativity/Appropriateness: Does your project show a level of uniqueness or original thought? Is it appropriate for your grade level?
3) Display/Neatness: Is the display neat and easy to read? Does it show good workmanship, correct spelling and accurate illustrations? Is the information displayed in a way that it is easy to identify the important parts?
Potential Interview Questions
Students should be prepared to answer these potential interview questions. Each interviewer will be asking more than just scientific questions regarding the Science Fair project.
* How did you get the idea for your project? Tell me how you went about doing it.
* Where did you find the information about the project? Did
you interview anyone?
* What was the hardest part about finding information?
* What observations did you make while working on the project?
* What three things did you learn from this project?
* What was your favorite part?
* If you had help from someone, in what ways did s/he help you?
* If you do the project again, how or what would you change?
* Did this project make you think of any future projects you would like to try?