Bio-Expo 2020: Judges

1. Students submit their projects into a OneDrive 
2. Each Judge is sent the links to their 4-6 projects and compares them to the scoring rubrics in the Category Requirements documents.
3. Judges attend a Pre-Judging meeting on Weds May 6, 2020 4:30pm to 6pm at Shoreline Community College (Small Dining Room in the PUB, Student Union Building) to meet with fellow Judges and sit with the Judges in the same category. This is to discern the preliminary student rankings 1^st. 2^nd, 3^rd in each category. (This process is important as it makes the Judging on Expo Day go more smoothly).  For new judges, there be an Orientation Meeting on April 29 4:30 - 6 PM and attendance is optional.  
4. Friday May 15^th, 2020 Judges meet in the Judges Room (same room as the Pre-Judging) at 8am. There will be a schedule with 3 Session times and 3 projects per session. (Judges sit in their Category groups and between sessions discuss the interviews at the student poster sessions.Rankings can often change!).  The fourth round of judging will be for projects that you did not have time to review in earlier sessions
5. Category Judges come to a consensus for the ranking of student winners – lunch is served.
6. Expo winner sheets are written and handed in to the Chief Judge in the Judging Room
7. VERY IMPORTANT: Judges finish writing their Expo rubrics that are returned
8. Over to the SCC Theatre for the student performances such as in the Drama/Dance Category plus the Expo Award Ceremony.

There will be four rounds of judging that are a half hour each.

Students need to stay by their project for the entire half hour that they are assigned to speak with judges and other interested visitors.  All students will also stand by their project for the last half hour judging session.  

At least one judge will discuss a student's project with the student for a minimum of 5 minutes. 

When a student is not standing by his or her project, he or she will go see projects from other schools in order to select which project they think should win the people's choice award.

After lunch, selected dance/drama or music projects will be presented to the entire audience. 

There will be an awards ceremony and closing remarks.  Buses will leave after this. 

Judging Guideline