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2024 ANNOUNCEMENT

Honors Division Fair projects are judged both virtually and in-person. General K-12 Science Fair projects are judged virtually. THERE ARE NO PHYSICAL PROJECTS THIS YEAR AT QUEENY PARK.

 

JUDGE RECRUITMENT
The school requirement for judging is waived for 2024. Teachers will still need to select projects from their schools to forward to The Academy's regional e-Fair. The Academy of Science recruits  both individual judges and groups of judges with assigned Team Leaders. Groups are assigned 2 grades to judge and upload scores for the projects they judge. Judges are able to remotely review and judge their assigned projects independently from their laptops at home or office.

Q. What does a Science Fair Judging Team Leader do?
A. The Science Fair Judging Team Leader recruits between 5 and 20 colleagues to serve as science fair judges, then assigns the judges their projects and corresponding links for judging. Projects are grades K-12.  Judging takes place "from home" as all projects are uploaded virtually. Science Fair Judging Team Leaders are provided with the following:

Q. What organizations in St. Louis are involved?
A. Organizations from around the region are forming judging teams with a Science Fair Judging Team Leader. Examples may include organizations such as Washington University in St. Louis, the National Geospatial Agency, Bayer, Thermo Fischer Scientific, and more.

Q. After the Team Leader recruits judges, how many projects does each team member judge?
A. Approximately 10 - 15 projects are judged by each team member. It takes approximately 3 hours to judge 10 - 15 projects.

 

CLICK HERE FOR LINK TO SCORE SHEETS (RUBRICS)

  

A PROJECT JUDGING HOW-TO VIDEO FROM 2021

 
 

A note to our Science Fair judges: We appreciate your commitment to fostering the capacity for science exploration and discvoery in the region's next generation of scientists, engineers, and STEM professionals by helping students in the St. Louis region explore their world today through scientific investigation. Thank you!

 

Questions?

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