Alameda County Science and Engineering Fair
Welcome
Judges!
Thank you for volunteering to be a judge. Please familiarize yourself with the schedule and training modules in order for us to have a smooth and successful science fair. If you have any questions please contact the Director of Judging.
Nicholas Young
Director of Judging
Tatyana Borovina
Asst. Director of Judging
Interested in being a judge?
Judge Qualifications
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In order to judge high school projects, judges must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience or greater in the field they wish to judge.
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In order to judge middle school projects, judges must have an Associate’s degree or 2 years towards a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience or greater in the field they wish to judge.
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Exceptions to this are considered on a case-by-case basis. Please contact the judging team (judge.acsef@gmail.com) prior to registration.
Judge Registration
Judge registration is now open! Visit us on zfairs to register for ACSEF 2023!
Judge Training 2023
Judges must attend at least one of the training sessions below in order to participate. Trainings will be 1 hour long and over zoom. If you are unable to make the trainings please reach out to judging team.
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Wednesday March 15, 2023 from 7 - 8 PM (virtual)
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Saturday March 18, 2023 from 12- 1 PM (virtual)
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Monday March 20, 2023 from 7 - 8 PM (virtual)
Judge Criteria
ACSEF 2023 Judge Schedule
Thank you to all of our 2022 Judges
Behind the scenes our category and special award judges have volunteered their time preparing to interview each of our student participants by viewing the deliverable items consisting of a 2 minute video, virtual display board, abstract, research plan, lab notebook excerpts and additional application forms.
The 2022 judges hailed from various academic, medical, business and industrial sites throughout the Bay Area and nationwide!
Judge Training 2023
Judge Training 2023
Judges must attend at least one of the training sessions below in order to participate. Trainings will be 1 hour long and over zoom. If you are unable to make the trainings please reach out to judging team.
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Wednesday March 15, 2023 from 7 - 8 PM (virtual)
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Saturday March 18, 2023 from 12- 1 PM (virtual)
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Monday March 20, 2023 from 7 - 8 PM (virtual)
Judge Training Resources:
Round 1:
Interview the student as normal, aiming for a 10 - 15 minute interview. Try to interview students who are not speaking with other judges. Once you've gotten all the information you need from a student, score the project, and pick another one from the list. We will remind you to make sure you are moving every 15 minutes, but feel free to work more quickly. This is a "shotgun" start - you do not need to go in any particular order, just find an available student. Judging ends at 11:30 AM and scores are locked in at 12 PM.
Round 2:
Similar to Round 1, there will be no scheduled interviews. You will select a project from your list with a student available, but this time, there might be other judges around. You will do each interview for 10 minutes, move on, and select another student. At the end of Round 2, you will move to supergroups to rank projects within your assigned category. You will only have 90 minutes to meet with all of your assigned students.
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