7th Environmental Chemistry Student Symposium Judging Form

Oral Presentation

 

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Note to Judges: All scores are out of 10 points except the Presentation category, which is out of 20.  You do not need to add up the scores at the end as the committee can do that later.

 

 

Category

Score

Background

-         Information clear and concise?

-         Significance stated? (Big picture)

 

        /  10

Problem and Hypothesis

-         Research question and hypothesis stated clearly?

-         Novel problem and/or approach?

 

        /  10

Methods

-         Methods concisely explained?

-         Explanation appropriate for interdisciplinary audience? (Acronyms defined, etc.)

 

        / 10

Results

-         Data relevant to the research question?

-         Data clearly presented in tables and/or graphs?

-         Data interpreted for the audience?

 

 

        /  10

Discussion and Conclusions

-         Relevance of the data clearly explained?

-         Conclusions reasonable based on the data?

-         Scientific importance explained?

-         Further research suggested?

 

 

        /  10

Presentation

-         Organized, easy to follow, not rushed?

-         Fonts large enough?

-         Text short?  not too many slides?

-         Easy to follow data, not a data overload?

-         Technical level appropriate for interdisciplinary audience?

 

 

        /  20

 

Presentation Overtime Penalty

-         Subtract 10 points if more than 30 seconds over time limit

 

 

                                                                                         Grand Total

 

 

        /  70

 

 

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