What Should You Do?
You should prepare an oral summary of the important points in the project which you
can present in no more than five minutes. Your judges will already have read your
abstract, so if you've done a good job there your summary will remind them of
questions that occurred to them earlier.
Following your summary, you may find it useful to prepare several short capsule
descriptions of important aspects of your project. You know your project better than
anyone, so you should have the best ideas of what is important, but you could
prepare answers for such questions as "Where did you get the idea for this project?"
"What is special or distinctive about your project?" "What is the next thing you would
do with your results?" "What questions has your project now generated?" You might
also explicitly prepare for the question you hope the judges will ask.
If yours is a team project, one person should act as the team spokesman at the
beginning and present the oral summary. This summary should include the rationale
for the project being a group, rather than an individual, enterprise, and how each
member contributed. Each member of the group should be fully knowledgeable about
the project and be prepared to then discuss his/her part.
What Should You Expect The Judges To Do?
You should be interviewed by at least three different judges for your category who
will spend about twenty minutes discussing your project with you. It is difficult to
space these interviews equally, so don't get discouraged if there is a long wait
between judges.
Many judges prefer to learn about your project by asking questions. Be prepared for
them to interrupt your presentation.
What Other Things May Happen During The Judging?
The New Hampshire State Science and Engineering Exposition is a major event. You
may find that your interviews with the judges will be competing with newspaper
reporters (some with photographers), radio reporters, TV cameras (with their bright
lights) and other video recorders for possible promotions of future Expos.
You should prepare an oral summary of the important points in the project which you
can present in no more than five minutes. Your judges will already have read your
abstract, so if you've done a good job there your summary will remind them of
questions that occurred to them earlier.
Following your summary, you may find it useful to prepare several short capsule
descriptions of important aspects of your project. You know your project better than
anyone, so you should have the best ideas of what is important, but you could
prepare answers for such questions as "Where did you get the idea for this project?"
"What is special or distinctive about your project?" "What is the next thing you would
do with your results?" "What questions has your project now generated?" You might
also explicitly prepare for the question you hope the judges will ask.
If yours is a team project, one person should act as the team spokesman at the
beginning and present the oral summary. This summary should include the rationale
for the project being a group, rather than an individual, enterprise, and how each
member contributed. Each member of the group should be fully knowledgeable about
the project and be prepared to then discuss his/her part.
What Should You Expect The Judges To Do?
You should be interviewed by at least three different judges for your category who
will spend about twenty minutes discussing your project with you. It is difficult to
space these interviews equally, so don't get discouraged if there is a long wait
between judges.
Many judges prefer to learn about your project by asking questions. Be prepared for
them to interrupt your presentation.
What Other Things May Happen During The Judging?
The New Hampshire State Science and Engineering Exposition is a major event. You
may find that your interviews with the judges will be competing with newspaper
reporters (some with photographers), radio reporters, TV cameras (with their bright
lights) and other video recorders for possible promotions of future Expos.
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