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scifipi wrote:Do we have to memorize the rubric? My team thought so last year so I did, but they had the rubric in the competition! Sigh...

I don't think one should memorize the rubric so much as be so familiar with it that it all comes second nature. With enough practice it should come easily enough.

You can't always count on the rubric being there, so yeah, know the rubric, but you don't necessarily have to memorize it. Just know what you need to do.

zyzzyva98 wrote:You can't always count on the rubric being there, so yeah, know the rubric, but you don't necessarily have to memorize it. Just know what you need to do.

If a particular supervisor insists on a certain breakdown of the experiment, they will give you a rubric of their own or a marked answer sheet. However, if no rubric is given, you can assume they're using the standard one- so you should be very familiar with it. It's really not that much to memorize, one page of outline split between three people, so you should try. In some sections, there are very specific elements that need to be present, and these should probably be memorized. Don't worry about memorizing the vague, general lines of the rubric- e.g., the "gives meaningful information about methods" or whatever it is in the "Possible Sources of Experimental Error" section- or the exact point values assigned to each thing, although knowing what's the most important to your score in each section can be useful.

Phenylethylamine wrote:

zyzzyva98 wrote:You can't always count on the rubric being there, so yeah, know the rubric, but you don't necessarily have to memorize it. Just know what you need to do.

If a particular supervisor insists on a certain breakdown of the experiment, they will give you a rubric of their own or a marked answer sheet. However, if no rubric is given, you can assume they're using the standard one- so you should be very familiar with it. It's really not that much to memorize, one page of outline split between three people, so you should try. In some sections, there are very specific elements that need to be present, and these should probably be memorized. Don't worry about memorizing the vague, general lines of the rubric- e.g., the "gives meaningful information about methods" or whatever it is in the "Possible Sources of Experimental Error" section- or the exact point values assigned to each thing, although knowing what's the most important to your score in each section can be useful.

I'm very bad at memorizing things, but I think it may help with an acronym?

Just Got my rules for Science Olympiad today but, it was dissapointing, I dont like the events as much as I did last year ... Like Junkyad challange the B sections are AWSOME but the A are kinda easy, but my team rules wo we are gonna get gold at regionals........I know we will

Thanks for sharing, but this is the Experimental Design thread... JYC is in building events. @scifipi- not sure if an acronym will work, but if it helps you remember, well, more power to you.

Wait, are there any changes in the rubric from last year?

Not that I know of- this event almost never changes.

tclme elmo wrote:Wait, are there any changes in the rubric from last year?

Not really they just made every line on the rubric worth one point so now Div. C has 67pts and B has 63. So for example Statement of the problem had 4 parts to it but only worth 2pts now it’s worth 4 points. This makes it much easier to grade in my opinion because if you missed 1 of the 4 parts in statement of the problem there was never mentioned what point value that would be [1/2 or 1.5/2 could be two different scores that depending on the judge could give you]. There were a couple of other sections that this change was made too [Statement of Problem and Exp. Control are the two that come to mind there may be another].

The rubric has not changed, however the powerpoint has on the official website, I personally think last years explains the concepts better, but that's just me. Don't bring the rubric.