Poster Presenters Info

Judges Score Sheet for Poster Presenters 2021

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Poster PRESENTATION Guidelines for Virtual OJSHS

The poster presentations will be conducted similar to those made by scientists and engineers at their professional meetings. Be prepared to interact with distinguished faculty from BGSU. 

Students presenting research posters must prepare a PowerPoint or google slide presentation, along with sending a pdf of their slides to: nwo@bgsu.edu by Monday, March 8th.

The student will present their slides by sharing their screen and will be in a Zoom presentation room with an OJSHS judge and 2-3 other students during their assigned one-hour time block. Please keep your audio and video off unless you are the student who is presenting.

As the Symposium is virtual this year, students will be asked to introduce themselves to the panel of poster judges during their scheduled time slot (name, school, title of poster) prior to starting their presentation. Each presenter is allowed 15 minutes to present and 5 minutes for a Q & A session for the judge to ask questions. Students are expected to dress professionally. We suggest practicing your presentation and have a friend or parent time your presentation so that you do not exceed the15-minute time limit. This guideline will be strictly enforced.  Students can also find on the OJSHS website the score sheet that will be used by the poster judges.

We will send the links to the Symposium opening ceremony and other activities and your assigned judging time closer to the event. Students presenting posters are expected to attend the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the keynote presentation.

Judging Criteria and Score Sheet

Poster Judging Criteria
1) Research Design

• Clarity in stating the problem
• Identification of important variables
  
• Appropriateness of research equipment
  
• Recognition of limitations in the data
  
• Degree to which the data supported the conclusions
  
• Originality of the research topic
  

2) Poster

• Effective use of tables and/or figures in presenting data
  
• Accuracy of spelling and grammar
• Neatness and organization of poster
  

3) Presentation

• Organization of presentation
• Handling of questions from judges

Rules for Experiments Involving Non-human Vertebrates and Human Subjects Non-Human Vertebrates Rules

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium has adopted the following rules on non-human vertebrate experimentation (adapted from Bonkalski et al., 1994).

• Only animals that are lawfully acquired shall be used in experimentation and their retention and use shall be in every case in strict compliance with state and local laws and regulations.
• Animals used in experimentation must receive every consideration for their bodily comfort; they must be kindly treated, properly fed, and their surroundings kept in a sanitary condition.
  
• No intrusive techniques may be used, including surgery, injections, or taking of blood.
  
• When animals are used by students for their education or the advancement of science, such work shall be under the direct supervision of an experienced teacher or an investigator at a research institution with an approved active protocol for the use of vertebrate animals for this research.

Human Subjects Rules

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium has adopted the following rules on research involving human subjects (adapted from Bonkalski et al., 1994).

• No project may use drugs, food, or beverages in order to measure their effect on a person.
  
• Projects that involve exercise and its effect on pulse, respiration rate, blood pressure, and so on are approved if a valid normal physical examination is on file and provided the exercise is not carried to the extreme.
  
• If your research involves administration of questionnaires or surveys, a proper consent from subjects must be obtained.
  
• If you are conducting research that involves human subjects and your school has no formal policy regarding such research, contact the JSHS Director for guidelines.
  
• No human cultures of any type– mouth, throat, skin, or otherwise–will be allowed.
  
• Tissue cultures purchased from reputable biological supply houses or research facilities are suitable.
  
• The only human blood that may be used is that which is either purchased or obtained from a blood bank, hospital, or laboratory. No blood may be drawn by any person or from any person specifically for a science project. This rule does not preclude a student making use of data collected from blood tests not made exclusively for a science project. Blood may not be drawn exclusively for a science project.