2009 Judging - FutureCity Ohio

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Judge's Name
Future City Name:
School Name:
Passcode:

Essay and Abstract
(0-90 Points)

The judging teams will complete this section. Judges will answer these questions and assign a point value for each question. This sample judging form is provided to the students so they know the components of the judging criteria.

Essay Score Sheet (0-70 points):
 “Design an innovative process that will create a self-sufficient system within the home which conserves, recycles, and reuses all existing water sources”.
500-700 Word Essay

Scoring (0-5 points)
 
Criteria
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General Overview
1. Does the Essay present and develop a living spacde to be self sustaining and self sufficient in its water use in a creative way. No creativity shown. Solution is not particularly creative and poorly communicated. Solution is fair. Solution meets expectations. Solution is creative and fairly well communicated.

solution is creative, well-designed, and exceptionally communicated.
2. Description of Residential Unit No description Residential unit described with little or no information. Description of residential unit is fair. Description of residential unit meets expectations. Description of residential unit is good.

Thorough and excellent description of residential unit.
Overview of Water Systems
3. Exterior storm water usage and management including landscape and runoff No description Overall exploration of exterior water management including landscape, runoff, and reuse is limited. Overall exploration of exterior water management including landscape, runoff and reuse is adequate but only briefly discussed. Discussion of the Overall exploration of exterior water management including landscape, runoff and reuse meets expectations Discussion of the overall exploration of exterior water management including landscape, runoff and reuse is good Overall exploration of exterior water management including landscape, runoff and reuse is extensive and thorough
4. Potable water usage and management No description Overall exploration of potable water management including efficient fixtures and system design is limited. Overall exploration of potable water management including efficient fixtures and system design is adequate but only briefly discussed. Discussion of the Overall exploration of potable water management including efficient fixtures and system design meets expectations Discussion of the overall exploration of potable water management including efficient fixtures and system design is good Overall exploration of potable water management including efficient fixtures and system design is extensive and thorough
5. Wastewater system No description Overall exploration of exterior wastewater system is limited. Overall exploration of wastewater system is adequate but only briefly discussed. Discussion of the Overall exploration of wastewater system meets expectations Discussion of the Overall exploration of wastewater system is good Overall exploration of wastewater management system is extensive and thorough
Existing Technologies
6. Defining potential problem areas for selected improvement No potential problem areas identified One poteneial problem identifiked with little or no explanation. Definition of problem areas is fair. Definition of problem areas meets expectations. More than one problem identified with good explanation. Thorough analysis of potential problem.
7. Improvements to water usage in the home to reach closed system. No actions described. Response identified, but inadequate or inappropriate to reach closed system. Fair respoinse identified to reach closed system. Appropriate response identified to reach closed system. Good respoonse identified to reach closed system. Appropriate responses or a hierarchy of responses identified to address improvements to reach close system.
8. Role of one type of engineer in the existing technologies. No discussion Role of one engineer is mentioned, but not discussed Role of one engineer is briefly, but incompletely discussed. Discussion of the role of one engineer meets expectations Discussion of the role of one engineer is good Role of engineer in the design and implementation of the new technologies system is thoroughly discussed.
New Technologies
9. Overall technology system description. No discussion. Some discussion but little implementation of new technology   Discussion of the overall new technology system meets expectations. Discussion of the overall new technolgoy system is good. Takes full advantage of new technologies throughout the design of the water systems.
10. Advantages of new technology. No discussion. One advantage listed, but not discussed. One or more advantages listed with partial discussion. Discussion of the advantages of new technologies meets expectations. Discussion of the advantages of new technologies is good. One or more advantages thoroughly discussed.
11. Role of one type of engineer in the developing of new technology. No discussion Role of one engineer is mentioned, but not discussed Role of one engineer is briefly, but incompletely discussed. Discussion of the role of one engineer meets expectations Discussion of the role of one engineer is good. Role of engineer in the design and implementation of the new technologies system is thoroughly discussed.
12. Returning of water to municipality through new technologies. No discussion. Returning of water is mentioned, but not discussed Returning of water is brief but incompletely discussed. Discussion of returning of water meets expectations. Discussion of returning of water is good. Teturning of water from the living space to the municipality due to new technologies is thoroughly discussed.
Written communication skills
13. Well written Poorly written and organized. Satisfactorily written and organized. Exceptionally written and organized.  
14. Grammar Many
grammatical
errors.		 Some
grammatical
errors.		 No grammatical
errors.
15. Spelling Many spelling
errors.		 Some spelling
errors.		 No spelling
errors.
16. Length Fewer than 500
OR more than
700 words		   Between 500
and 700 words.
17. List of references No references References included however are not appropriate, correctly listed, nor meet minimum. At least three
appropriate
references, correctly listed.
Total Essay Points (0-70 points)

Abstract Score Sheet
300-500 Word Abstract (0-20 points)

Scoring (0-5 points)
Criteria
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1. Describe the City's physical components & infrastructure. (Physical components of the city could include but are not limited to parks and landmarks, recreation opportunities or attractions, and other highlights.) No Descrioption Poor description of City and its physical components & infrastructure. Fair description of City and its physical components & infrastructure General description of City and its physical components & infrastructure meets expectations Good description of City and its physical components & infrastructure meets expectations Excellent description of City and its physical components & infrastructure.

2. Describes the City and its services including information such as an overview of their city's quality of life and issues of health, safety, education, etc. No description Poor description of City and services. Fair description of City and services. General description of City and some of its services meets expectations. Good description of City and some of its services. Excellent description of City and many of its services.

3. Description of the City's basic information such as populatino, year, and location? No description Some description Exceptional description  

4. Organized and well written Poorly organized and written. Satisfactorily organized and written. Exceptionally organized and well written  

5. Grammatical
errors		 Many grammatical
errors.		 Some grammatical
errors.		 No grammatical
errors.		  

6. Spelling errors Many spelling
errors.		 Some spelling
errors.		 No spelling errors.  

7. Length Fewer than 300
OR more than
500 words.		   Between 300 and 500 words.  
Total Abstract Points (0-20 Points)
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