TIP Rubric

This scoring guide, the TIP Rubric, is your key to the preparation of your Technical Innovation document for outside judging. It describes all of the elements your description should have to battle for the grand prize. Use the rubric to prepare and self-score your sections over the next several weeks and months in your personal work space. There is a maximum of 200 basic points and up to 20 bonus points possible.

NOTE: These points are for use by the outside judges and DO NOT count toward your own personal points and awards. They are used to judge your team's efforts in comparsion to other teams. Your personal points are crated with each piece of work or survey that you submit to appropriate folders in the eFolio.

Report Section	Section Details	Maximum Points
Title Page	Team Name	2
	Product or Process Name	1
	Submission Date	1
	The words “Global Challenge Award Global Business Plan Competition [Year]."	1
	Names of Each Team Member with emails	2
	Name of Each Team Member’s School with mailing address	2
	Name of Mentors with emails	2
	Image of Team Members	2
	Image of Product	2
Technical Description	Includes a general narrative explanation of how this product or process works.	5
	Describes how the product or process relates to Global Climate Change.	10
	Explains what is innovative about the product or process including the proprietary features it has (e.g. did the team create a completely new idea, or take several concepts from emerging technologies to synthesize a new configuration of ideas, or take an existing idea and concentrate on scalability and feasibility issues, etc.).	5
	Describes the core science involved in your technical innovation. Identifies one scientific law, principle or theory that relates to your product/process idea.	15
	Uses mathematics in your description of the core science involved in your product idea.	15
	Quantifies how this process reduces the global warming impact (e.g. to what extent will greenhouse gas emissions be reduced? how much less fossil fuel will be used in transportation? how much will the efficiency of solar panels be improved?).	15
	Discusses whether the idea is or is not technically feasible at this time.	5
	Identifies and explains two or more scientific laws, principles or theories that relate to your product/process idea.	20
	Includes product or process drawings.	15
	Demonstrates a clear and well- synthesized understanding of the STEM concepts presented.	10
	All references in this section appear in the Bibliography.	5
	Penalty for copied materials without attribution	-10
Key Personnel	Introduces each team member. Tell the reader about yourselves.	5
	Discusses the team structure for this project. If you had designated team roles, describe them.	5
	Explains how the team made decisions.	5
	Includes an individual statement from each team member in their own words that describes his or her experience with the GCA program. What did you learn about your individual strengths through the year?	5
	Includes a statement from each individual concerning his or her change in understanding of science (GCA’s focus areas: physics, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, mathematics) during this project.	5
	Introduce your mentors. What are their areas of expertise? Why was it valuable to the team? Remember to THANK YOUR MENTORS!!!	5
	Recognizes anyone else who may have been a resource for the team or, makes note that no individuals outside of your adult team members were used as a resource.	5
Evidence of Global Communications	Explains how team members communicated. What internet telecommunications did you use?	5
	Discusses what you learned about being a part of an international team.	5
	What was the most challenging aspect of maintaining team communications?	5
	Includes samples of your global communications (up to 5 pages)	5
Bibliography	Cites all referenced work using the APA format	5
Bibliography	All references in the Bibliography appear in the narrative.	5
Bonus Points (Reviewer's Discretion)	Originality/creativity of idea or analysis.	20