With >200 “received, waiting for review,” projects the SRC is finding common errors that slow down the process.
What you can do to speed up your review:
- Check dates on your forms. Form 1A should list when you actually started – or plan to start – your experiment or data collection. The signature dates on other forms (1, 1B, Hold Harmless, etc.) should be prior to this date. As needed, fix and replace with a new copy in your forms folder. Only exception – 1C is filled out after experimentation.
- Check your Bibliography. High school projects need at least 5 and middle school a minimum of 3 references relevant to the project. For a web site, specify the access date.
- Check for Measurements. Reviewers want to see what you plan to measure. Engineering projects in particular need quantitative engineering design criteria like speed, accuracy, distance are.
