Sample Award Ceremony Scripts

Below are sample award ceremony scripts from a recent Championship event to provide examples of the playful and informative way that script text can be written. The script text provided by the judges is in italics. Typically this text will be preceded by the formal Award Description to help the audience understand the context for the Award.

When writing snippets for the awards ceremony, there are several things to consider and try to incorporate into the final product:

Teams winning awards want to know why they won a particular award. A good example is shown below for the Mechanical Design Award. The text incorporates a description of exactly what captured the judges interest:

“This team roared into action with their multiple attachments. But their stealthy touch at riding the wall to snag the oil barrels stood out as one of the most innovative things the judges saw. The Mechanical Design Award goes to: Team 1234, The Bears.”

Incorporate the team name, theme, or something special about the team to provide an element of foreshadowing. A good example is shown below for the Champion’s Award. The phrase “They keep going, and going, and going…” plays on the Energizer Rabbit marketing campaign for a team named the Energizer Monkeys.

“This team had the whole package, and is always happy to share their knowledge. They are truly energized when it comes to FLL. They keep going, and going, and going, and going... The Champion's Award goes to: Team 5678, The Energizer Monkeys.”

Silly (though not overly so) humor works well to keep the audience interested and give a break to what could be a stressful time for the teams. The sentence below is a three for one, actually, because not only does it incorporate the team’s name, there is an attempt at humor, and also a good description of why the judges liked their robot design. Importantly, it’s described in a professional, technical manner – their friction studies made them stand out.

“This team's design skills sent a Warning to the other teams that they are an engineering force to be recognized. Their cool dualie design should go Global soon, and their friction studies really stuck with us. The Mechanical Design Award goes to: Team 9012, Global Warnings”

In summary: Be creative, keep it short and be professional. This is another chance for you to show the kids that you have given your full time and energy to the process, have paid attention to their presentations, and are honoring them for their work. This is another reason to have specifics from your encounters with teams – you can use them in your script writing! You can show the kids that engineers and scientists can be creative and fun. And remember it has been a long day for all-- please keep it concise!