KKFS SCIENCE CELEBRATION 2013 EXPERIMENT GRADING RUBRIC

Students Name: ______________________________

4 Exceeds Standards CATEGORY The question makes The question makes The question can be sense and can be sense and can be answered through answered through answered through experimentation. No experimentation. experimentation. variable are used in Variables are used in Some variables are the question. The the question. used in the question. hypothesis is unclear. A clear hypothesis is A clear hypothesis is written. written. Procedures are written in a step-bystep fashion that could be followed with some additional explanation. Data was collected more than one time. The data is displayed clearly in one way, eg: graph or data table, and is somewhat accurately labeled and drawn. Student included a somewhat detailed conclusion clearly based on the data and related to the hypothesis statement(s). The display board is complete, neatly written or typed, and shows some effort and creativity. Procedures are written in a step-bystep fashion, but had 1 or 2 gaps that required explanation. The question does not make sense or cannot be answered through experimentation. There is no hypothesis. Procedures that are written are incomplete or not in sequence.

Teachers Name: ________________________________

2 Approaching Standards 1 Does not meet Standards

3 Meets Standards

Question and Hypothesis

Procedures are written in a step-byDescription of step fashion that Procedure could be followed by anyone without additional explanation. Data was collected several times. The data is displayed clearly in at least two ways, eg: graph and data table, and is accurately labeled and drawn.

Data Collection

Data was collected more than one time. The graph or data table contains errors in information or labeling..

Data was collected only once. The data is not displayed.

Student included a detailed conclusion Conclusion/ clearly based on the Summary data and related to previous research findings and the hypothesis statement(s). The display board is complete, neatly written or typed, and shows effort and creativity. Pictures are displayed.

Student included a conclusion with some reference to the data and the hypothesis statement(s).

No conclusion was included OR important details were overlooked.

Display

The display board is incomplete, a little messy and shows only a little effort and creativity.

The display board is incomplete, messy, and shows no effort or creativity.

Student has good Student has poor Student has moderate voice voice projection and voice projection and Oral projection, is confident little knowledge is has adequate Presentation about the knowledge communicated to the knowledge of what they are audience. they are presenting. communicating and is convincing and enthusiastic.

Student has no voice projection and no knowledge is communicated to the audience.

KKFS SCIENCE CELEBRATION 2013 REPORT GRADING RUBRIC

Students Name: ______________________________ Teachers Name: ________________________________

4 Exceeds Standards CATEGORY

3 Meets Standards

2 Approaching Standards

1 Does not meet Standards Wrote many questions which did not fit the topic.

Research Question

Wrote clear, creative Wrote clear questions Wrote some and interesting which fit the topic. questions which did questions which fit the not fit the topic. topic.

Information Collection

Located and recorded information which answered all of the research questions.

Located and recorded information which answered most of the research questions.

Located and recorded a lot of information that did not directly answer the research questions. Presented information which was poorly organized or was difficult to understand some of the time. Student included a conclusion with some reference to information collected.

Located and recorded incomplete information which failed to answer any of the research questions. Presented information which was poorly organized, and hard to understand. No conclusion was included OR important details were overlooked.

Presented all Presented most of information in a clear the information in a Presentation and organized way. clear and organized of way. Information Student included a detailed conclusion Conclusion/ clearly based on the Summary information collected and related to previous research findings. The display board is complete, neatly written or typed, and shows effort and creativity. Pictures are displayed. Student included a somewhat detailed conclusion clearly based on the information collected.

Display

The display board is complete, neatly written or typed, and shows some effort and creativity.

The display board is incomplete, a little messy and shows only a little effort and creativity.

The display board is incomplete, messy, and shows no effort or creativity.

Student has good Student has poor Student has moderate voice voice projection and voice projection and Oral projection, is confident little knowledge is has adequate Presentation about the knowledge communicated to the knowledge of what they are audience. they are presenting. communicating and is convincing and enthusiastic.

Student has no voice projection and no knowledge is communicated to the audience.