| Rubric Score |
Exemplary
4 |
Accomplished
3 |
Developing
2 |
Beginning
1 |
Score |
| Idea |
Independently identified a question which was interesting to the student and which could be investigated. |
Identified, with adult help, a question which was interesting to the student and which could be investigated. |
Identified, with adult help, a question which could be investigated. |
Identified a question that could not be tested/investigated or one that did not merit investigation. |
[_____] |
Hypothesis
Development |
Hypothesis is clearly written and based on prior knowledge and research. |
Hypothesis clearly written and is somewhat based on prior knowledge and research. |
Hypothesis is poorly developed and is loosely based on prior knowledge and research . |
Hypothesis is just a guess, not an educated guess . |
[_____] |
Description of
Procedure |
Procedures were outlined in a step-by-step fashion that could be followed by anyone without additional explanations. No adult help was needed to accomplish this. |
Procedures were outlined in a step-by-step fashion that could be followed by anyone without additional explanations. Some adult help was needed to accomplish this. |
Procedures were outlined in a step-by-step fashion, but had 1 or 2 gaps that require explanation even after adult feedback had been given. . |
Procedures that were outlined were seriously incomplete or not sequential, even after adult feedback had been given. |
[_____] |
| Effort |
Students experiment and documents went above and beyond the requirements. They exceeded the expectations . |
Students experiment was complete. All sections of the lab report were included and correctly completed. |
Students experiement was poorly put together. Some ascpects of the lab report were missing or incorrect. |
Many parts of the lab report were missing and poorly constructed. |
[_____] |
