- Username
- Password
forgot?

iRubric: Science Experiments rubric

edit print share Copy to my rubrics Bookmark test run assess... delete Do more...
Science Experiments Science Experiments This rubric can be used to evaluate the performance of science experiments. Rubric Code: GAX468 By debragoyena Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: K-5

Science Experiment
	Excellent: 4 pts	Good: 3 pts	Fair: 2 pts	Poor: 1 pts
Scientific Method	Excellent: Report includes: Purpose, hypothesis,materials, procedures, observations, and a conclusion.	Good: Report is mostly complete,organized, neat, but one or two details are missing.	Fair: Student did not follow directions, is incomplete, or there are significant errors in more than one place.	Poor: Report is mostly incomplete, difficult to understand, has errors.
Hypothesis	Excellent: Student offers a clear, carefully explained prediction of what will happen based upon their own scientific knowledge.	Good: Student offers an explanation of what they predict will happen using some scientific knowledge.	Fair: Student makes a prediction of what will happen without any supporting scientific knowledge.	Poor: Student makes a guess as to what might happen but the ideas are unsupported.
Procedure	Excellent: Procedure is clear, easy to follow and carefully completed with step by step instructions.	Good: Procedure is complete and easy to follow. Step by step instructions are included but some steps are missing.	Fair: Procedure is missing some steps and those that are included are not clear enough to follow.	Poor: Procedure is incomplete, with only a few steps that cannot be followed.
Conclusions	Excellent: Clear and concise CONCLUSIONS are given. Conclusion clearly explains the results using scientific language	Good: Conclusions are present and complete, and explains some of the findings of the results	Fair: Missing some parts of conclusion and the results are not explained	Poor: Missing conclusion completely, or it is inaccurate.
Diagram	Excellent: A clear and well drawn picture of the experiment was included. Picture is carefully and neatly drawn and labelled.	Good: A picture of the experiment was included. Picture is drawn relatively neatly and is labelled.	Fair: The picture is included. It is messy and not labelled.	Poor: No picture is included.
Grammar and Spelling	Excellent: Student has no grammar or spelling errors	Good: Student has 3 or less grammar or spelling errors	Fair: Student has 4-6 grammar or spelling errors	Poor: Student hasmore than 6 grammar or spelling errors