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Scientific Inquiry Scientific Inquiry Rubric Code: GBW576 By love2teachsci Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 9-12

Scientific Inquiry
	Emerging 1 pts	Developing 2 pts	Secure 3 pts	Advanced 4 pts
Creates Hypotheses	Emerging Records guesses instead of hypotheses.	Developing Creates reasonable hypotheses some of the time.	Secure Creates reasonable hypotheses most of the time.	Advanced Creates reasonable hypotheses and explains reasoning.
Makes scientific observations	Emerging Most observations are based on opinion.	Developing Makes scientific observations some of the time.	Secure Makes scientific observations most of the time.	Advanced Makes qualitative and quantitative observations that are clearly and consistently scientific.
Draws diagrams	Emerging Draws pictures of objects observed.	Developing Draws diagrams that include some detail and some labels.	Secure Draws detailed diagrams with labels.	Advanced Draws detailed diagrams with clear labels. Includes scale and close-ups with more detail.
Uses data	Emerging Does not use data to draw conclusions.	Developing May misinterpret data. Does not construct reasonable explanation based on data.	Secure Constructs reasonable explanation of results based on data collected during the investigation.	Advanced Constructs reasonable explanation of results based on data collected during the investigation and refers directly to the data in the explanation.
Communicates results	Emerging Does not communicate results from investigations.	Developing Communicates results in scientist's notebook or in scientist's discussion but not both.	Secure Communicates results from investigations in scientist's notebook and scientist's discussion most of the time.	Advanced Communicates results from investigations in scientist's notebooks and consistently contributes to scientist's discussions.