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Science Research Paper Science Essay Astronomy research paper Rubric Code: A58WB3 By afsteele Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 9-12

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Introduction	Poor No Introduction	Fair Introduction is minimal in information and doesn't convey what is about to be covered in assignment.	Good Introduction gives reader information about assignment.	Excellent Introduction gives an indepth preview of what the intention of the paper will be about, including thesis statement.
Structure	Poor Minimal effort to structure assignment. Work has been copied from Internet. No citations.	Fair Basic assignment with poor attention to detail. Information is poorly placed and non-sequential making it difficult to read and understand what is trying to be explained.Heavy reliance on the use of language from the internet. Poorly cited work.	Good Finished assignment has most headings and sub headings. Still relied on Internet to construct sentences. Some information is missing or in the wrong place. Fairly appropriate citations made.	Excellent Well constructed with appropriate us of headings.Takes reader through a logical sequence of explaining and introducing new information. Appropriate citations are made from the literature.Use of pictures or tables is appropriately used.
Content	Poor Less than half the criteria addressed.Little information and a poor effort.	Fair Less than 3/4 of criteriat addressed. Level of information is average and sometimes irrelevant to criteria.	Good Most criteria addressed. Level of information is fairly thorough based of the topic.	Excellent All criteria addressed in depth and showed an ability to bring in original or creative insights to the presentation.
Grammar	Poor Many spelling and grammatical mistakes.	Fair Spelling and sentence structure mistakes are obvious and numerous. Sentence structure indicates some effort to construct own ideas.	Good Not many spelling and grammatical mistakes.Good effort to get own information into project.	Excellent Obvious effort to understand information and put into own words. Spelling and and sentence structure mistakes are minimal.