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Science Project 3rd grade Science Fair Project_5th grade Rubric to assess student work and completion of a science project using the scientific method. Rubric Code: Q4X68W By marreroacademy Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: K-5

Scientific Method
	No attempt 0 pts	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 6 pts	Excellent 8 pts	Outstanding 10 pts
Question	No attempt No Attempt	Poor Question is not stated correctly and is not testable.	Fair Question is stated correctly, but is not testable.	Good Question is stated correctly and is testable.	Excellent Question is stated correctly, is testable and is accompanied with a summary of why the student wants to answer the question.	Outstanding Question is stated correctly, is testable, and is accompanied with a summary/description of why the student wants to answer the question.
Hypothesis	No attempt No Attempt	Poor Hypothesis is unrelated to the purpose of the project. It is not tested throughout the project.	Fair Hypothesis is stated correctly, but does not correlate to the question of the project and is not testable.	Good Hypothesis correlates to the question but is not testable.	Excellent Hypothesis is testable and directly correlates to the question.	Outstanding Hypothesis is testable and directly correlates to the question. Hypothesis is also stated correctly and is followed through with the conclusion.
Materials	No attempt No Attempt	Poor Not a complete description.	Fair List of materials was jumbled and unclear.	Good Student used appropiate materials but did not list them at all.	Excellent Student used appropiate materials but did not list all of them.	Outstanding Student used and listed all appropiate materials based on the experiment requirements.
Procedure	No attempt No Attempt	Poor Not a complete description.	Fair Student lists steps out of order. The procedure is confusing.	Good Student lists a few of the steps taken for a complete and thorough experiment.	Excellent Student lists the steps taken for a complete and thorough experiment.	Outstanding Student completely lists the steps taken for a complete and thorough experiment and another student could complete the experiment with these directions.
Results/Data	No attempt No Attempt	Poor Results/Data do not describe the experiment.	Fair Reults/ Data given in sentences, not charts, graphs or tables.	Good Results/ Data given using charts, graphs or tables but is difficult to understand.	Excellent Results/ Data given using charts, graphs, or tables but is done sloppily.	Outstanding Results/ Data given is easy to understand charts, graphs, or tables.
Conclusion	No attempt No Attempt	Poor Analysis is simple and lacks details.	Fair Analysis has few details. No summary.	Good Analysis has few details with a summary.	Excellent Detailed analysis of project. No summary.	Outstanding Detailed analysis of project and summary of project is given.
Overall Project	No attempt No Attempt	Poor Student seems to be confused about purpose of project.	Fair Student has a workable idea for the project but does not follow through the steps completely.	Good Student has a good working idea for the project and followed all steps in order.	Excellent Student somewhat implements a creative idea for the project and follows all steps in order with success.	Outstanding Student implements a creative idea for the project and follows all steps with success.
Written Paper/ Presentation This section will count as an English grade.
	No Attempt 0 pts	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 6 pts	Excellent 8 pts	Outstanding 10 pts
Paper- Title Page Must include: Name, Date, and Title	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor Is poorly done and is sloppy.	Fair Does not have the correct parts and is not on a separate sheet of paper.	Good Includes at least one of the correct parts and is on a separate sheet of paper.	Excellent Includes at least two of the correct parts and is on a separate sheet of paper.	Outstanding Includes title, name and date and is on a seperate sheet of paper.
Knowledge of Topic	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor Student does not answer questions presented by others regarding project in an informative and knowledgeable manner.	Fair Student answers questions with little to basic knowledge of project and is difficult to understand.	Good Student answers some questions with basic to good knowledge of project	Excellent Student answers questions well with a large amount of knowledge about project and can support answers with research, if necessary.	Outstanding Student answers all questions knowledgeably with a great understanding of topic, as well as necessary research to support claims. Student's answers are easy to understand.
Paper Organization	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor Hand written paper, not all 7 parts are included.	Fair Paper is typed but is missing some parts.	Good Hand written, all 7 parts are included in order.	Excellent Paper is typed, all 7 parts are included but not in order.	Outstanding Paper is typed, all 7 parts are included and in order.
Grammar/ Mechanics	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor Has plenty of errors in spelling, grammar and mechanics. The paper is difficult to understand.	Fair Has errors in spelling, grammar, and mechanis that interfere with understnading	Good Has errors in spelling, grammar, adn mechanics but paper is still easy to understand.	Excellent Has minimal errors in spelling, grammar, and mechanics but the paper is still easy to understand	Outstanding Relatively free of mistakes in spelling, grammar and mechanics
Oral Presentation	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor Mumbling, difficult to hear, difficult to understand	Fair Softly spoken, difficult to hear, pacing of speech too slow or too fast, little to no eye contact	Good Good volume, pacing of speech too slow or too fast, little to no eye contact.	Excellent Good volume, pacing of speech was appropriate but minimal eye contact.	Outstanding Great speaking volume, spoken clearly, eye contact with the audience, pacing of speech was appropriate.
Display
	No Attempt 0 pts	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 6 pts	Excellent 8 pts	Outstanding 10 pts
Display	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor	Fair	Good Display is on a poster board.	Excellent	Outstanding Display is on three-sided presentation board.
Display - Title	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor	Fair	Good Title is on the board, but is not obvious.	Excellent	Outstanding Title is clear and easy to see on the display.
Information	No Attempt No Attempt	Poor Display has drawings of the experiment. Data is not shown in a chart, table or graph.	Fair Data is shown with a chart, graph or table. No photographs or drawings of the experiment	Good Display shows photographs of the experiment without captions; may have a chart, table or graph to show data.	Excellent Display shows photographs (with captions) of various steps of the experiment,; uses charts, graphs, or tables to show data.	Outstanding Display shows photographs (with captions) of the experiment step-by-step; uses tables, graphs, or charts to display data.

Keywords:

science fair

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Project

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