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Murder and a Meal Biomolecule Lab Rubric

In a "Murder Mystery" scenario, students will use their knowledge of the structure and properties of macromolecules to conduct a forensic investigation.

Rubric Code: CXB7A6A

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Subject: Science

Type: Handout

Grade Levels: (none)

Scientific Method
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Fantastic 4 pts
Food Content Identification	Poor Cannot accurately determine which major biomolecules should be found in the victim's favorite restaurant food dishes.	Fair Accurately determines some of the major biomolecules that should be found in the victim's favorite restaurant food dishes.	Good Accurately determines most of the major biomolecules that should be found in the victim's favorite restaurant food dishes.	Fantastic Accurately determines all major biomolecules that should be found in each one of the victim's favorite restaurant food dishes.
Biomolecule Test Results	Poor Cannot correctly identify the presence of any biomolecule in the victim's vomit.	Fair Correctly identifies the presence of at 1-2 biomolecules present in the victim's vomit.	Good Correctly identifies the presence of at least 3 biomolecules present in the victim's vomit.	Fantastic Correctly identifies the presence of ALL biomolecules present in the victim's vomit.
Data Table Results	Poor Data results are incomplete and not comprehensible.	Fair Some data results (3) are missing and incorrect	Good Few data results (1-2) are missing and some are incorrect.	Fantastic All data is present and correct.
Analysis Questions	Poor The response provides an unclear, inaccurate interpretation and/or solution. It fails to address or omits significant aspects of the concept or task.	Fair The response provides a partial interpretation and/or solution. It somewhat addresses the points relevant to the concept or task.	Good The response provides the essential elements of an interpretation and/or a solution. It addresses the points relevant to the concept or task.	Fantastic The response provides all aspects of a complete interpretation and/or a correct solution. The response thoroughly addresses the points relevant to the concept or task
Conclusion	Poor Conclusion is not stated and there is no evidence of gained science knowledge in the explanation	Fair Conclusion is stated but it does not address the hypothesis. There is little evidence of scientific knowledge in the explanation	Good Conclusion is stated and it somewhat addresses the hypothesis having some scientific knowledge in the explanation	Fantastic Conclusion is stated and it addresses the hypothesis correctly. There is evidence of gained science knowledge in the explanation.