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The Scientific Process

Scoring rubric used to asses child's understanding of the scientific process

Rubric Code: HXA9736

By amy130

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Subject: Science

Type: (Other)

Grade Levels: K-5

Scientific process
	Awesome Job! 20 pts	Pretty Good 17 pts	Almost There 14 pts	Needs Work 10 pts
Follow Safety Procedures	Awesome Job! Demonstrated all safe practices during field and laboratory investigations. Safety is an obvious priority.	Pretty Good Demonstrated some safe practices during field and laboratory investigations. However, there was no real danger threat.	Almost There Demonstrated the desire to practice safe field and laboratory investigations. Redirection was needed 1-2 times.	Needs Work Demonstrated poor safety practices during field and laboratory investigations. Redirection was needed 3+ times.
Gather information	Awesome Job! Information gathered by observing and measuring is complete and accurate.	Pretty Good Information gathered by observing and measuring is mostly complete or there are a few errors.	Almost There Information gathered by observing and measuring is sparse and inaccurate.	Needs Work Did not attempt to collect information by observing and measuring.
Analyze and Interpret	Awesome Job! Analysis and interpretation of information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence is complete.	Pretty Good Analysis and interpretation of information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence is mostly complete.	Almost There Analysis and interpretation of information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence is lacking and incomplete.	Needs Work Did not attempt to analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence.
Communicate Conclusions	Awesome Job! Clearly communicated valid conclusions and referred to data collected for evidence.	Pretty Good Most of the conclusion makes sense and there is an attempt to refer to data collected for evidence.	Almost There Poor communication of conclusions, or poor conclusion.	Needs Work Did not attempt to communicate valid conclusions.
Analyze data	Awesome Job! Data gathered about hypothesis is complete and relevant to subject knowledge.	Pretty Good Data gathered about hypothesis is lacking some completeness and relevance to the subject.	Almost There Data gathered about hypothesis is not complete and/or is not relevant to subject knowledge.	Needs Work Did not attempt to analyze data gathered.
Construct graphs	Awesome Job! Constructed graph that correctly organized information and used it to examine and evaluate information.	Pretty Good Construction of graph is organized but may not cover all data/information collected.	Almost There Graph constructed incorrectly or data not organized correctly.	Needs Work Did not attempt to construct graph.

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