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Independent Research Project 1

1st Quarter Research Project

Rubric Code: N62A6A

By sbutcher10

Draft

Public Rubric

Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Innovation and Discovery Enter rubric description
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Great 4 pts
Question #1 Explanation of Discovery	Poor Showed little or no effort in explaining -or- used vocabulary to high for their audience	Fair Offered little explanation past a definition or one sentence summary -or- majority of vocabulary to high for their audience	Good Offers a thorough explanation of what their discovery/innovation/breakthrough with more than 90% of the vocabulary with in the range of the audience.	Great Offers a excellent explanation of their discovery/Innovation/ Breakthrough, giving details to understand meaning and using 100% of vocabulary with in the range of the audience.
Question #2 Who Discovered	Poor Did not identify anyone.	Fair Mentioned that no one could be given credit, but did not explain why.	Good Briefly mentioned who, but did not mention when.	Great Mentioned both who and when and if no one could be identified, explained why.
Question #3 Changed Society	Poor Did not include	Fair Stated that it was good or bad but did not give sufficient support through examples -or- the examples do not relate to the topic or make sense.	Good Only stated a positive effect or a negative effect but not both and provided supporting examples-or- Stated both a positive and negative effect but did not fully support one of them.	Great Stated both a positive and negative effect and provided supporting examples for both.
Question #4 Environmental Impacts	Poor Did not include	Fair Showed little or no effort	Good Only stated a positive effect or a negative effect but not both and provided supporting examples-or- Stated both a positive and negative effect but did not fully support one of them.	Great Stated both a positive and negative effect and provided supporting examples for both.
Question #5 Influences and Future discoveries	Poor Did not include	Fair Showed little or no effort.	Good Identified one	Great Identified more than one.
Question #6 Personal Opinion	Poor Did not include	Fair Showed little or no effort	Good Included their opinion but did not fully support it -or- Included their opinion but supported it with information not included in their report.	Great Included their opinion and fully supported it with examples found within the paper.
Work Cited	Poor Did not included	Fair Included citations but not in proper format	Good	Great Citations were included in proper format
Appearance	Poor Not typed	Fair Not black ink	Good	Great It is typed in black ink and is normal (typical font)
Grammar	Poor More than six grammatical errors.	Fair Five to Six grammatical errors.	Good Three or Four grammatical errors.	Great One to two grammatical errors.

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Science

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