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Science Fair Project

Rubric to assess student work and completion of science fair project

Rubric Code: S28487

By ashaver

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Science Fair Project Points
	Poor 20 pts	Fair 40 pts	Good 60 pts	Excellent 80 pts	Outstanding 100 pts
Concept and Hypothesis 1 %	Poor Student seems to be confused about purpose of project. Hypothesis is unrelated to the purpose of the project. It is not tested throughout the project.	Fair Student has a workable idea for the project but does not follow through the steps completely. Hypothesis is stated correctly, but does not correlate to the purpose of the project and is not testable.	Good Student has a good working idea for the project and followed all steps in order. Hypothesis correlates to the purpose but is not testable.	Excellent Student implements a creative idea for the project and follows all steps in order with success. Hypothesis is testable and directly correlates to the purpose.	Outstanding Student implements a creative idea for the project and follows all steps with success and develops a product and display. Hypothesis is testable and directly correlates to the purpose. Hypothesis is also stated correctly and is followed through with the conclusion.
Analysis (data) 0.5 %	Poor It is unclear what the data represents without referring to the written results.	Fair Results must be referenced (more than twice) to gain an understanding of the data.	Good Results must be referenced (at least once) to gain an understanding of the data.	Excellent Data is understood but results may have to be referenced.	Outstanding Data is understood without having to read the results to figure out what happened.
Research and Written Report 0.5 %	Poor Does not explain the data. Unclear what happened in the experiment after reading the results. Research does not help the student form a testable hypothesis and does not add to the student's prior knowledge.	Fair Somewhat explains the data but the reader must see a chart or graph to gain a clear understanding of the project's results. Research helps the student form a testable hypothesis but does not add to the student's prior knowledge.	Good Almost explains data and tells what happened in the experiement. The reader must see a chart or graph to gain a clear understanding of the project's results.Research helps the student form a hypothesis (maybe not testable) and gives the student knowledge that may or may not have been known.	Excellent Mostly explains data and tells what happened in the experiement with one question. If no data were provided, a reader would still understand what happened in the experiment. Research helps the student form a testable hypothesis and gives the student knowledge that may or may not have been known.	Outstanding Clearly explains data and tells what happened in the experiement. If no data were provided, a reader would still understand what happened in the experiment. Research helps the student form a testable hypothesis and gives the student knowledge about the experiment not previously known. Bibliography is complete
Finished Project 1 %	Poor Student did not use appropiate materials and incorrectly stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment gets varied results.	Fair Student used appropiate materials and stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment can perform it but must guess what to do at more than 2 steps.	Good Student used appropiate materials and stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment can perform it but must guess what to do at 1-2 steps.	Excellent Student used appropiate materials and correctly stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment can perform it and get the same results.	Outstanding Student used appropiate materials and correctly stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment can perform it and get the same results. Multiple trials were also performed.

Keywords:

science fair

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Project

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