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Science Fair Project

Rubric to assess student work and completion of science fair project

Rubric Code: T93538

By pfoster

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Project Points
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Topic/Purpose	Poor Topic/Purpose is too broad and/or unrealistic. Student seems to be confused about purpose of project.	Fair Topic/Purpose is realistic. Student has a workable idea for the project, but does not follow through the steps completely.	Good Topic/Purpose is measurable and realistic. Student has a good working idea for the project and followed all steps in order.	Excellent Topic/Purpose is specific, measurable, and realistic. Student implements all steps in order with success.
Hypothesis	Poor Hypothesis does not answer the research question/purpose and is not testable.	Fair Hypothesis is weak and does not directly correlate to the purpose of the project.	Good Hypothesis is testable and correlates to the purpose.	Excellent Hypothesis is testable, directly correlates to the purpose, and provides reasoning.
Materials and Procedure	Poor Student did not list all necessary materials. Steps are not detailed or logical, and/or missing. It would be extremely difficult to duplicate this experiment.	Fair Student listed most of the necessary materials. Steps are not detailed or logically sequenced, making it difficult to follow or duplicate this experiment.	Good Student included the necessary materials. Procedure is thewritten in logical step by step.	Excellent Student included all materials required. Procedure steps are logical and very thorough, and can be easily duplicated.
Data/Results	Poor It is unclear what the data represent and/or the results are incomplete.	Fair Data and Results are represented but may be difficult to understand.	Good Data and Results are completed and easily understood.	Excellent Data and Results are completed with a lot of details and easily understood.
Conclusion	Poor Conclusion is confusing and/or student does not attempt to explain if hypothesis was correct or incorrect.	Fair Conclusion is included and student explains if hypothesis was correct or incorrect.	Good Conclusion includes what was learned and student explains if hypothesis was correct or not.	Excellent Conclusion includes what was learned, gives a summary of the experiment, and the student explains if hypothesis was correct or incorrect.
Display Board/Graphics	Poor Display is not neat and/or seems haphazardly thrown together. No graphics were provided. There are numerous spelling and/or grammar errors in the written work.	Fair Display is neat with correct headings. Student provided one graphic. There may be a several spelling and/or grammar errors in the written work.	Good Display is very neat and organized with all required headings. Student provided one or two appropriate graphics.	Excellent Display shows attention to detail and is neatly decorated.
Effort	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent

Keywords:

science fair

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Project

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