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Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Rubric for performance assessment lab report for Force & Motion unit

Rubric Code: V9C5W8

By kwsmith

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Subject: Physics

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Lab Report for Car Race
	Nothing 0 pts	Minimal 1 pts	Basic 2 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Advanced 4 pts
Title Page The title of your lab report with concise abstract.	Nothing No title page or abstract	Minimal Title present but not focused. No abstract or unfocused abstract.	Basic Title present and minimally focused. Abstract present but minimally focused	Proficient Title present and moderately focused Abstract present but moderately focused	Advanced Title describes focus of the lab Abstract focused
Purpose What was the purpose of this lab? (in your own words)	Nothing No purpose provided	Minimal Problem is unclear with no details	Basic Problem is clear but missing many details	Proficient Problem is clear but missing many details	Advanced Problem is clear and all details are provided
Hypothesis What did you do to your car to make it go slow and why did you do it?	Nothing No hypothesis provided	Minimal Not stated as a scientific hypothesis and no details	Basic Given as a hypothesis but many details missing	Proficient Given as a hypothesis with a few details missing	Advanced Hypothesis logically and clearly stated with many details of the goals of the lab
Materials What materials did you use to perform the lab?	Nothing No materials listed	Minimal Only basic materials that all groups listed	Basic Basic and individual materials listed but incomplete	Proficient All materials listed but missing quantities	Advanced All materials and quantities of each listed
Procedure What are the steps you took in designing your system? How was data collected? Where was data collected? What did you try that worked? What did you try that didn't work? Include group member names.	Nothing No procedure given	Minimal Procedure does not fit lab	Basic Procedure given but missing many elements . Does not follow a logical process	Proficient Procedure given but missing a few elements Does follow a logical process	Advanced Complete procedure given and logical progression of steps
Data Table Original data table and computer generated one must be provided. Graphs are also to be provided representing the three speed and acceleration (four graphs)	Nothing No data tables given	Minimal Only original data table is given	Basic Only computer made data table is given	Proficient Both original and computer made data table are given. Computer made data table is incomplete or does not represent actual data collected.	Advanced Both data tables are given. Computer made table provides all information from original data sheet.
Graphs Hand drawn on graph paper or computer generated. Four graphs total (one for each speed and one for acceleration)	Nothing No graphs provided	Minimal one or two graphs provided	Basic three graphs provided	Proficient all graphs provided but without title or labels on axes	Advanced all graphs provided with title and labels on axes
Equations What equations did you use to analyze your collected data?	Nothing No equations given	Minimal Some or incorrect equations given	Basic Some but correct equations given	Proficient Most correct equations given	Advanced All equations listed and are correct
Analyses Show one example for each speed and the acceleration. Can be typed or written legibly	Nothing No analyses given	Minimal Analyses given. Hand written but sloppy. Incomplete.	Basic Analyses given. Hand written but sloppy and missing a few analyses. Or if typed missing most analyses.	Proficient Hand written and complete but sloppy. Or if typed missing a few analyses.	Advanced Hand written, complete, and legible. Or if typed complete.
Conclusion	Nothing No conclusion given	Minimal Conclusion contains 1 of the following: results of data analyses, explanation of anomalous data, how this lab relates to real world experiences	Basic Conclusion contains 2 of the following: results of data analyses, explanation of anomalous data, how this lab relates to real world experiences	Proficient Conclusion contains all of the following: results of data analyses, explanation of anomalous data, how this lab relates to real world experiences	Advanced Conclusion contains all of the following: results of data analyses, explanation of anomalous data, how this lab relates to real world experiences Also includes suggestions on how to improve this lab in the future
Mechanics/Grammar Lab report must be typed. Data tables can either be typed or hand written. Graphs	Nothing Report not typed	Minimal Many punctuation, spelling, and grammatical errors. No logical organization.	Basic Few punctuation, spelling, and grammatical errors. No logical organization.	Proficient Few punctuation, spelling, and grammatical errors. Has logical organization.	Advanced No punctuation, spelling, or grammatical errors. Has Logical organization.
Ability to Work in Goupr	Nothing Had to take you out of your group	Minimal Did not offer any input into lab. Argued with other members. Disrespectful of other members.	Basic Little input in lab. Minor quarreling with other members. Mild disrespect towards other members.	Proficient Adequate input. No arguing. No disrespect.	Advanced Lots of input. No fighting. No disrespect.

Keywords:

race, velocity, speed, acceleration

Subjects:

Physics

Types:

Project

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