iRubric: Graphing Rubric

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Graphing Rubric

This rubric aims to help you to correctly plot a graph in science.

Rubric Code: Y36558

By rachelsmithali

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Subject: Science

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Graphing Rubric
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Superb 4 pts
Type and size of graph chosen	Poor Small and cramped/ Wrong type of graph	Fair Large but wrong type of graph	Good Large and clear and right type of graph, most of page used, axes still not scaled properly.	Superb Large and clear and right type of graph, all of page used, axes scaled properly.
X axis labels	Poor The X axis is not labeled.	Fair The X axis has a label.	Good The X axis has a clear label that describes the units used for the independent variable-(the thing you are changing) Scaled properly.	Superb The X axis has a clear, neat label that describes the units used for the independent variable-(the thing you are changing) Scaled properly.
Y axis labels	Poor The Y axis is not labeled.	Fair The Y axis has a label.	Good The Y axis has a clear label that describes the units and the dependent variable -(the thing you are measuring) Scaled properly.	Superb The Y axis has a clear, neat label that describes the units and the dependent variable. Scaled properly.
Title	Poor A title is not present.	Fair A title is present at the top of the graph.	Good Title clearly relates to the problem being graphed (includes dependent and independent variable) and is printed at the top of the graph.	Superb Title is creative and clearly relates to the problem being graphed (includes dependent and independent variable). It is printed at the top of the graph.
Point plotting	Poor Points are not plotted correctly	Fair All points are plotted correctly.	Good All points are plotted correctly and are easy to see. A line of best fit is drawn.	Superb All points are plotted correctly and are easy to see. A line of best fit is drawn. + or - error shown
Neatness	Poor Appears messy and "thrown together" in a hurry. Lines are visibly crooked.Graph paper not used.	Fair Lines are mostly drawn neatly but the graph is a little messy and not easily readable. Graph paper may have not been used.	Good Neat and relatively attractive. A ruler and graph paper are used to make the graph more readable.	Superb Exceptionally well designed, neat, and attractive. A ruler and graph paper are used.Lines are drawn with a sharp pencil and are not fuzzy.
Units of axes	Poor Units are not present.	Fair Units present on only the the x axis or only the y axis	Good Units present on the x and y axis.	Superb Units present on the x and y axis.+ or - error shown.