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Asking Questions and Defining Problems G 6-8 Asking Questions and Defining Problems G 6-8 A practice of science is to ask and refine questions that lead to descriptions and explanations of how the natural and designed world(s) works and which can be empirically tested. Engineering questions clarify problems to determine criteria for successful solutions and identify constraints to solve problems about the designed world. Both scientists and engineers also ask questions to clarify ideas. Rubric Code: YXA6374 By abigail83 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assessment Grade Levels: K-5

Asking Questions, Defining Problems Grades 6-8
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Asking Questions Ability to generate questions	Poor Unclear about variables and needs sentence frames to establish questions about variable.	Fair Needs additional prompting and assistance for asking questions. Needs assistance in referring back to evidence.	Good Ask questions that arise from careful observation of phenomena, models, or unexpected results, to clarify and/or seek additional information. ? Ask questions to identify and/or clarify evidence and/or the premise(s) of an argument. ? Ask questions to determine relationships between independent and dependent variables and relationships in models. ? Ask questions to clarify and/or refine a model, an explanation, or an engineering problem.
Identifying Scientific Quesitons Creating questions that can have empirical answers (answers that have data/numbers involved).	Poor Can generate questions but cannot identify which ones are testable and non-testable. Can ask questions but shows little ability to predict an outcome	Fair Can generate scientific questions independently and construct a hypothesis to the question. May need prompting for relating to scientific ideas.	Good ? Ask questions that require sufficient and appropriate empirical evidence to answer. ? Ask questions that can be investigated within the scope of the classroom, outdoor environment, and museums and other public facilities with available resources and, when appropriate, frame a hypothesis based on observations and scientific principles.
Problem Description Ability to describe the problem they are attempting to solve with the understanding of constraints to a problem being posed.	Poor Has no understanding of what the problem.	Fair Can state what we are trying to solve but needs help describing why. May need guidance in differentiating between manipulated and independent variables.	Good Define a design problem that can be solved through the development of an object, tool, process or system and includes multiple criteria and constraints, including scientific knowledge that may limit possible solutions.