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Exceed the Standard (XS) Meets the Standard (MS)Approaches the Standard

(AS)Emerging (EM)

BackgroundResearch

1)Backgroundresearchhasbeen

thoroughlyconducted.

2)Sourcesareallappropriately

cited.

1)Backgroundresearchhasbeen

conducted.

2)Mostsourcesareappropriately

cited.

1)Somebackgroundresearchhas

beenconducted..

2)Somesourcesarecited.

1)Littleevidenceofbackground

researchevident.

2)Nosourcesarecited.

Purposeand

Hypothesis

1)Specificquestion/purposeandhypothesisareclearlystated.

2)Hypothesisismadeinthe if-

then-becauseformatwithavery

detailedandclearjustificationof

whatthestudentthinkswill

happenintheinvestigation.

1)Specificquestion/purposeandhypothesisareclearlystated.

2)Hypothesisismadeinthe if-

then-becauseformatthatjustifies

studentthinkingonwhatwill

happenintheinvestigation.

1)Aquestion/purposeisstated.

2)Afewproblemsmayexistinthe

contentandformatofthe

hypothesismadeonwhatthe

studentbelieveswillhappeninthe

investigation.

1)Aquestion/purposeisnotclearlystated.

2)Manyproblemsexistinthecontentandformatofthe

hypothesismadeonwhatthe

studentthinkwillhappeninthe

investigation.

Variables

1)Identifiesanddescribestheindependent&dependent

variable(s).

2)Identifiesanddescribescontrols,especiallythosethatare

notnormallyidentified.

1)Identifiesanddescribestheindependent&dependent

variable(s).

2)Identifiesanddescribescontrolsfortheinvestigation.

1)Identifiesanddescribestheindependent&dependent

variable(s)withafew

misconceptions.

2)Identifiesanddescribescontrolsfortheinvestigationwithafew

misconceptions.

1)Doesnotfullyidentifyordescribetheindependent&

dependentvariable(s).

2)Doesnotfullydescribeallthe

controlsfortheinvestigation.

ExperimentalDesign

andProcedure

1)Theprocedureisillustrated(wordsandpictures)inclearand

logicalstepsincomplete

sentencesandsequenceswitha

studentsownwords.

2)Theprocedurecanbeeasilyreproducedbythereader.

1)Theprocedureisillustrated(wordsand/orpictures)inclear

andlogicalstepsincomplete

sentencesandnumbered.

2)Theprocedurecanbereproducedbythereader.

1)Theprocedureinillustratedinnumberedstepswithcomplete

sentences,withminorissuesinthe

logicalorder.

2)Therewouldbesmallproblemstryingtoreproducethe

experiment.

1)Theproceduredoesnothaveallcompletesentencesorallsteps

clearlylaidout.

2)Tryingtoreproducetheexperimentfromtheprocedure

wouldbeachallengeaswritten.

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TheResultsOrganize,Present,andExplaintheData

TheResultsContinued...

1)Alltablesandchartsthatwerecreatedareneatandwell

organized.

2)AllgraphshavetheX-Axis,Y-

Axis,Title,andLegendaccurately

andneatlylabeled.

3)Allgraphshaveappropriate

scalesandaccuratelyrepresent

thedata.

4)Studentarticulatewhythey

constructedthetables,charts,

andgraphstheywaytheydidto

bestrepresentthedata.

1)Alltablesandchartsthatwerecreatedareneatandwell

organized.

2)AllgraphshavetheX-Axis,Y-Axis,Title,andLegendaccurately

andneatlylabeled.

3)Allgraphshaveappropriatescalesandaccuratelyrepresent

thedata.

4)Studentdescribeswhatthe

graphsaysinwords.

1)Alltablesandchartsareorganizedandcanbeunderstood.

2)ThereareminorissueswithsomepartsoftheX-Axis,Y-Axis,

Title,andLegendofthegraphs

created.

3)Thereareminorissueswiththe

scalesofthegraphscreatedand

howaccuratelytheyrepresentthe

data.

1)Therearemajorissuesinhowthedataisorganizedintablesand

chartsandiftheycanbe

understood.

2)TherearemajorissueswithsomepartsoftheX-Axis,Y-Axis,

Title,andLegendofthegraphs

created.

3)Therearemajorissueswiththe

scalesofthegraphscreatedand

howaccuratelytheyrepresentthe

data.

TheConclusion-Analyze

andInterprettheResults

1)Drawsthoughtfuland

thoroughconclusionsthatare

supportedbythedata.

2)Thoroughlyrelatesconclusions

tooriginalquestion,hypothesis,andcurrentscientific

understanding.

3)Thoroughlydescribessources

oferrorandtheireffectsonthe

data.

1)Drawsthoughtfulconclusions

thataresupportedbythedata.

2)Clearlyrelatesconclusionsto

originalquestion,hypothesis,and

currentscientificunderstanding.

3)Describesseveralsourcesof

errorandtheireffectsonthedata.

1)Drawsconclusionsthatare

mostlysupportedbythedata.

2)Adequatelyrelatesconclusions

tooriginalquestion,hypothesis,

andcurrentscientificunderstanding.

3)Describessourcesoferrorand

attemptstodescribetheireffects

onthedata.

1)Drawsconclusionsthatarenot

supportedbythedata.

2)Doesnotadequatelyrelate

conclusionstooriginalquestion,

hypothesis,orcurrentscientificunderstanding.

3)Doesnotdescribesourcesof

errorordoesnotattemptto

describetheireffectsonthedata.

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Presentation

1)Communicatesclearlyinan

appropriate,sophisticated,and

originalway.

2)Thoroughlyanswersquestions

relevanttotheexperimentand

relatedtopics.

3)Abletoexpandonideas.

4)Presentsselfinamature,

professionalmanner.

1)Communicatesclearlyinan

appropriate,andoriginalway.

2)Adequatelyanswersquestions

relevanttotheexperimentand

relatedtopics.

3)Canexpandsomewhatonideas.

4)Presentsselfinamature,

professionalmanner.

1)Communicatesclearlyinan

appropriateway.

2)Adequatelyanswersquestions

relevanttotheexperiment.

3)Presentsselfinamature,

professionalmanner.

1)Communicatesinanunclearor

inappropriatemanner.

2)Doesnotadequatelyanswer

questionsrelevanttothe

experiment.

3)Overallpresentationseems

rushed,disorganizedandincomplete.