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Independently identified a question which was interesting to the student and which could be investigated.
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Identified, with adult help, a question which was interesting to the student and which could be investigated.
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Identified, with adult help, a question which could be investigated.
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Identified a question that could not be tested/investigated or one that did not merit investigation.
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Independently developed an hypothesis well-substantiated by a literature review and observation of similar phenomena.
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Independently developed an hypothesis somewhat substantiated by a literature review and observation of similar phenomena.
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Independently developed an hypothesis somewhat substantiated by a literature review or observation of similar phenomena.
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Needed adult assistance to develop an hypothesis or to do a basic literature review.
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Independently identified and clearly defined which variables were going to be changed (independent variables) and which were going to be measured (dependent variables).
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Independently identified which variables were going to be changed (independent variables) and which were going to be measured (dependent variables). Some feedback was needed to clearly define the variables.
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With adult help, identified and clearly defined which variables were going to be changed (independent variables) and which were going to be measured (dependent variables).
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Adult help needed to identify and define almost all the variables.
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Procedures were outlined in a step-by-step fashion that could be followed by anyone without additional explanations. No adult help was needed to accomplish this.
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Procedures were outlined in a step-by-step fashion that could be followed by anyone without additional explanations. Some adult help was needed to accomplish this.
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Procedures were outlined in a step-by-step fashion, but had 1 or 2 gaps that require explanation even after adult feedback had been given.
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Procedures that were outlined were seriously incomplete or not sequential, even after adult feedback had been given.
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Data was collected several times. It was summarized, independently, in a way that clearly describes what was discovered.
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Data was collected more than one time. It was summarized, independently, in a way that clearly describes what was discovered.
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Data was collected more than one time. Adult assistance was needed to clearly summarize what was discovered.
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Data was collected only once and adult assistance was needed to clearly summarize what was discovered.
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All graphs are pertinent, appropriately titled and labeled and aided in the understanding of results.
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All graphs are pertinent, but had one element that was incomplete.
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Graphs were quite incomplete.
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Did not provide a graph.
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Student provided a detailed conclusion clearly based on the data and related to previous research findings and the hypothesis statement(s).
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Student provided a somewhat detailed conclusion clearly based on the data and related to the hypothesis statement(s).
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Student provided a conclusion with some reference to the data and the hypothesis statement(s).
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No conclusion was apparent OR important details were overlooked.
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Each element in the display had a function and clearly served to illustrate some aspect of the experiment. All items, 6, graphs etc. were neatly and correctly labeled.
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Each element had a function and clearly served to illustrate some aspect of the experiment. Most items, 6, graphs etc. were neatly and correctly labeled.
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Each element had a function and clearly served to illustrate some aspect of the experiment. Most items, 6, graphs etc. were correctly labeled.
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The display seemed incomplete or chaotic with no clear plan. Many labels were missing or incorrect.
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