Criteria Superior Adequate Poor Content Accuracy 30 points 20 points 5 points All observations and Observations and Observations and classifications are at classifications are classifications are less least 90% accurate. accurate 80-89% of than 80% accurate. (90% accurate is the time. (80-89% (Less than 80% deemed as having no accurate is deemed as accurate is deemed as more than 1 error in having no more than 3 having more than 3 this area.) errors in this area.) errors in this area.) All scientific facts All scientific facts AND/OR from outside sources from outside sources are 100% accurate are 100% accurate Scientific facts from and the student has and the student has outside sources are not changed the not changed the less than 100% information or information or accurate. fabricated data in any fabricated data in any way. way. AND/OR Scientific data and/or facts from outside sources has been changed and/or fabricated. Alignment to Problem 15 points 10 points 5 points Statement Each solution aligns One solution aligns Neither solution with all conditions with all conditions; aligns with all stated in the problem the other aligns with conditions in the statement. all but two of the four problem statement. conditions. Required Components 50 points 40 points 10 points Individual student’s Individual student’s Individual student’s proposal paper must proposal paper proposal paper include: includes: contains less required a) The a) The components than group’s group’s problem statement problem statement required in the b) Classifying 3 b) Classifying 3 “adequate” category. different vegetables different vegetables by the chemical and by the chemical and physical changes that physical changes occurred after having that occurred after been cooked in a having been cooked in microwave a microwave c) Observations on c) Observations on 5 different plastic 5 different plastic storage containers, storage containers,
Criteria Superior Adequate Poor Content Accuracy 30 points All observations and classifications are at least 90% accurate. (90% accurate is deemed as having no more than 1 error in this area.) All scientific facts from outside sources are 100% accurate and the student has not changed the information or fabricated data in any way. 20 points Observations and classifications are accurate 80-89% of the time. (80-89% accurate is deemed as having no more than 3 errors in this area.) All scientific facts from outside sources are 100% accurate and the student has not changed the information or fabricated data in any way. 5 points Observations and classifications are less than 80% accurate. (Less than 80% accurate is deemed as having more than 3 errors in this area.) AND/OR Scientific facts from outside sources are less than 100% accurate. AND/OR Scientific data and/or facts from outside sources has been changed and/or fabricated. Alignment to Problem Statement 15 points Each solution aligns with all conditions stated in the problem statement. 10 points One solution aligns with all conditions; the other aligns with all but two of the four conditions. 5 points Neither solution aligns with all conditions in the problem statement. Required Components 50 points Individual student’s proposal paper must include: a) The group’s problem statement b) Classifying 3 different vegetables by the chemical and physical changes that occurred after having been cooked in a microwave c) Observations on 5 different plastic storage containers, 40 points Individual student’s proposal paper includes: a) The group’s problem statement b) Classifying 3 different vegetables by the chemical and physical changes that occurred after having been cooked in a microwave c) Observations on 5 different plastic storage containers, 10 points Individual student’s proposal paper contains less required components than required in the “adequate” category.