** On the following pages are several forms that a judge may use when evaluating your project. These forms are included to give you an idea of questions the judge may ask and what items the judge will be looking for when he/she is evaluating your project. Science Fair Grading Rubric Category: ____________________________ Project# ___________________ Project Title: _____________________________________ 0 1 2 3 Score Scientific No title Incomplete title: does Complete, but does not Complete and includes Title not include correctly list the correct variables in title “The Effect of..” variables in the None Incomplete problem Problem not clearly Problem clearly stated Problem present stated Research None Incomplete research Research question not Complete research Question present question clearly stated question clearly stated stated in purpose Hypothesis None Incomplete Hypothesis present, Well written, testable present hypothesis; no if uses if/then hypothesis /then Independent No IV Incomplete IV Complete IV, but units Complete IV, includes variable (IV) present of measure are not units of measure included Dependent None Incomplete DV Complete DV, but Complete DV, including Variable present method of measurement method of measurement (DV) and not included and None List of constants List of constants Complete list of factors Constants present lacking factors lacking minor factors that should be constant that should be that should be constant constant Procedures None List of procedures List of procedures Complete list of listed lacking major steps lacking minor steps or procedures, listed step by not listed step by step step Materials None List of materials List of materials Complete list of materials listed lacking many items lacking 3 or less items, needed to complete the needed to complete needs amounts and experiment, includes the experiment quantities such as mass, amounts and quantities in volume, etc. Metric metric units units not used Data Tables None Data tables Sufficient data Sufficient data collected, present incomplete or collected, has trials but has trials, data tables insufficient data data tables do not contain averages and collect, does not include averages or metric units metric units
** On the following pages are several forms that a judge may use when evaluating your project. These forms are included to give you an idea of questions the judge may ask and what items the judge will be looking for when he/she is evaluating your project. Science Fair Grading Rubric Category: ____________________________ Project# ___________________ Project Title: _____________________________________ 0 1 2 3 Score Scientific Title No title Incomplete title: does not include “The Effect of..” Complete, but does not correctly list the variables in the Complete and includes correct variables in title Problem None present Incomplete problem Problem not clearly stated Problem clearly stated Research Question stated in purpose None present Incomplete research question Research question not clearly stated Complete research question clearly stated Hypothesis None present Incomplete hypothesis; no if /then Hypothesis present, uses if/then Well written, testable hypothesis Independent variable (IV) No IV present Incomplete IV Complete IV, but units of measure are not included Complete IV, includes units of measure Dependent Variable (DV) None present Incomplete DV Complete DV, but method of measurement and not included Complete DV, including method of measurement and Constants None present List of constants lacking factors that should be constant List of constants lacking minor factors that should be constant Complete list of factors that should be constant Procedures None listed List of procedures lacking major steps List of procedures lacking minor steps or not listed step by step Complete list of procedures, listed step by step Materials None listed List of materials lacking many items needed to complete the experiment List of materials lacking 3 or less items, needs amounts and quantities such as mass, volume, etc. Metric units not used Complete list of materials needed to complete the experiment, includes amounts and quantities in metric units Data Tables None present Data tables incomplete or insufficient data collect, does not Sufficient data collected, has trials but data tables do not include averages or metric units Sufficient data collected, has trials, data tables contain averages and metric units
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