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·Question ·Hypothesis ·Materials ·Procedures ·Data/Results ·Conclusions
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Scientific Inquiry Components
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Project clearly identifies the Scientific
Inquiry steps for grades 3-5
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Project identifies all
of the Scientific Inquiry steps required for grades 3-5
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Project identifies some of the Scientific Inquiry steps
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Missing most of the
Scientific Inquiry steps
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Procedures
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Procedures were
outlined in a step-by-step fashion that could be easily followed by anyone without additional explanation
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Procedures were
outlined in a step-by-step fashion that could
be followed with only a couple of explanations
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Procedures were
outlined in a step-by-step fashion, but would
require explanation
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Procedures were incomplete or not sequential
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Data Collection
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Data was thoroughly collected and displayed in
an accurate, easy-to-follow diagram(s),
with labels to illustrate what was discovered.
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Data was collected and
displayed in a diagram(s) with labels to illustrate what was discovered.
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Data was collected and
displayed, but missing some labels
or information that hinders the understanding of what was discovered.
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Data was not provided OR the data was mostly incomplete due to missing diagram.
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Conclusion/
Summary
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Student provided a detailed conclusion clearly based on
the data and related to the hypothesis statement(s).
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Student provided a
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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Display
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Project showed exceptional effort - All items,
diagrams, graphs etc. were neatly and correctly labeled and demonstrated
creativity
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Project
showed adequate effort - most items, diagrams, graphs etc. were neatly and
correctly labeled.
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Effort seemed
lacking
Some items, diagrams, graphs etc. were correctly
labeled. It was missing some of the
key labels.
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The display seemed incomplete or chaotic with no clear
plan. Many labels were missing or incorrect.
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