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Science Fair Project Science Fair Project Rubric to assess student work and completion of science fair project Rubric Code: J7XC99 By pricsco Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: K-5

Science Fair Project Points
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Outstanding 4 pts
Concept	Poor Student seems to be confused about purpose of project.	Fair Student has a workable idea for the project but does not follow through the steps completely.	Good Student has a good working idea for the project and followed all steps in order.	Outstanding Student implements a creative idea for the project and follows all steps with success and develops a product and display.
Hypothesis	Poor Hypothesis is unrelated to the purpose of the project. It is not tested throughout the project.	Fair Hypothesis is stated correctly, but does not correlate to the purpose of the project and is not testable.	Good Hypothesis correlates to the purpose but is not testable.	Outstanding Hypothesis is testable and directly correlates to the purpose. Hypothesis is also stated correctly and is followed through with the conclusion.
Experiment	Poor Student did not use appropiate materials and incorrectly stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment gets varied results.	Fair Student used appropiate materials and stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment can perform it but must guess what to do at more than 2 steps.	Good Student used appropiate materials and stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment can perform it but must guess what to do at 1-2 steps.	Outstanding Student used appropiate materials and correctly stated the procedure so that anyone wishing to do the experiment can perform it and get the same results. Multiple trials were also performed.
Analysis (data)	Poor It is unclear what the data represents without referring to the written results.	Fair Results must be referenced (more than twice) to gain an understanding of the data.	Good Results must be referenced (at least once) to gain an understanding of the data.	Outstanding Data is understood without having to read the results to figure out what happened.
Research/Bibliography	Poor Research does not help the student form a testable hypothesis and does not add to the student's prior knowledge.	Fair Research helps the student form a testable hypothesis but does not add to the student's prior knowledge.	Good Research helps the student form a hypothesis (maybe not testable) and gives the student knowledge that may or may not have been known.	Outstanding Research helps the student form a testable hypothesis and gives the student knowledge about the experiment not previously known. Bibliography is complete.
Conclusion	Poor Student neither explains the results of the experiment nor tells if the hypothesis was correct or incorrect.	Fair Student explains if hypothesis was correct or incorrect.	Good Student explains the results of the project but leaves some question about what was supposed to happen and what actually did. Student explains if hypothesis was correct or incorrect.	Outstanding Student clearly explains the results of the project and draws a difference between what was supposed to happen and what actually did. Student explains if hypothesis was correct or incorrect. Student exemplifies complete understanding of the scientific process.
Display Board/Materials	Poor Board is not neat and seems haphazardly thrown together. Steps from the scientific process may or may not be out of order.	Fair Board is decorated nicely. More than two steps of the scientific process is out of order. /Materials are missing a few things that could add to the accuracy of the experiment.	Good Board is decorated nicely and neatly. One to two steps of the scientific process is out of order. Materials are appropiate for the experiment	Outstanding Board is decorated nicely and neatly. The decoration draws a viewer to the board and keeps their attention. Scientific process is in correct order. Materials were well thought out.
Question and Answer	Poor Student does not answer questions presented by others regarding project in an informative and knowledgeable manner.	Fair Student answers questions with little to basic knowledge of project and is difficult to understand.	Good Student answers some questions with basic to good knowledge of project	Outstanding Student answers all questions knowledgeably with a great understanding of topic and with research to back up claims. Student's answers are easy to understand.

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Science

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