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Science Experimental Design 2023 
Science Experimental Design
Using materials provided by the teacher, students design, create, and conduct their own experiment. They will collect data, organize it, and complete a CER chart. They will use their data to as evidence to support the reasoning.
Rubric Code: N24462W
By mfultz
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Subject: Science  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 6-8

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  Novice

1 pts

Apprentice

2 pts

Practitioner

3 pts

Expert

4 pts

Science Writing Quality and Planning

Procedure Write up.
Novice

-Writing is weak and lacks science vocabulary.
-Thoughts are scattered and poorly developed; -Many spelling and/or grammatical errors
-Experimental plan is not given
Apprentice

-Writing is fair and uses little science vocabulary.
-Few thoughts are developed, most are short and not fully developed
-Few spelling and/or grammatical errors
-Experimental plan is given but it is not clear
Practitioner

-Writing is good and uses some science vocabulary.
-Follows logical steps. -Thoughts are more developed.
-Very few spelling and/or grammatical errors.
-Experimental plan is given but lacks some detail
Expert

-Writing is excellent and uses a variety of science vocabulary.
-Explanations are clear and thoughts are well developed.
-No spelling or grammatical errors.
-Experimental plan is written out clearly and can easily be replicated(repeated) by another scientist
Prediction

Novice

-Does not state any sort of prediction of the outcome
Apprentice

-Has a prediction, but it is not clear
Practitioner

-Prediction is clear.
Expert

-Prediction is clear and defended with scientific reasoning in the form of an If, Then, Because statement.
Variables and controls

Novice

-Independent and dependent variables are not identified
Controls not identified or incorrect
Apprentice

-Independent and dependent variables identified, but are reversed.
Controls are identified but not clear
Practitioner

Both independent and dependent variables are identified, but some details are missing.
Controls are correctly identified but there are not enough of them
Expert

Both variables correctly identified and explained with details.
Specificity is used!
Controls are clearly identified and there are a satisfactory number for the experiment
Data Table

Novice

-Table contains many errors or inaccuracies.
-Titles and labels are missing as are units
-Scale and intervals are inconsistent
-Data plotted incorrectly
Apprentice

-Some errors or inaccuracies are present.
-Data is not shown correctly
Practitioner

-Few errors are present;
-No title given for the table columns and/or rows
-Data is shown correctly
Expert

-No errors are present.
-data table is correct for the data collected.
-title for columns and rows provided
-Data is shown correctly
C-E-R

Claim Evidence Reasoning
Novice

-Claim does not answer question
-Evidence does not include data from experiment
-Explanations are not clear/accurate
-Evidence (data) is not used in the Reasoning
Apprentice

-Claim includes data
-Evidence is not clear
-Reasoning is not fully clarified
-Evidence is mentioned but is not connected to the Reasoning provided
Practitioner

-Claim is a statement that answers question
-Evidence is there but not totally clear
Reasoning does not include specific evidence, (data)
Expert

-Claim is clear and is a statement that answers question
-Evidence is clear and does not include any reasoning
-Claim is supported by evidence
-Evidence is tied to Reasoning is clearly written



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  • scientific method, independent and dependent variables, controls

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