Science Fair Research Paper Rubric
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1Science Fair Research Paper Rubric
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1 Not Evident
2.5 Proficient
4 Exemplary
Project is more than two days late
Project is one day late
Project is on time
Cover is uninteresting and irrelevant to topic,
Cover is somewhat interesting and relevant to
Cover is interesting and relevant to topic, neatly
sloppily done and not appealing to reader
topic, neatly done and appealing to reader
done and appealing to reader
Missing many of the required parts:
Missing some of the required parts:
Contains all required parts:
Abstract (no page number)
Abstract (no page number)
Abstract (no page number)
Table of Contents (no page number)
Table of Contents (no page number)
Table of Contents (no page number)
page 1 Purpose
page 1 Purpose
page 1 Purpose
page 2 Research
page 2 Research
page 2 Research
page 3 Hypothesis
page 3 Hypothesis
page 3 Hypothesis
page 4 Materials List
page 4 Materials List
page 4 Materials List
page 5 Procedure
page 5 Procedure
page 5 Procedure
page 6 Data
page 6 Data
page 6 Data
page 7 Results
page 7 Results
page 7 Results
page 8 Conclusion
page 8 Conclusion
page 8 Conclusion
page 9 Bibliography of all the information
page 9 Bibliography of all the information
page 9 Bibliography of all the information you
you obtained during the course of your
you obtained during the course of your
obtained during the course of your experiment
experiment and research.
experiment and research.
and research.
page 10 Appendix – extra information,
page 10 Appendix – extra information,
page 10 Appendix – extra information,
additional pictures not included on your
additional pictures not included on your
additional pictures not included on your
display, glossary of terms used, etc…
display, glossary of terms used, etc…
display, glossary of terms used, etc…
Paper is totally out of order
Paper is somewhat out of order
Paper is in correct order
Many sections of report are not clearly marked
Some sections of report are not clearly marked
Each section of report is clearly marked and starts
and do not start new page
or start new page
new page
Title page, table of contents and bibliography
Title page, table of contents and bibliography
Title page, table of contents and bibliography
have many mistakes in format
have some mistakes in format
follow correct format
Much information is inaccurate and irrelevant
Information is somewhat accurate and relevant
Information is accurate and relevant
Project is done in messy and careless manner:
Project is somewhat neatly done : some
Project is neatly done; creative and organized,
no attention is paid to detail; too much white-
attention is paid to detail; some white-out cross-
great deal of attention is paid to detail; writing or
out cross-outs, crooked writing, done in pencil
outs, crooked writing, may be done in pencil
word processing is neatly done; pen, markers and
rules are used
Project is poorly written and difficult to
Parts of project are difficult to understand:
Project is well-written:
understand: Much evidence of copying
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Some evidence of copying;
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Writing is unfocused and off topic
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Written in own words in interesting style
Writing is not completely focused on topic
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Grammar is poor; many punctuation,
Focused and on-topic
Difficult to follow because of sentence and
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grammar and spelling errors
paragraph structure
Good sentence structure
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No evidence of proofreading and editing
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Some evidence of proofreading and editing
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Much of report is illegible
Some parts of report are illegible
Little evidence of proofreading and editing
Some evidence of proofreading and editing
Evidence of proofreading and editing
Illegible; not neatly typed (12 or 14 font,
Somewhat legible; typed (12 or 14 font,
Legible; neatly typed (12 or 14 font, double
double spaced) or written in pen cursive
double spaced) or written in pen cursive
spaced) or written in pen cursive
Many grammar, spelling and punctuation
Some mistakes in grammar, spelling and
Good grammar, spelling and punctuation
errors
punctuation
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