Research Project Grading Rubric

Project Format

(5 pts)
Student compiles
all of their research
in an organized
manner. Sections
are clearly labeled
and transition well
from one section to
the next.

(3 pts)
Student has all
required parts, but
lacks consistent
organization of
information.

(1 pt)
Project is
unorganized.
Format does not
have a consistent
theme. Project is
missing sections of
information.

_/5

References

(3 pts)
References cited
using MLA format.
Student provides
at least three
references, two of
which were found
independently.

(2 pts)
(1 pt)
References are
References are not
correctly cited in
cited using MLA
MLA format. Not format. Not enough
enough references
references are
are used or cited.
provided.

_/3

Title

Introduction

(1 pt)
An appropriate title
is used

(0 pt)
No title is used

(2 pts)
Student provides
thesis statement
indicating
environmental
issue researched
and the acid/base
related to it.

(1 pt)
Student vaguely
states purpose of
project, but does
not make a firm
correlation
between an
environmental
issue and a related
acid/base.

_/2

(1 pt)
Student explains why they chose to
research this issue. Explanation
indicates why the issue is interesting or
relevant to them.

_/1

_/1

Describe the
issue

(3 pts)
(2 pts)
(1 pt)
Student defines
Student defines
Student states
the issue they
the issue and
the environmental
chose.
what parts of the
issue, but does
Information
world it affects,
not explain what
includes
but does not
it means or why it
examples of
discuss why it is a
is a problem.
where the issue is
problem that
affecting the earth needs attention.
and why it is a
problem.

_/3

Explains how
acid/base
causes the
problem

Student states an
Student describes Student identifies
acid/base but
the acid/base that the acid/base and
does not explain
is associated with how it is linked to
how it is linked to
the environmental the problem but
the environmental
issue, and the
does not discuss
issue. Student
source of how the
the process of
also does not
acid/base is
how it is
describe how it is
produced
produced.
produced.

_/3

History of the
problem

Student discusses Student mentions

when
how current
Student does not
environmental
studies have
indicate how long
issue was first
focused on
problem has
realized, or
addressing the
existed or been
provides evidence problem, but does
studied, only
of when studying
not share
states that the
it began, and its
background
problem exists.
development over
history of its
time.
resolution.

_/3

Chemical
reaction
involving acid

Student presents
chemical
equation(s) that
indicate(s) how
the acid/base is
produced and
explains what is
happening in the
reaction.
Chemical
formulas and
common names
of all reactants
and products are
used.

Student provides
Student provides
a chemical
a chemical
reaction that
reaction that
indicates how the
indicates how the
acid/base is
acid/base is
produced, but
produced, but
does not explain
does not explain
what is
what is
happening in the
happening in the
reaction.
reaction or
Chemical
identify each of
formulas and
the reactants and
common names
products by name
of all reactants
and chemical
and products are
formula.
indicated.

_/3

Problem

Resolution

(2 pts)
Student discusses processes or
decisions that have been made to
help solve the environmental issue.
These include laws or rules that
have been made to reduce the
cause of the problem.

Conclusion

(2 pts)
Student re-states the
(1 pt)
environmental issue and acid they
Student re-states
researched. They summarize
purpose of research,
causes of the issue and the current but does not summarize
resolutions or research that exist to
any resolutions
deal with it.

(1 pt)
Student abstractedly
states resolutions to the
problem but does not
explain the process or
how they work.

_/2

_/2