Science Fair Report Rubric

Emerging Proficient Mastery Score

Title Page (5) Present, No Name, No Capitalization in Capitalization in
/5
No Capitalization. Title OR Missing title, 28pt font,
(1) full name (3) Name, Punct. (4-5)
Abstract (10) Missing parts, Far Less than page or page to 1 page,
less than page, not more than 1 page, Includes full
a summary of full Includes most summary. (8-10)
experiment. (1-5) summary but /10
missing key parts
(hypothesis, data,
conclusion) (5-7)
Table of Contents (5) No #s, out of order, Present, Missing Present, good
Missing >3 parts (1- some numbers or 1- format, pages, /5
2) 2 parts (3-4) include all parts (5)
Literature Review (15) 1 page or less, no Clear format (intro, Clear Format,
flow between body, conclusion), background
No I paragraphs, no not applicable info, knowledge is
citations (1-5) citations but in applicable to /15
wrong format, 1-1 experiment, proper
pages. (6-10) in text citations, @
least 2 pages (11-15)
Hypothesis (10) Present, lack of logic Not If___ and I___ If___ and I ___
just guess, or not then___, but logical then___,
answering question and answers Falsifiable, answers /10
(1-4) question. (5-8) question with logic
(9-10)
Experiment Details Missing steps Lists materials, List materials,
(15) unclear to follow, rough procedure procedure specific
not exact difficult but can be with measurements,
No I measurements/ followed, needs repeat of /15
amounts, No more specifics, or experiment. (11-15)
repetition of repeat only once (6-
procedure. (1-5) 10)
Graphs/Charts (10) Not sufficient data, Missing some titles, Titles (main and
no titles, AND not but has others, needs axis), color if
No I formatted to show color to read (not in needed, formatted to
/10
trends. (1-5) color), OR not show trends. (9-10)
formatted to show
trends (6-8)
Analysis (10) Not applicable to Applies to data, Applies to presented
presented data, just some logic but data, logical, shows
/10
No I restating data no mostly just restates thought not just
meaning (1-5) data (6-8) repeating data (9-10)
Conclusion (10) Same as analysis, no Answer but not to Answers specific
final answer. (1-5) tested question. question. States
No I Adjusts answer to whether experiment /10
hypothesis. (6-8) supports hypothesis
or not. (9-10)
Recommendations (5) Missing (0) Slightly applicable Applicable to real
No I to real life or future. life or future, goes
/5
Could go more in into depth (4-5)
depth (1-3)
Acknowledgements (5) Missing (0) Present, not in Present in complete /5
 complete sentences sentences (5)
(4)
Works Cited Not APA format or APA, 3 or more APA, 3 or more
<3 sources (1-2) sources, but sources valid sources. /5
questionable (3-4)
Total /105