Marking Rubric

Outcome A B C D E

ES2- analyses Demonstrates an Demonstrates thorough Demonstrates sound Demonstrates basic Demonstrates limited
technological extensive knowledge knowledge and knowledge and knowledge and knowledge and
advances in terms of and understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of
development, scientific concepts, scientific concepts, scientific concepts scientific concepts scientific concepts
capabilities, usability including complex and including complex and using a variety of using a variety of using limited
and social and abstract ideas about abstract ideas about information sources information sources information sources
cultural impact, technological advances technological advances about technological about technological about technological
including the human’s in terms of in terms of advances in terms of advances in terms of advances in terms of
ability to understand development, development, development, development, development and
the solar system. capabilities, usability, capabilities and capabilities and capabilities and the capabilities and
the social and cultural usability, including the usability, including the usability, including the usability including the
impact including the human’s ability to human’s ability to human’s ability to human’s understanding
human’s ability to understand the solar understand the solar understand the solar of the solar system were
understand the solar system in response to system that are system all relevant to not always relevant to
Maximum marks 10 system in response to the research question. appropriate to the the research question. the research question.
the scope of the research question.
research question.

Marks 9–10 Marks 6–8 Marks 3–5 Mark 2 Mark 1

WS4 making Critically evaluates Accurately evaluates Soundly evaluates ideas Implements ideas and Partially outlines ideas
predictions based on ideas and information ideas and information and information to information to design and information to
scientific knowledge
to design and plan to design and plan design and plan and plan investigations design and plan
and their own
observation investigations to obtain investigations to obtain investigations to obtain to obtain reliable and investigations to obtain
(ACSIS124, a variety of accurate, accurate, reliable, valid reliable, valid and relevant secondary data limited secondary data,
ACSIS139) reliable, valid and and relevant secondary relevant secondary data and evaluating some providing limited
relevant secondary data, data, evaluating risks and evaluating risks. risks. amount of risks.
evaluating risks and and making some
making modifications modifications in
in response to response to new
comprehensive new evidence.
Maximum marks 5 evidence. Mark 5 Mark 4 Mark 3 Mark 2 Mark 1
 WS5.1 locating Critically selects, Thoroughly selects, Processes and interprets Processes secondary Partially outlines the
possible sources of evaluates, and interprets evaluates, and interprets secondary data after data after considering obtainment of
data and information secondary data after secondary data after considering the the importance of each secondary data after
including secondary considering the considering the importance of each source such as the considering each source
sources, relevant to importance of each importance of each source such as the relevance to the such as the relevance to
the investigation source such as the source such as the relevance to the research question, the research question,
relevance to the relevance to the research question, validity, reliability and validity and reliability.
research question, research question, validity, reliability, accuracy.
validity, reliability, validity, reliability, accuracy and bias or
accuracy, bias or point accuracy, bias or point point of view.
Maximum marks 5 of view, qualitative and of view, qualitative and
quantitative. quantitative.

Mark 5 Mark 4 Mark 3 Mark 2 Mark 1

WS6 performing Designs clearly Designs thorough Designs sound Designs basic scientific Designs limited
specific roles safely identified and stated scientific problems, scientific problems, problems, questions, scientific problems,
and responsibly when scientific problems, questions, and questions, and and hypotheses questions, and
working questions, and hypotheses hypotheses individually using hypotheses
collaboratively to hypotheses collaboratively using collaboratively using selected secondary data inconsiderate of others
complete a task within collaboratively using selected secondary data selected secondary data and scientific evidence, using selected
the timeline selected secondary data and scientific evidence, and scientific evidence, by applying processes secondary data and
and scientific evidence, by applying processes by applying processes to implement solutions scientific evidence, by
by applying processes to propose accurate to provide solutions or or explanations that are applying simple
to propose solutions or explanations that are all relevant to the solutions or
comprehensive explanations in appropriate to the research question explanations not always
Maximum marks 10 solutions or response to the research research question within the set timeline. relevant to the research
explanations in question within the set within the set timeline. question or within the
response to the research timeline. set timeline.
question within the set
timeline.

Mark 9-10 Mark 6-8 Mark 3-5 Mark 2 Mark 1

WS7.2 analyses using The sources are The sources are The sources are The sources are Limited sources are
scientific critically evaluated to thoroughly evaluated to processed and processed to build a provided to build an
understanding to build a logical and build a logical and interpreted to build a logical argument using argument using limited
identify relationships cohesive argument cohesive argument logical and cohesive suitable scientific amount of scientific
and draw conclusion using suitable scientific using suitable scientific argument using suitable language and terms. Recalls sources
based on student’s language and language and scientific language and terminology and partially outlining
data or secondary terminology and terminology and terminology and represents sources in scientific formats and
sources (ACSIS130, represents sources using represents sources using represents relevant scientific formats to simple descriptions for
ACSIS145) an extensive range of an accurate range of sources to show show patterns and improvements to
scientific formats show scientific formats show patterns, relationships suggested scientific presentation.
patterns and patterns and and suggested improvements to
relationships, explain relationships, explain improvements to scientific presentation.
phenomena, make phenomena and scientific presentation.
predictions and suggested
suggested improvements to
improvements to scientific presentation.
scientific presentation.

Maximum marks 10 Mark 9-10 Marks 6-8 Marks 3-5 Mark 2 Mark 1

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