Rubric for Scientific Investigation

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A B
Excellent achievement
Development of Develops investigable
question questions and designs well-
structured investigations into
relationships between
variables, specifying in detail
how variables will be
changed and measured.
Description of safety Describes safety risks and
risks suggests ways to improve
their procedures to minimise
risk.
Data collection, Collects, organises,
organisation and represents and analyses data
to identify relationships, and
representation explains how improvements
to their methods would
increase the quality and
reliability of the data.
Presentation of Uses presentation to clearly
findings represent and communicate
complex ideas, scientific
knowledge, methods and
findings.
High achievement
Develops investigable
questions and designs
investigations into
relationships between
variables, specifying how
variables will be changed and
measured.
Describes safety risks and
identifies ways of minimising
these.
Collects, organises,
appropriately represents and
interprets data and identifies
improvements to their
methods which would
increase the quality of the
data.
Uses presentation to clearly
represent and communicate
detailed ideas, methods and
findings.
C D
Satisfactory
achievement
Develops investigable
questions and designs
investigations into simple
relationships between
variables.
Describes safety risks.
Collects, organises,
represents and interprets
data and identifies where
improvements to their
methods are required.
Uses a presentation to
represent and communicate
ideas, methods and findings.
Limited achievement
With guidance, follows
procedures to develop a
question which may or may
not be investigable, and
designs a simple
investigation.
Lists some safety risks.
With some guidance, collects
and represents data to
identify simple patterns.
Uses presentation to
represent and communicate
ideas, methods and findings.
E
Very low
achievement
Does not meet the
requirements of a D
grade.
Does not meet the
requirements of a D
grade.
Does not meet the
requirements of a D
grade.
Does not meet the
requirements of a D
grade.

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