Science Presentation Evaluation

Presenter: ______________________ Project Title: _______________________

Evaluator: _____________________

Points 1 2 3 4 Total

Student does not have Student is uncomfort- Student demonstrates

Subject grasp of information. able with information, Student is at ease with full grasp of the topic,
Many statements are leaves out important topic and presents ac- presenting complete
Knowledge incorrect and unsup- details and/or presents curate information. and accurate informa-
ported. inaccurate information. tion.

The student uses all

available data and his/
The student uses her prior knowledge/
The student either has some data, prior research and experi-
no conclusions or the Conclusions are very knowledge, research, ence to draw conclu-
Explana-
conclusions are not poorly related to the and experience to sions. If appropriate,
tions from
related to the evidence evidence provided in draw conclusions but student includes dis-
Evidence
provided in the presen- the presentation. ignores other evidence cussion of conflicting
tation. introduced during the evidence.
presentation.

Appropriate graphics
Graphics illustrate evi-
Student doesn’t ex- clearly present infor-
Presentation includes dence which supports
plain tables/graphs, mation which supports
Tables no graphics or graph- the conclusion, appro-
uses inappropriate the conclusion and the
Graphs ics are unrelated to the priate graph type(s)
graph type(s) or graph- student accurately ex-
Graphics subject and/or distract used. Larger, smaller
ics conflict with conclu- plains the graphics
from the message. or simplified graphics
sions. during the presenta-
would be more clear.
tion.

Based on the data and

The conclusions are The conclusion is only
Conclusions are not evidence presented,
Conclusions mostly inconsistent partially supported by
presented. the conclusions are
with the evidence. the evidence.
reasonable.

Student is able to an-

Student is at ease with Student answers all
Student cannot answer swer only rudimentary
answers to most ques- class questions with
Questions questions about sub- questions, answers
tions, but fails to elabo- explanations and
ject. questions without ex-
rate. elaboration.
planation.

Total Points: /20

Comments:
Science Presentation Evaluation—Mechanics

Points 1 2 3 4 Total

There is no sequence Information is inconsis- Student presents infor-

of information and/or tently organized (i.e. mation in logical se- Student presents ade-
Organization so much is missing the visual information quence. More or less quate information in
that the presentation may be in order but the information would have logical sequence.
makes little sense. student jumps around). been helpful.

Presentation includes Presentation includes

no graphics or graph-
Graphics ics are unrelated to the
subject or distract from
the message.
graphics that rarely
support text and pres-
entation. Graphics are
too ‘busy’.
Student's graphics ex-
Student's graphics re-
plain and reinforce
late to text and presen-
screen text and pres-
tation.
entation.

Presentation has four Presentation has no

Presentation has three Presentation has no
or more spelling errors more than two mis-
Mechanics misspellings and/or misspellings or gram-
and/or grammatical spellings and/or gram-
grammatical errors. matical errors.
errors. matical errors.

Student occasionally Student maintains eye Student maintains eye

Student reads all of
uses eye contact, but contact most of the contact with audience,
Eye Contact report with no eye con-
still reads most of re- time but frequently re- seldom returning to
tact.
port. turns to notes. notes.

Student mumbles, in-
correctly pronounces
terms, and speaks too
Elocution
quietly for students in
the back of class to
hear.
Student's voice is low.
Student incorrectly pro-
nounces terms. Audi-
ence members have
difficulty hearing pres-
entation.
Student's voice is
clear. Student pro-
nounces most words
correctly. Most audi-
ence members can
hear presentation.
Student uses a clear
voice and correct, pre-
cise pronunciation of
terms so that all audi-
ence members can
hear presentation.

Total Points: /20

Comments:

Machanics rubric adapted from Evaluating Student Presentations, Information Technology Evaluation Services, NC Department of Public Instruction.