Criteria	6 rubric	5 rubric	4 rubric	3 rubric	2 rubric	1 rubric	E.E.
Organization & appearance of lab	Superb work, creative & in-depth	Solid, fully complete work	Essential work completed	Basic work completed	Limited work completed	Little work completed	4, 11
Purpose	Expert, thorough explanation of purpose of lab	Correctly identifies purpose of lab	Essentially identifies purpose of lab	Somewhat identifies purpose of lab	Limited understanding of purpose	Little or no explanation of lab purpose	6
Hypothesis (if applicable)	Thorough hypothesis, shows unique approach to solving problem	Explanatory hypothesis, has predictive power	Essential hypothesis, some predictive power	Basic hypothesis, simply restates question	Limited hypothesis, somewhat incomplete	Hypothesis has little or no predictive power, incomplete	6
Materials & Methods	Accurate & skillful explanation of science tools & procedures used. Demonstrates unique approach to problem solving	Accurate & appropriate explanation of science tools & procedures used; complete summary	Accurate & appropriate explanation of science tools & procedures used; mostly complete summary	Accurate & somewhat appropriate explanation of science tools & procedures used	Limited explanation of science tools & procedures used	Little or no explanation of science tools & procedures used	12
Data/Results/ Observations	Superb use of science language; diagrams, tables & charts creatively used	Effective use of science language, diagrams, necessary tables & charts included	Appropriate use of science language, diagrams, most tables & charts included	Shows some use of science language, diagrams, some tables & charts	Limited evidence of use of science language, limited use of diagrams & tables/ charts	Little evidence of appropriate use of science language, incomplete diagrams, tables & charts	5
Analysis	Clear & logical explanations of all lab results; creative use of explanatory graphs	Communicates explanations of lab results; graphs used in analysis	Communicates explanations of lab results; essential graphs included	Communicates explanations of lab results for some tasks; some graphs included	Limited explanations of lab results; few graphs	Little or no explanations of lab results; few or no graphs	7
Conclusion	Rigorous extensions & connections of concepts	Solid extensions & connections of concepts	Some extensions & connections of concepts	Basic extensions & connections of concepts	Limited evidence of extensions & connections of concepts	Little of no evidence of extensions & connections of concepts	1, 2, 3, 5, 9