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JUDGES' RUBRIC

2008 BNL Elementary School Science Fair

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| **Or      | Original    | Unique      | Embellish   | No          |
| iginality | research.   | perspective | an existing | o           |
| of        |             | on a        | idea.       | riginality. |
| Q         |             | traditional |             |             |
| uestion** |             | project.    |             |             |
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| **Hyp     | Thoroughly  | S           | Partially   | Major       |
| othesis** | developed   | ufficiently | developed.  | flaws.      |
|           | with "I     | developed.  |             |             |
|           | think...b   |             |             |             |
|           | ecause...." |             |             |             |
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| **Pr      | Easy to     | Easy to     | Somewhat    | Difficult   |
| ocedures/ | follow      | follow      | difficult   | to follow;  |
| Organ     | sequence of | sequence of | to follow   | no sequence |
| ization** | the         | the         | because of  | of the      |
|           | Scientific  | Scientific  | lapses of   | Scientific  |
|           | Method.     | Method.     | the         | Method.     |
|           | Language is | Some        | sequence of |             |
|           | clear and   | language    | the         |             |
|           | correct.    | errors.     | Scientific  |             |
|           |             |             | Method.     |             |
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| # Inve    | Experiment  | Experiment  | Experiment  | Experiment  |
| stigation | was         | was         | was         | was         |
|           | performed   | performed 2 | performed 1 | performed   |
| # Trials  | more than 2 | times       | time and/or | in          |
|           | times       | and/or      | sample size | completely. |
|           | and/or      | sample size | was         |             |
|           | sample size | was         | minimal.    |             |
|           | was         | adequate.   |             |             |
|           | e           |             |             |             |
|           | xceptional. |             |             |             |
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| **A       | Data is     | Data is     | Data is     | Data is not |
| nalysis** | clearly     | reasonably  | minimally   | presented   |
|           | presented   | presented   | presented   | and no      |
|           | and         | and shows   | and shows   | r           |
|           | directly    | good        | some        | elationship |
|           | relates to  | r           | r           | to          |
|           | hypothesis/ | elationship | elationship | hypothes    |
|           | question.   | to          | to          | is/question |
|           |             | hypothesis/ | hypothesis/ | is evident. |
|           |             |             |             |             |
|           |             | question.   | question.   |             |
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| **Ev      | A logical   | A logical   | A fairly    | The         |
| aluation/ | conclusion  | conclusion  | reasonable  | conclusion  |
| Con       | has been    | has been    | conclusion  | drawn is    |
| clusion** | drawn from  | drawn from  | has been    | not shown   |
|           | the data    | the data    | drawn from  | to relate   |
|           | collected,  | collected.  | the data    | to the data |
|           | and answers |             | collected.  | collected.  |
|           | the         |             |             |             |
|           | hypothes    |             |             |             |
|           | is/question |             |             |             |
|           | and/or      |             |             |             |
|           | raises a    |             |             |             |
|           | new         |             |             |             |
|           | hypothesis/ |             |             |             |
|           |             |             |             |             |
|           | question.   |             |             |             |
|           | Has real    |             |             |             |
|           | world       |             |             |             |
|           | a           |             |             |             |
|           | pplication. |             |             |             |
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| # Pre     |             |             |             |             |
| sentation |             |             |             |             |
|           |             |             |             |             |
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| ression)* |             |             |             |             |
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\*Scientific Method: question, hypothesis, investigation/testing,
analysis, and evaluation/conclusion.