Name:

________________________________ Class: __________ Date: _______________________

Criteria

Level

Outcome 3:
Develops skills
for inquiry and
communication

Outcome 2:
Analyzes and
solves problems
through scientific
reasoning

Science 9 Designing Circuitry Task

4 Excellent
3 Good

Circuit
Diagram

Meets the criteria for
drawing circuit
diagrams.

Lab Report

Skillfully
communicates the
information.

Oh, WOW!
Well written,
detailed, connects
with previous
knowledge, gives
examples,
compelling,
insightful, supports
answers, reader has
no questions after
reading, no
spelling/grammar
mistakes

Plan/
Procedure/
Process

2 Basic

1 Not Meeting

One element of
criteria for drawing
circuit diagrams is not
met.


Effectively
communicates the
information.

Complete, organized,
neat (lines are drawn
using a ruler),
accurate, uses
scientific terms,
evidence of thought,
few (less than 3)
spelling/grammar
mistakes

Partially meets the
criteria for drawing
circuit diagrams.

Does not meet the
criteria for drawing
circuit diagrams.

Simplistically
communicates the
information.

Fails to use a ruler for
graphs/diagrams,
missing some
elements, rough
draft, limited use of
scientific terms, many
spelling/grammar
mistakes but still gets
the point across

Communication of
the information is
incomplete.

Unorganized,
incorrect use of
terms, scientific
terms not used,
missing many
elements, failure to
use a ruler for
graphs/diagrams,
many
spelling/grammar
mistakes and is
hard to understand

Used a strategy that

led to completion of
the task with no
errors.

Used a strategy that

led to completion of
the task with some
minor errors.

Used a strategy that

led to partial
completion of the task.

Applied scientific
method accurately.

Applied scientific
method mostly
accurately.

No evidence of a
strategy or
procedure, or used
a strategy that did
not bring about
successful
completion of task.

Applied scientific
method somewhat
accurately.

Did not apply the

scientific method.