Year 9 Science: Sound Waves - Assessment Rubric for the Science of Musical Instruments

Criteria A B C D E
Design done Designs a logical, Designs a Identifies a
Designs a well- Prepares the
before the coherent, and considered and simple
considered and outline of a
experiment. detailed, generally clear procedure for a
clear science science
science science science
investigation. investigation.
investigation. investigation. investigation.
Results: Demonstrate an Demonstrate a Demonstrate a Demonstrate Demonstrate a
Explain and excellent ability good ability to satisfactory partial ability limited ability
analyse to explain why explain why ability to to explain why to explain why
the results the results explain why the results the results
occurred and to occurred and the results occurred and occurred and
analyse trends in to analyse occurred and to analyse to analyse
data trends in data to analyse trends in data trends in data
trends in data
Results: Demonstrate an Demonstrate a Demonstrate Demonstrate a Demonstrate a
Errors excellent ability good ability to an satisfactory partial ability limited ability
to reveal reveal ability to to reveal to reveal
inconsistencies in inconsistencies reveal inconsistencies inconsistencies
results in results inconsistencies in results in results
in results
Results: Comprehensively Thoroughly Adequately Some capacity Limited ability
Evaluate evaluate others’ evaluate evaluate to evaluate to evaluate
methods from a others’ others’ others’ others’
scientific methods from methods from methods from methods from
perspective a scientific a scientific a scientific a scientific
perspective perspective perspective perspective
Work Skills
Demonstrates Applies mostly Applies Attempts Shows
initiative in constructive generally individual work emerging skills
applying and focused constructive inconsistently, in individual
constructive and approaches to approaches to and and
focused individual and individual and contributes collaborative
approaches to collaborative collaborative superficially to work.
individual and work. work. aspects of
collaborative collaborative
work. work.
Communication Use correct Mostly use Attempts to Either Limited
scientific correct use scientific attempts to success in
terminology scientific terminology use scientific using correct
terminology terminology scientific
terminology