Grading
Guidelines: The Inventor's Fair Project, 2005
Grade 5
Your grade on this project is part of your total Quarter 2 Science grade.
The Inventor's
Fair grade includes 4
parts: The Logs, the Invention, the Poster, and your Presentation. If
you earn 25 points on each of the 4 parts, you will have 100 points,
or 100%, on your Inventor's Fair Project. A rubric
is given below to help you focus your energy in the right places:
Beginning 17 Developing 19 Accomplished 22 Exemplary 25 Score Log Maximum:
25 Poster Maximum: 25
Sheets
corrected.
Needs editing
or proof-
reading.
Some
deadlines
not met.
corrected,
but more
work is
needed.
Most
deadlines
met.
complete,
neat, with a
few mistakes
still present.
Deadlines
all met.
are complete,
neat, free of
error (spelling,
punctuation),
and in on
time.
Model
has already
been "invented"
by someone
else -- this
Invention
"borrows"
another
design
unique, but
not very
useful, or
does not
solve the
problem
unique and
solves the
problem, but
is only useful
for this
project
is useful,
unique, safe,
complete,
and solves
the problem
not followed,
needs work
in neatness
and/or
correctness,
is somewhat
unreadable
followed, but
covers
topic,
needs
some editing
or proofing
for neatness
or correctness,
yet is still
readable
guidelines,
covers topic,
but needs
some editing
or proofing
for neatness
or correctness,
yet is still
readable
guidelines,
covers topic,
is neat,
correct (spelling,
grammar),
accurately
labeled,
readable
Presentation
does not
seem to
know project
details and
confuses the
audience
seems somewhat
confused
about project
details or
has trouble
sharing them
with audience
knows the
project, but
does not
fully "connect"
with audience:
eye contact,
facing them--
is still
understandable
maintains
eye contact,
faces
audience,
knows the
project, is
understandable