Chem Lab Evaluation Rubric

Did you save the day? Is chemistry a career for you?
Rate your ChemLab! experience by finding the most appropriate statements in the table below.

Score

Levels

Content Knowledge

Achievement of the content standards for 8th grade chemistry.

Experimentation & Investigation

Using sound scientific thinking and processes in conducting experiments.

 

5

Understanding main concepts in chemistry and chemical reactions is demonstrated by:
a completed research quest with thorough and accurate information, a score of 90% or higher on post test responses, and successful completion of all ChemLab! experiments.

In-class work and ChemLab! Notebook demonstrate application of science process and critical thinking skills. Notebook shows systematic experimentation procedures and careful recording of data on all experiments. Conclusions are included and are based on experiment results. Notebook is neat and complete.

 

4

Major concepts in chemistry and chemical reactions are demonstrated in:
a completed research quest with accurate information, a score of 80% or higher on post test responses, and completion of all ChemLab! experiments.

In-class work and ChemLab! Notebook demonstrate logical process and scientific thinking. Notebook shows use of logical procedures and recording of data on all experiments. Conclusions are included for each experiment. Notebook is complete.

 

3

Concepts in chemistry and chemical reactions are understood.
Research quest is done, but some information is missing or incorrect. Post test responses score %70 or higher. All ChemLab! experiments are attempted, but more difficult problems may not have been solved.

In-class work and ChemLab! Notebook show some scientific thinking. Each experiment is recorded and some process for conducting experiements was followed. Conclusions are included for most experiments.

 

2

Some concepts in chemistry and chemical reactions are demonstrated.
Research quest may be incomplete or incorrect in some parts. Post test responses score 60% or higher. Some ChemLab! experiments were completed correctly.

In-class work and ChemLab! Notebook show random approaches to solving problems. Experimentation is conducted without planning or recording of data. Results and conclusions as well as other detail information may be left out of Notebook.

 

1

There are gaps or misunderstandings about main concepts in chemistry and chemical reactions.
The research quest is not included or contains errors and incomplete pieces. Post test responses are less than 60% correct, and ChemLab! experiments are incorrectly done, incomplete or not attempted.

In-class work and ChemLab! Notebook show no science process or critical thinking skills. Experimentation was done without recording data on most or all experiments. Results and conclusions are incorrect or not included.

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