Mr Vaughan Kernan
Year 10 Science Student Research Project – Marking Guidelines
Planning the investigation |0 |1 |2 |3 |4 |Marks | |Title Page and Coversheet |Does not include a coversheet and title page |Title page and coversheet do not include all relevant information |Title page and coversheet complete including Name, date, title of investigation | | | | |Aim |Does not state a problem/research question |States an aim that is not focused |States a focused problem or research question which may be in the form of an aim | | | | |Creativity and sophistication |Investigation lacks creativity and only a single variable has been manipulated |Investigation lacks creativity or only a single variable has been manipulated |Uses creativity and imagination in the analysis of problems and the development of possible solutions and designs an innovative investigation in which multiple variables have been manipulated | | | | |Background information |Does not clarify the purpose of the investigation |Includes general background information but the purpose of the investigation and the procedure to be used is not clear or has not been explained or justified |Provides evidence of research into problem in the form of appropriate background information that clarifies the purpose of the investigation or justifies the procedure to be used |Provides evidence of research into problem in the form of appropriate background information that clarifies the purpose of the investigation and justifies the procedure to be used | | | |Hypothesis
(a separate hypothesis should be written for each experiment within the investigation) |Does not state a hypothesis or make a prediction for any experiment (or irrelevant hypothesis or prediction is given) |States at least one testable hypothesis (or makes a valid prediction) but does not provide any explanation or justification and hypothesis/prediction is not written in terms of the effect of the independent variable(s) on the dependent variable |States a
Planning the investigation |0 |1 |2 |3 |4 |Marks | |Title Page and Coversheet |Does not include a coversheet and title page |Title page and coversheet do not include all relevant information |Title page and coversheet complete including Name, date, title of investigation | | | | |Aim |Does not state a problem/research question |States an aim that is not focused |States a focused problem or research question which may be in the form of an aim | | | | |Creativity and sophistication |Investigation lacks creativity and only a single variable has been manipulated |Investigation lacks creativity or only a single variable has been manipulated |Uses creativity and imagination in the analysis of problems and the development of possible solutions and designs an innovative investigation in which multiple variables have been manipulated | | | | |Background information |Does not clarify the purpose of the investigation |Includes general background information but the purpose of the investigation and the procedure to be used is not clear or has not been explained or justified |Provides evidence of research into problem in the form of appropriate background information that clarifies the purpose of the investigation or justifies the procedure to be used |Provides evidence of research into problem in the form of appropriate background information that clarifies the purpose of the investigation and justifies the procedure to be used | | | |Hypothesis
(a separate hypothesis should be written for each experiment within the investigation) |Does not state a hypothesis or make a prediction for any experiment (or irrelevant hypothesis or prediction is given) |States at least one testable hypothesis (or makes a valid prediction) but does not provide any explanation or justification and hypothesis/prediction is not written in terms of the effect of the independent variable(s) on the dependent variable |States a
References: and sources are acknowledged appropriately | | | |Overall impression of presentation |Little or no effort to enhance project |Good presentation using some of the following features to enhance project (diagrams, photographs, colour and setting out) |Excellent presentation using diagrams, photographs, colour and setting out, to enhance project | | | | | | | | | |Total |/15 | |