CATEGORY |
EXEMPLARY |
ACCOMPLISHED |
DEVELOPING |
EMERGENT |
Quality of work |
Excellent effort that successfully communicates all the relevant features of the experiment in a professional looking manner |
Good effort that is facilitates the reader's understanding of the data with no substantive grammatical or presentation errors |
Effort apparent with only modest errors in grammar or inconsistencies in presentation, handwritten |
Shows little effort, small and hard to see plots, ineffective communication due to handwriting or confused grammar |
Data and Plots |
Data and all plots of related variables clearly presented with thoughtful analysis of the many possible implications. |
.Data is clearly presented with correct labels and units. Plots of related variables are clear and effectively presented |
Data is clearly presented with some errors in labels or units. Plots of related variables are presented with some clarity issues |
Data is present with inconsistent labels or units. Plots of related variables incomplete |
Explanation and support for model |
Connection between data and model explored in significant detail or with thoughtful insight into process |
Connection between data and model clearly explained and appropriate |
Connection between data and model apparent but not convincing or complete |
Connection between data and model unclear or oversimplified |
Modoc Prediction |
Application of model to determination of height of Modoc railing is easy to follow with careful and complete analysis of data |
Application of model to determination of height of Modoc railing is easy to follow no evident errors or omissions. |
Application of model to determination of height of Modoc railing is present with minor errors or omissions |
Application of model to determination of height of Modoc railing is hard to follow or disconnected from actual model. |
Most probable Modoc height range
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Uses previous ideas of variability with facility and insight to estimate a range of possible heights. |
Uses previous ideas of variability appropriately to estimate a range of possible heights. |
Uses previous ideas of variability and inconsistently to estimate a range of possible heights. |
Uses own ideas of variability to estimate a range of possible heights. |
Tool Analysis
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..and extends discussion to evaluation of tools in science generally and the problem of calibartion. |
Reasons and rationale for choice of tool are closely correlated with testing and data that was or could be taken |
Offers a reasons and rationale for choice of tool based on physics ideas. |
Take a Homer Simpson approach by articulating that the answer is obvious |