Grading

Formatives:

• Practice for you Summative

• Do NOT affect your Letter Grade

• DO affect your Citizenship and ability to resubmit a Summative assignment

Summatives:

• You MAY use your Formatives to help you on your Summatives

• DO affect your Letter Grade

• You MAY turn in late, if you email Mrs. Stark for an extension

Criteria A: Knowing and Understanding
i. outline scientific knowledge

ii. apply scientific knowledge and understanding to solve problems set in familiar situations and suggest solutions to problems set in unfamiliar situations

iii. interpret information to make scientifically supported judgments.

Criteria B: Inquiring and Designing
i. outline an appropriate problem or research question to be tested by a scientific investigation

ii. outline a testable prediction using scientific reasoning

iii. outline how to manipulate the variables, and outline how data will be collected 

iv. design scientific investigations.

Criteria C: Processing and Evaluating
i. present collected and transformed data 

ii. interpret data and outline results using scientific reasoning 

iii. discuss the validity of a prediction based on the outcome of the scientific investigation 

iv. discuss the validity of the method 

v. describe improvements or extensions to the method.

Criteria D: Reflecting on the Impacts of Science
i. summarize the ways in which science is applied and used to address a specific problem or issue

ii. describe and summarize the various implications of using science and its application in solving a specific problem or issue

iii. apply scientific language effectively

iv. document the work of others and sources of information used