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Grading Rubric: Science Project Research Paper

Use this set of questions to review your research paper. For a good research paper, you should answer "Yes" to every question below.
Have all important terms and concepts for this project been defined in the research paper?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Does the research provide enough background to make a prediction of what will occur in the experiment?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Does the research present enough information to understand why the experimental results occur?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Does the research cover the following:
  • currently accepted theories, facts, and data
  • key discoveries and early researchers
Correct.
Incorrect.
Have you included all relevant math (ie. formulas that help to describe the experiment)?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Has the information copied from other sources been referenced and have all copied phrases, sentences, or paragraphs been put in quotation marks?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Has every fact or picture in the research paper been followed by a citation identifying the source of the material?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Have you included all key components of the research paper (ie. Title page, research report, bibliography,...)
Correct.
Incorrect.
Have you used the proper capitalization and punctuation?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Have you used the proper spelling and grammar?
Correct.
Incorrect.
Please include a link to the Google Doc with your research paper:

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