3rd Grade Science Standards for Invention Convention

· Identify a problem; design a plan, implement, evaluate, and communicate results.

· Invent a product to solve problems.

Invention Convention
	5	3	1
Scientific Investigation	Scientific Investigation includes all steps and details about invention 15-12 pts	Scientific Investigation includes some steps and/or some details 11-10 pts	Scientific Investigation includes few steps and/or no details 9-0 pts
Scientific Investigation Sequential Order	Scientific Investigation is written in correct sequential order with many details 15-12 pts	Scientific Investigation is written in correct sequential order with minor details 11-10 pts	Scientific Investigation is written in incorrect sequential order with many errors 9-0 pts
Scientific Investigation Conclusion	Complete conclusion is stated and answers the investigation question 15-12 pts	Conclusion is stated with minor errors 11-10 pts	Conclusion is incomplete or missing 9-0 pts
Written Project	Project is written in complete sentences Conventions are exemplary 10-8 pts	Project is written in complete sentences with minor errors Some conventions are evident 7-6 pts	Project is written with many errors (incomplete sentences) Many convention errors 5-0 pts
Visual Model Appearance	Model includes accurate representation of the new invention 15-12 pts	Model includes realistic representation of the new invention 11-10 pts	Model does not realistically represent the new invention 9-0 pts
Visual Display	Project has legible writing, clean, and a neat layout 10-8 pts	Project has legible writing with some errors; print is too small or too large; or layout is not balanced 7-6 pts	Project has illegible writing, not clean, and layout is not balanced Project should have been “cleaned up” 5-0 pts
Completeness	Notebook includes more than 5 complete entries 10-8 pts	Notebook includes 5 complete entries 7-6 pts	Notebook includes less than 5 entries 5-0 pts
Timeliness	All project requirements were completed on time 10-8 pts	Some project requirements were completed on time 7-6 pts	Many project requirements were not completed on time 5-0 pts

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