Physics

Vandebilt Catholic High School

W. Dupre

 

Toy Research Project

Final Proposal – Grading Criteria

 

Written Proposal (Point Value 30 points):

 

                                  5                  4               3                   2              1                0

 

1)   Title page:    (2)                                                                                                        Proper format          Wrong Format         No Title Page

 

2)   Introduction (2)                                                                                Includes All Info      Info missing             No Introduction

 

3)   History (2)                                                                                       Includes All Info      Info missing             No History

 

4)   Physics (5)               Thorough                 Minor concepts        One or two major     Several concepts      Poor overall             No Physics          

discussion                      missing               concepts missing      not discussed                                            discussed

 

5)   Experimentation:

Purpose (1)                                                                                                             Stated                       Not Stated

 

Use of Toy (1)                                                                                                         Stated                       Not Stated

 

List of Materials (1)                                                                                                 Stated                       Not Stated

 

Procedure (2)                                                                                  Complete                 Incomplete              Not Stated

 

Data to be collected (1)                                                                                           Listed                       Not Listed

 

Difficulty Rating (1)                                                                                                  Appropriate             Too Simple                             

 

6)   Sources (3)                                                              Several citations       Several citations,      Not enough              No citations

from a variety          but from too few      citations

of sources                 sources

 

7)   Sources Cited Page (2)                                                                    Included w/an           Included w/an           No sources cited

acceptable format    unacceptable            page

                                                                                                                                    format

 

8) Graphics: (3)                                                                                Two or more            One acceptable         Poor quality             No visuals

acceptable                visual                       visuals

                                                                                    visuals included

 

9) Format

     Margins (1)                                                                                                             1” margins               not 1” margins

 

     Font (1)                                                                                                                   12 pt. font               not 12 pt

 

       Section Labels (2)                                                                           Include w/proper      Included with            No section labels

                                                                                                                                                font                         wrong font

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Total (30)   _______________

 

 

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Oral Presentation (Point Value  20 points):

 

                                                       4               3                2                 1                0

 

1) Participated Equally (2)                                                                    All participated        Presentation            One or more team

                                                                                                                                                equally                     dominated by one     members did not

                                                                                                                                                                                team member           participate                                   

2) Length (4)                                        At least 5 minutes    At least 4.5 minutes At Least 4 minutes   At least 3 minutes    Less than 3 minutes

 

                                                             

3) Toy Displayed (2)                                                                            Displayed                                                 Not displayed          

 

4) History (1)                                                                                                               Discussed                  Not Discussed

 

 

5) Physics Concepts (3)                                                2 or more             2 or more                 1 presented              Not discussed        

                                                                                    presented w/          presented

                                                                                                                demonstrations

 

6) Visuals (3)                                                                2 or more                 1 incorporated         Displayed only         None Included

                                                                                                                incorporated

                                                                                                                into presentation                                                                           

 

7) Summary of Experiment (2)                                                                      Complete                 Incomplete;             Not discussed

                                                                                                                                                                                not enough details

 

8) Concluding Remarks (1)                                                                                                   Included                   Not Included

 

10) Quality (2)                                                                                              Easy to hear             Difficult to hear       Mumbled, too fast,

                                                                                                                                                and understand         or understand           too slow

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Total:_________________________

 

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