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3 Physical Science Rubric

Advanced Proficient Partially Proficient Unsatisfactory

Exceeds standards/checkpoints Meets standards/checkpoints for this Is progressing towards standards/checkpoints Does not meet
for this grading period grading period for this grading period standards/checkpoints for this
4.0 2.0 grading period
3.0 1.0
a. Propose an a. Identify the distinguishing a. Define the distinguishing a. Name the distinguishing
experiment characteristics between a characteristics between a characteristics between a
demonstrating chemical and a physical chemical chemical
characteristics change and a physical change and a physical change
between chemical and
physical change

b. Compare and b. Gather, analyze, and b. Identify, interpret and b. Record, explain and
Contrast data on interpret data on physical explain, and data on define data on
physical and chemical and chemical changes physical and chemical changes physical and chemical
changes changes

c. Compare and c. Gather, analyze, and c. Gather, and analyze, data that c. Record, explain and
Contrast data that interpret data that show show mass is conserved in a define data
show mass is mass is conserved in a given chemical or physical that show mass is
conserved in a given chemical or physical change conserved in a
given chemical or change given chemical or
physical change physical change

d. Interpret evidence d. Identify evidence that d. Recall evidence that suggests d. List evidence that
that suggests that suggests that matter is that suggests that
matter is always always conserved in matter is always conserved in matter is always
conserved in physical physical and chemical physical conserved in physical
and chemical changes changes and chemical changes and chemical changes

e. Examine, evaluate, e. Examine, evaluate, e. Examine, evaluate, record, e. Examine, evaluate, and
question, justify and question, and ethically and question,
ethically use use information from a ethically use information from a information from a
information from a variety of sources and variety of sources and media to variety of sources and
variety of sources and media to investigate investigate physical and chemical media to investigate
media to investigate physical and chemical changes physical and chemical
physical and chemical changes changes
changes