IDS RESEARCH PAPER GRADE SHEET (Make Sure To Include All Corrections)
Student Names ______Date______Title of Paper______
______TITLE PAGE & TABLE OF CONTENTS (5 pts)
a)appropriate title
b)names, school, class, section, teachers, date
c)appendices included and titled
______INTRODUCTION (15 pts)
a) clear, concise, appropriate length
b) overall tense/grammar/spelling/formatting/title/citations
c) sentences are not wordy, images are cited
d) good hook, purpose of experiment, intentions as a scientist, brief description of methods
______REVIEW OF LITERATURE (15 pts)
a) clear and concise
b) overall tense/grammar/spelling/formatting/title/citations
c) sentences are not wordy, images are cited
d) discuss all scientific information to understand the topic
e) include scientific terms, mathematical relationships/formulas, reference other work and experiments
______PROBLEM STATEMENT (5 pts)
a) clear and concise
b) overall tense/grammar/spelling/formatting
c) include problem, hypothesis and data measured with units
______EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN (15 pts)
a) clear, concise, well designed to minimize error
b) overall tense/grammar/spelling/formatting/title/titles for materials and procedure
c) include any construction diagrams and sample calculation in an appendix
d) sentences are not wordy, images are cited
e) materials, procedure, photos/diagram of setup with clear labels
______DATA AND OBSERVATIONS (15 pts)
a) clear and concise paragraph that summarizes the overall observations regarding the setup and equipment
b) tables that show raw data, the manipulated data, and an observation for each trial with correct sig figs
c) include any relevant photos of your experimental samples or other observations and include comments
d) include an appendix showing a sample calculation for any manipulated data
______DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION (10 pts)
a) clear and concise
b) overall tense/grammar/spelling/formatting/title
c) sentences are not wordy
d) completely labeled normality plots and box plots with (if appropriate)published value labeled, percent errors if appropriate
e) discussion on the weaknesses in the experiment and sources of error
______CONCLUSION (15pts)
a) clear and concise
b) overall tense/grammar/spelling/formatting/title
c) sentences are not wordy
d) recap problem/hypothesis and state why or why not the data supported it
e) discuss problems and errors encountered in your experiment, suggestions on how to make your experiment better
______WORKS CITED (5 pts)
a)spelling/formatting/alphabetized/title
b)at least ten cited sources and three books/journals
c)Correct in text citing
______Total Score 100 (10% loss if late)