Name ___________________________
Date ____________________________
SCIENCE JOURNAL RUBRIC
Tell about what you have learned from looking at artifacts, specimens, books, the Internet, or
talking to people. Be sure to properly cite your sources (names of books, Internet articles,
people, etc…).
Science Verbs you may want to use in your writing: analyzed, learned, concluded,
hypothesized, predicted, discovered, researched, interviewed, measured, experimented, or
observed
Topic/Content
Mechanics/Grammar
Neatness/Date/Title
Excellent:
3 points
Good:
2 points
Needs Improvement:
1 point
*Many scientific
words, detailed
descriptions and
drawings were
used.
*All of my
research was
properly cited
(name of Internet
article, book title,
or person’s
name).
*Most of my
spelling,
capitalization,
punctuation and
sentence
structure are
correct.
*All of my writing
is written neatly.
*All of the date
and title are
written on the
top of the page.
*Some scientific
words, detailed
descriptions and
drawings were
used.
*Some of my
research was
properly cited
(name of
Internet article,
book title, or
person’s name).
*Some of my
spelling,
capitalization,
punctuation and
sentence
structure are
correct.
*Some of my
writing is written
neatly.
*Some of the
date and title is
written at the
top of the page.
*Few scientific
words, detailed
descriptions and
drawings were
used.
*None of my
research was
properly cited
(name of Internet
article, book title,
or person’s
name).
*Hardly any of
my spelling,
capitalization,
punctuation and
sentence
structure is
correct.
*None of my
writing is written
neatly.
*None of the date
and title is
written at the top
of the page.
Created by Lee Anne Burton, NBCT