Science Journal Check
Name:
(Science Journal Grade)
Due: Today
I will be collecting your journal to evaluate your progress in science. I will be grading your journal and
giving it back to you shortly so you can work on your bundled homework. Please look at the categories below for
how your journal is graded.
Class Notes
Graphs,
Visuals, and
Diagrams
Short
Answers to
Questions
Overall
Neatness and
Organization
Extras / Going
beyond the
basics.
20 pts
A All Class notes
are complete,
accurate and
legible. Student
uses proper
indentation and
margins.
20 pts
A Graphs are
accurately done, neat,
using a straight edge
and colored when
appropriate, visuals
are well done, showing
an obvious time commitment, and
diagrams are
accurate. –Whoa!
B Graphs are
somewhat accurately
done, clear attempt to
be neat, visuals have
some inaccuracies or
lack of details,
diagrams have some
problems.
20 pts
A Responses are
well written.
Answers meet
required length.
Uses data to back
up findings when
appropriate.
Free of spelling
and grammatical
errors.
B Answering
questions quickly
without going into
details. Not using
data in findings
when expected.
Some spelling or
grammatical
errors.
C Incomplete
responses, many
missing parts or
answers don’t
make complete
sense. Not using
data in your
responses, Quickly
done.
D/X Incomplete
or missing, very
quickly done and
full of
grammatical and
spelling errors.
20 pts
A Student spaces
correctly, and puts
information learned
into chronological
order. The journal
is not damaged.
-Uses indents
-Space between
topics.
-No skipped pages
B Not using
appropriate spacing,
some problems in
organizing in
chronological order.
Journal is becoming
quite worn.
20 pts
A Student has spent
some extra time in
class and out of class
working in journal to
improve diagrams,
notes, and visuals, or
provide extra details
with research and
hardwork.
C Many skipped
pages. Student
doesn’t use space
between topics.
Student doesn’t put
things in order. The
journal is damaged.
C Nothing extra.
D/X No Journal.
No order or topics,
Many skipped pages.
Basically the journal
has been not used
for it's intended
purpose.
D/X No Journal.
B Class notes are
mostly complete,
only missing a few
parts, a few
minor
inaccuracies or
mildly illegible.
C Some obvious
missing parts,
some
inaccuracies,
many parts
illegible.
C Some missing
diagrams, charts,
visuals, or parts that
are poorly done and
inaccurate.
D/X Incomplete,
Inaccurate, and
or illegible.
Student does not
have a journal.
D/X Missing,
incomplete, or
inaccurate, or illegible.
B Nice journal but
student doesn’t spend
extra time improving
topics covered.
Student completed
every assignment but
not in great detail.
Comments:
Grade: