Creating Questions and Hypotheses Rubric
| Creating Questions and Hypotheses Does’t form questions when encountering new information, ideas or experiences Question that are formed are formed in a variety of broad based questions. |
Draws on experiences to form focused clarification or inquiry questions. Can distinguish testable from non-testable questions; can refine testable questions. Uses questions and knowledge to extend old or form new questions based on findings. |
States hypothesis in the negative to eliminate variables, suggest data to be collected, and the variables to be controlled. Based on previously collected data and used to generate an appropriate experiment for the hypothesis to be tested. |
Hypothesis check list |
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No |
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Could it be restated in the following form with may. (Light may affect plant growth. If an object is dropped higher it may fall faster. ) |
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| Formalized hypothesis. Does it following the following form. (If plant growth is related to the amount of light shining on it, then more light will increase the plant's growth.) | ||
| Is it tentative? | ||
| Is it an if, then statement. (not all if, then statements are hypotheses) | ||
| Is one idea related to another? | ||
| Is it testable? |