Year 8: SCIENCE (S1)
Grade Descriptors
| Topic Tests | Research and Communication Skills | Practical Work Skills | |
| A | Comprehensive and detailed understanding of concepts applied accurately to previously unseen situations. | Identified collected and referenced appropriate information thoroughly and accurately. Used this information to make valid predictions or conclusions. Information presented clearly and logically using an appropriate medium. | Followed instructions, worked co-operatively and manipulated equipment safely and skilfully. Logical and thorough analysis of results; conclusions justified consistent with scientific evidence; reporting standards met. |
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| B | Comprehensive understanding of the concepts. Some responses lacked detail; some of the more intricate aspects of the course not fully understood. | Identified and collected appropriate information mostly thoroughly and mostly accurately. Used this information to make some valid predictions or conclusions. Information presented clearly often using an appropriate medium. | Followed instructions, worked co-operatively and manipulated equipment safely. Logical analysis of results; conclusions justified consistent with scientific evidence; reporting standards mostly met. |
| C | Satisfactory understanding of concepts, with some misunderstandings. Difficulty in accurately recall of some basic processes and/or applying knowledge in some areas. | Identified and collected appropriate information; sometimes incomplete. Used this information to make some reasonable predictions or conclusions. Information not always presented clearly and logically; medium was not always appropriate. | Followed instructions, though sometimes needed reminding. Worked co-operatively and manipulated equipment safely. Satisfactory but brief analysis of results; conclusions sometimes justified given scientific evidence; not all reporting standards met. |
| D | Limited understanding in the skills and processes. Inaccuracies and an inability to apply knowledge to previously unseen questions evident. | I Identified and collected incomplete information. Used this information to make incomplete or vague predictions or conclusions. Information not always presented clearly and logically; medium was not always appropriate. | Struggled to follow instructions; worked co-operatively and safely (with frequent reminders). Analysis limited; no conclusions drawn from scientific evidence. |
| E | Minimal understanding of processes and concepts. | Minimal information collected. No predictions or conclusions were generated. Information was presented poorly. | Unable to follow instructions or work co-operatively with others. No evidence of analysis of results was given for scientific experiments. |
