Graphing : Cells - Living vs.
Non-living
Teacher Name: Mrs. Thomas
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY 4 3
Neatness and Exceptionally well
designed, neat, and
Attractiveness attractive. Colors that go
well together are used to
make the graph more
readable. A ruler and
graph paper (or graphing
computer program) are
used.
Accuracy of Plot All points are plotted
correctly and are easy to
see. A ruler is used to
neatly connect the points
or make the bars, if not
using a computerized
graphing program.
Type of Graph Graph fits the data well
and makes it easy to
Chosen interpret.
Data Table Data in the table is well
organized, accurate, and
easy to read.
Title Title is creative and clearly
relates to the problem
being graphed (includes
dependent and
independent variable). It is
printed at the top of the
graph.
Labeling of X axis The X axis has a clear,
neat label that describes
the units used for the
independent variable (e.g,
days, months, participants'
names).
Labeling of Y axis The Y axis has a clear,
neat label that describes
the units and the
dependent variable (e.g, %
of dogfood eaten; degree
of satisfaction).
Date Created: June 01, 2010
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Neat and relatively Lines are neatly drawn but Appears messy and
attractive. A ruler and the graph appears quite "thrown together" in a
graph paper (or graphing plain. hurry. Lines are visibly
computer program) are crooked.
used to make the graph
more readable.
All points are plotted All points are plotted Points are not plotted
correctly and are easy to correctly. correctly OR extra points
see. were included.
Graph is adequate and Graph distorts the data Graph seriously distorts
does not distort the data, somewhat and the data making
but interpretation of the interpretation of the data is interpretation almost
data is somewhat difficult. somewhat difficult. impossible.
Data in the table is Data in the table is Data in the table is not
organized, accurate, and accurate and easy to read. accurate and/or cannot be
easy to read. read.
Title clearly relates to the A title is present at the top A title is not present.
problem being graphed of the graph.
(includes dependent and
independent variable) and
is printed at the top of the
graph.
The X axis has a clear The X axis has a label. The X axis is not labeled.
label that describes the
units used for the
independent variable.
The Y axis has a clear The Y axis has a label. The Y axis is not labeled.
label that describes the
units and the dependent
variable (e.g, % of dogfood
eaten; degree of
satisfaction).