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APPENDIX E

DO-IT-YOURSELF CHEMISTRY EQUIPMENT RUBRIC

Adapted from “Development of Laboratory Activity Manual for the “Do-It-Yourself” Chemistry
Equipment” by Jarantilla, 2008.
Name of Equipment of Gadget: _______________________________

Criteria Pour (1point) Fair Good Very Good Score

(2 points) (3 points) (4 points)
Physical Feature Gadget is roughly Gadget is roughly Gadget is well The gadget is
made made but has a made but needs a made very well.
stable structure. little refinement.
Equipment does Equipment Equipment Equipment very
not efficiently provides efficiently provides efficiently provides
provides opportunities to opportunities to opportunities to
opportunities to develop develop develop
develop fundamental fundamental fundamental
fundamental understandings of understandings of understandings of
understandings of key chemistry key chemistry key chemistry
key chemistry concepts, concepts, concepts,
concepts, principles, principles, principles, theories,
principles, theories, or laws theories, or laws or laws
theories, or laws

Equipment enables Equipment enables Equipment enables Equipment enables

students develop students develop students develop students develop
only one of the only two of the three of the four or more of the
process skills. process skills process skills process skills

Equipment cannot Equipment can Equipment can Equipment can

provide provide provide provide
Efficiency opportunities for opportunities for opportunities for opportunities for
interactive student interactive student interactive student interactive student
participation (e.g., participation (e.g., participation (e.g., participation (e.g.,
small group small group small group small group
activities and activities and activities and activities and
hands-on hands-on hands-on hands-on
experiences) experiences) experiences) but experiences) even
with strict without strict
supervision from supervision from
the teacher the teacher
Equipment has lots Equipment has Equipment has Equipment has no
Ease of of construction some construction slight construction construction errors
manipulation errors and is not errors but is not so errors and is easy and is very easy to
easy to use easy to use to use use
The equipment is The equipment is The equipment is The equipment is
highly flammable, flammable, very not fragile but not highly
very fragile, fragile, corrodes slightly flammable, flammable,
corrodes easily easily and has does corrode and unbreakable, does
and has sharp sharp edges that has some sharp not corrode and
edges that can can cause injury edges that can has no sharp
Safety cause injury cause injury edges that can
cause injury

Equipment is not Equipment is not Equipment is Equipment is

labeled and very properly labeled properly labeled properly labeled
defective and very defective and slightly and not defective
defective
Equipment is not Equipment is Equipment is Equipment is very
appropriate for the slightly appropriate appropriate for the appropriate for the
Appropriateness age, year level and for the age, year age, year level and age, year level and
maturity of the level and maturity maturity of the maturity of the
students of the students students students

Total Score
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