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iRubric: Meteorology Unit Assessment Rubric

iRubric: Meteorology Unit Assessment Rubric

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Meteorology Unit Assessment Rubric Meteorology Unit Assessment Rubric 5.E.1 Understand weather patterns and phenomena, making connections to the weather in a particular place and time. Rubric Code: AXW65A5 By MCALions Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assessment Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Meteorology Unit Essential Standards Grade 5
	Partial Mastery 1 pts	Basic Mastery 2 pts	Complex Mastery 3 pts	Advanced Mastery 4 pts
5.E.1.1 1.1 Compare daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.	Partial Mastery Student does not understand daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.	Basic Mastery Student understands the basics of daily and seasonal changes in weather conditions (including wind speed and direction, precipitation, and temperature) and patterns.	Complex Mastery Student understands	Advanced Mastery Student integrates their understanding of the relationship between an air mass and source region with overall changing weather patterns
5.E.1.2 Predict upcoming weather events from weather data collected through observation and measurements.	Partial Mastery Student does not understand what an air front is or how fronts form between air masses	Basic Mastery Student understands the basics of what an air front is and how fronts form between air masses, but doesn't understand the affects of temperature and humidity affect them	Complex Mastery Student understands well what an air front is and how fronts form between air masses, and understands that similar temperatures and humidities can allow them to mix	Advanced Mastery Student can demonstrate the processes and types of weather fronts and how they are formed
5.E.1.3 Explain how global patterns such as the jet stream and water currents influence local weather in measurable terms such as temperature, wind direction and speed, and precipitation.	Partial Mastery Student cannot describe how weather is typically associated with each type of front	Basic Mastery Student can describe how weather is generally associated with some types of fronts, but doesn't understand the factors affecting fronts	Complex Mastery Student can describe how weather is typically associated with all types of fronts, and can describe a few factors affecting fronts	Advanced Mastery Student can describe how weather is typically associated with all types of fronts, and can describe most factors affecting fronts
Content Outcome 11B.3 List the factors that control wind speed and direction, both aloft and near the surface	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand the factors that control wind speed and direction, both aloft and near the surface	Basic Mastery Student generally understands the factors that control wind speed and direction, but doesn't understand the winds relationship to the earth's surface	Complex Mastery Student understands all the factors that control wind speed and direction, both aloft and near the surface	Advanced Mastery Student understands all the factors that control wind speed and direction with relation to the earth's surface, and can apply it to other types of winds
Content Outcome 11B.4 Summarized the types of global and local winds and describe some of the causes of local winds	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand the types of global and local winds, nor describe any of the causes of local winds	Basic Mastery Student understands the types of global and local winds, but can't describe any of the causes of local winds	Complex Mastery Student understands the types of global and local winds, and some of the causes of local winds	Advanced Mastery Student understands the types of global and local winds, and all of the causes of local winds
Content Outcome 11B.5 Summarize the prevailing winds and their directions, and can distinguish them from non-global winds	Partial Mastery Student cannot understand or differentiate between prevailing winds or their directions	Basic Mastery Student can list the prevailing winds and their directions, but doesn't understand the differences	Complex Mastery Student understands the differences between prevailing winds and their directions, but doesn't understand how they are different than non-global winds	Advanced Mastery Student understands prevailing winds, and how to distinguish them from non-global winds
Content Outcome 11B.6 Specify the belts of high and low pressure where little or no winds exist	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand the belts of high and low pressure where little or no winds exist	Basic Mastery Student understands the belts of high and low pressure where little or no winds exist, but not how it effects the changes in weather patterns	Complex Mastery Student understands the belts of high and low pressure where little or no winds exist, and generally how it effects the changes in weather patterns	Advanced Mastery Student understands the belts of high and low pressure where little or no winds exist, and specifically how it effects the changes in weather patterns
Content Outcome 11C.1 Identify the characteristics of thunderstorms	Partial Mastery Student can't identify the characteristics of thunderstorms	Basic Mastery Student can identify a few characteristics of thunderstorms	Complex Mastery Student can identify all the characteristics of thunderstorms, but doesn't understand how a thunderstorm originates	Advanced Mastery Student can identify all the characteristics of thunderstorms, and how it originates
Content Outcome 11C.2 Explain how lightning occurs	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand how lightning occurs	Basic Mastery Student understands how lightning occurs, but can't explain the components that make up a lightning bolt	Complex Mastery Student understands how lightning occurs, and the components that make up a lightning bolt	Advanced Mastery Student understands how lightning occurs, and the entire process made up of all the components of a thunderstorm storm
Content Outcome 11C.3 Summarize the characteristics and dangers of tornadoes	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand any of the characteristics and dangers of tornadoes	Basic Mastery Student understand some of the characteristics and dangers of tornadoes, but not the processes associated with air movement	Complex Mastery Student understands some of the characteristics and dangers of tornadoes, and the processes associated with air movement	Advanced Mastery Student understands all of the characteristics and dangers of tornadoes, and the processes associated with air movement
Content Outcome 11C.4 Identify the main parts of a hurricane on a diagram	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand the main parts of a hurricane on a diagram	Basic Mastery Student can identify some the main parts of a hurricane on a diagram	Complex Mastery Student can identify most of the main parts of a hurricane on a diagram	Advanced Mastery Student can identify all of the main parts of a hurricane on a diagram
Content Outcome 11C.5 Discuss the origin, movement, and effects of a hurricane	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand the origin, movement, and effects of a hurricane	Basic Mastery Student can describe the movement and effects of a hurricane, but doesn't understand how it originates	Complex Mastery Student can describe the movement and effects of a hurricane, but doesn't understand how one originates	Advanced Mastery Student can describe the origin, movement and effects of a hurricane
Content Outcome 11C.6 Discuss the main hazards of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and how to minimize their dangers	Partial Mastery Student doesn't understand the main hazards of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and how to minimize their dangers	Basic Mastery Student understands some of the main hazards of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and how to minimize their dangers	Complex Mastery Student understands most of the main hazards of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and how to minimize their dangers	Advanced Mastery Student understands all of the main hazards of thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes, and how to minimize their dangers

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