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Circuits and electromagnets Circuits Students will be able to construct and explain the fact that the flow of electricity requires a closed circuit and explain how circuits work. Rubric Code: DX7X344 By dneisler Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assessment Grade Levels: 6-8

Circuits
	1 1 pts	2 2 pts	3 3 pts	4 (N/A)
Definition of a circuit	1 Students are able to define a circuit. Details included many erros	2 Students are able to define a circuit with a few errors.	3 Students are able to explain to a certain degree what is a circuit.	4 Students are able to define and elaborate what is a circuit.
Identify circuits	1 Students are able to accurately identify 1 of the 4 circuits.	2 Students are able to accurately identify 2 of the 4 circuits.	3 Students are able to accurately identify at least 3 of the 4 circuits.	4 Students are able to accurately identify open, closed, series, and parallel circuits.
Assemble circuits and label	1 Students are able to assemble some of the circuits with assistance from teacher and draw a diagram of some of the circuits with a few parts labeled correctly.	2 Students are able to assemble each type of circuit accurately with assistance from teacher and draw a diagram of each and label some of the parts correctly.	3 Students are able to assemble each type of circuit accurately and then draw a diagram of each with most parts labeled correctly.	4 Students are able to assemble each type of circuit accurately and then draw a diagram of each with all parts correctly labeled.
Assemble electromagnets	1 Student cannot assemble the electromagnet.	2 Electromagnet mostly assembled correctly.	3 Electromagnet assembled correctly, but does not know how to adjust the strength of the magnet.	4 Electromagnet is assembled correctly and student knows how to adjust the strength of the magnet.