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iRubric: Food Chain Drawing rubric

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Food Chain Drawing Food Chain Drawing Students will create a food chain with animals from the same ecosystem. Students will draw and label each organism. Students must also label if each organism is a producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, or a decomposer. Students provide an explanation of a green plant's position in the food chain. Rubric Code: SXB8328 By KMcSweeney Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assessment Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

Food Chain
	Excellent 3 pts	Good 2 pts	Fair 1 pts	Poor 0 pts
Neatness/Accuracy	Excellent The food chain is drawn neatly and represents animals from the same ecosystem. There are no spelling errors. Energy transfer between organisms is clearly shown with arrows..	Good The food chain is somewhat neat. Animals could be from the same ecosystem. Some vocabulary words are misspelled, but understandable.	Fair The food chain shows some neatness, but some organisms drawn are not part of the same ecosystem. There are frequent spelling errors.	Poor Little effort is shown in drawing the food chain. Drawing is messy and hard to follow. Frequent spelling errors.
Labeling/Accuracy	Excellent Each organism is properly labeled with a description and tells if the organism is a producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, or decomposer.	Good Some organisms are partially labeled with a description and tells if the organism is a producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer, or decomposer.	Fair Most organisms have little labeling and little description (except for 1 or 2 organisms).	Poor Labels and descriptions are missing.
Content/Accuracy	Excellent All of the food chain connections are displayed accurately and arrows showing the flow of energy through the food chain are correctly shown.	Good Most of the food chain connections are displayed accurately. Arrows showing the flow of energy through the food chin are correctly shown.	Fair 2-3 of the food chain connections are displayed accurately. Arrows showing the flow of energy through the food chain are displayed correctly.	Poor None of the food chain connections are displayed accurately. Arrows showing the transfer of energy are missing.
Knowledge	Excellent knowledge of a plant's importance in the food chain is clearly stated. Includes the fact that green plants make their own food and pass energy through the food chain.	Good Explanation of why a green plant is the first part of a food chain is mostly correct. Evidence of understanding is visible.	Fair Explanation of why a green plant is the first part of a food chain is partially correct. Some errors are evident.	Poor Student did not show a clear understanding of why a green plant is the first step of a food chain.