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Dissecting Owl Pellets Dissecting Owl Pellets This rubric can be used to assess students' ability to dissect owl pellet, ability to answer questions regarding the dissection, and ability to identify what animal the owl ate. Rubric Code: ZX966BW By RManzi Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: K-5

Owl Pellet Dissection
	Excellent: 4 pts	Good: 3 pts	Fair: 2 pts	Poor: 1 pts
Short answer question	Excellent: The group answers the questions completely and accurately using content vocabulary.	Good: The group answers the questions fairly well and accurately.	Fair: The group answers the questions with some inaccurate details.	Poor: Answers to questions are incomplete and inaccurate.
Owl Pellet Dissection	Excellent: The group was able to gather all animal bones from the pellet and arrange them accurately.	Good: The group was able to gather most animal bones from the pellet and arrange them accurately.	Fair: The group was able to gather some animal bones from the owl pellet but only arranged some of them correctly.	Poor: The group did not locate many bones and did not arrange them accurately.
Animal identification	Excellent: The group correctly identified the animal that the owl ate and wrote a thorough and appropriate explanation.	Good: The group correctly identified the animal the owl ate and wrote an appropriate explanation.	Fair: The group identified the animal the owl ate but does not have a clear explanation.	Poor: The group was unable to identify the animal the owl ate.
Activity completion	Excellent: The group completed all parts of the activity with answers that are thoughtful and complete.	Good: The group completed most of the activity with answers that are thoughtful and complete.	Fair: The group completed only some parts of the activity and not all answers are thoughtful and complete.	Poor: The group completed few parts of the activity and most answers are not thoughtful and complete.