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National Park Diorama & Essay

Students will research a National Park in the West region of the United States. They will create a 3-D diorama of the park, write an essay on the park, and present both to the class.

Rubric Code: E225WCA

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Subject: Social Sciences

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

National Park Diorama
	Exceeds Expectations (N/A)	Meets expectations (N/A)	Partially Meets Expectations (N/A)	Does Not Meet Expectations (N/A)
Name of Park	Exceeds Expectations Diorama and essay includes the name of the national park, stands out and is creative.	Meets expectations Diorama and essay includes the name of a national park and stands out.	Partially Meets Expectations Diorama and essay includes the name of the park	Does Not Meet Expectations Either diorama or essay have the name of park, but not both.
Landforms	Exceeds Expectations The diorama shows a representation of 2 landforms in the park AND the essay has 2 facts about landforms found in the park.	Meets expectations The diorama shows a representation of 1 landforms in the park AND the essay has 1 fact about landforms found in the park.	Partially Meets Expectations The diorama shows a representation of 1 landforms in the park OR the essay has 1 facts about landforms found in the park.	Does Not Meet Expectations The diorama does not have any representation of a landform OR the essay does not have any facts about landforms in the park.
Animal life	Exceeds Expectations Diorama provides 2 representations of animals found in the park AND the essay has 2 facts about animals found in the park.	Meets expectations Diorama provides 1 representations of animals found in the park AND the essay has 1 fact about animals found in the park.	Partially Meets Expectations Diorama provides 1 representations of animals found in the park OR the essay has 1 fact about animals found in the park.	Does Not Meet Expectations Diorama provides no representations of animals found in the park OR the essay has does not have any facts about animals found in the park.
Facilities	Exceeds Expectations Diorama provides 2 representations of the following: campgrounds, hiking trails, roads, visitor center, restrooms, restaurants, or other facilities AND the essay includes information about 2 of the above.	Meets expectations Diorama provides 1 representation of the following: campgrounds, hiking trails, roads, visitor center, restrooms, restaurants, or other facilities AND the essay includes information about 1 of the above.	Partially Meets Expectations Diorama provides 1 of representation of the following campgrounds, hiking trails, roads, visitor center, restrooms, restaurants, or other facilities OR the essay includes information about 1 of the above.	Does Not Meet Expectations Diorama provides no representation of the following campgrounds, hiking trails, roads, visitor center, restrooms, restaurants, or other facilities OR the essay includes no information about 1 of the above.
Map	Exceeds Expectations Student provides a map with all of the following features: state, location of park, AND includes locations of attractions in the park.	Meets expectations Student provides a map that shows the state and location of park.	Partially Meets Expectations Student provides a map that shows the state OR location of park.	Does Not Meet Expectations Student does not provide a map.
Quality	Exceeds Expectations Neat and organized. Much effort (time on task) was placed into the project.	Meets expectations Consistent effort (time on task) was placed into the project. Project is mostly organized and neat.	Partially Meets Expectations Somewhat consistent effort (time on task) was placed into the project. Project is mostly organized OR neat.	Does Not Meet Expectations Little effort (time on task) was placed into the project. It may appear unorganized, or not neat.
Conventions	Exceeds Expectations The essay has less than 4 spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors.	Meets expectations The essay has 4-6 spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors.	Partially Meets Expectations The essay has 7-10 spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors.	Does Not Meet Expectations The essay has more than 10 spelling, capitalization, punctuation and grammar errors.
Essay	Exceeds Expectations The student's essay is more than 5 paragraphs, includes information about the history of the park, climate in the park at different seasons, attractions in the park, AND interesting facts about the park.	Meets expectations The student's essay is 5 paragraphs, includes information about the history of the park, climate in the park at different seasons, attractions in the park, AND interesting facts about the park.	Partially Meets Expectations The student's essay is less than 5 paragraphs, includes information about the history of the park, climate in the park at different seasons, attractions in the park, OR interesting facts about the park.	Does Not Meet Expectations The student's essay is less than 4 paragraphs, includes information about the history of the park, climate in the park at different seasons, attractions in the park, OR interesting facts about the park.

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