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Genetics Baby Book

Students will create a baby book based on their understanding of genetics. This project will count as a summative grade, as it is assessing the students on all concepts within this unit.

Rubric Code: FX2XBB4

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Subject: Biology

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12

Genetics Baby Book Enter rubric description
	Does Not Meet 2 pts	Meets 3 pts	Exceeds 4 pts
Bounded book 2 pts Enter description	Does Not Meet Student did not provide the final product bound or in an actual book. Project was provided on notebook paper and/or just stapled together. Pages are missing and/or missing lables.	Meets Student provided the project bounded on copy paper without color or ink. All pages are present and most pages are labeled clearly and correctly.	Exceeds Student provided the project bounded and/or in an actual book. All pages are present and are labeled clearly and correctly. Ink was used.
Main Trait Page 2 pts Student has included a trait page to show letters and genotypes that will be used throughout the book	Does Not Meet Student did not include a main trait page that included the alleles they would be using or genotypes to show inheritance. Or the Trait page was incorrect.	Meets Student did include a main trait page that included the alleles they would be using or genotypes to show inheritance. The trait page had some errors such as missing genotypes, charts or phenotypes.	Exceeds Student did include a main trait page that included the alleles they would be using or genotypes to show inheritance. The page was correct, clear and well organized. All traits and their genotypes and phenotypes were included.
Components 4 pts Index or table of contents, baby picture, birth certificate	Does Not Meet Student completed 50% or less of the project components as outlined in the instructions. Components were missing or contained many errors.	Meets Student completed and included at least 75% of the project components as outlined in the instructions. ALL or Most components were present and and contained some errors.	Exceeds Student completed and included 100% of the required components as outlined in the instructions. All components were present and correct.
Gender coding 4 pts	Does Not Meet Student did not accurately code baby's gender throughout the book. Color was not used to show gender and or the gender punnett square was incorrect.	Meets Student accurately generated "baby" based on the information given. Gender Punnett square was correct but color coding was incorrect or missing	Exceeds Student accurately depicted "baby". All traits given match all other information provided in project. Punnett square and color coding were included and correct
Set up Design 6 pts	Does Not Meet Student did not set up Punnett squares, probabilities or book as outlined in the Baby book instructions.	Meets Student set up/ design includes the required elements as outlined in the Baby book instruction sheet with few mistakes.	Exceeds Baby book is set up as outlined in the baby book instructions or in such a way that makes the material easy to understand. Student added elements to show a deeper understanding of the material.
Class work 6 pts Students worked on the book in class over a 2 week period. And had time to work on each section of the project.	Does Not Meet Student did little to no work in class. At check points student did not have materials or work to show.	Meets Student consistently used class time wisely . Student usually had something to show for their class time work. Rarely the student was unprepared or did not participate in the class work days.	Exceeds Student was always working on their project in class. At checkpoints, they were on track and prepared.
Creativity 1 pts Overall appearance of the project. Selection of traits.	Does Not Meet Student project lacks creativity. The completed project lacks neatness and color is missing. All traits were those given in class. The overall appearance of the project is unattractive.	Meets Student attempted to be creative. The completed project is neat, mostly organized and attractive. . All traits given were basic and simple traits.	Exceeds The completed project has an exceptionally attractive format, is extremely well-organized, colorful, and very pleasing to the eye. Traits chosen are very unique to create a generic varied baby.

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