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Weather Map Poster Project

Students are to design a weather map for the continental United States. Weather map must utilize a color gradient key for precipitation, include temperatures in number form, and have multiple cities labeled.

Rubric Code: H24C446

By lynnabarnes

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Weather Map Poster Project
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Appearance	Poor Poster is not well done. It is obvious that student did not take their time drawing, coloring, and labeling their map. Colors are outside of the lines. They are missing temperatures or labels.	Fair Poster is not well done. It is obvious that student did not take their time drawing, coloring, and labeling their map. They have most of the required information on their map.	Good Student did a good job on their poster. It is obvious that they took their time drawing, coloring, and labeling their map. They have most of the required information on their map.	Excellent Student did a great job on their poster. It is obvious that they took their time drawing, coloring, and labeling their map. They have all of the required information on their map.
Temperatures	Poor The student has 0-3 temperatures on their map.	Fair The student has 4-7 temperatures on their map.	Good The student has 8-11 temperatures on their map.	Excellent The student has the required 12-15 temperatures on their map.
Labels and Key	Poor The student did not include a Precipitation key, only added a few colors on the key, and or did not label the key. The student has 0-3 cities on their map.	Fair The student has a precipitation key, and it has some of the required information. The temperature key is labeled, but may be labeled incorrectly. Student has 4-7 cities on their map.	Good The student has a precipitation key, and it all of the required information. The temperature key is labeled properly. Student has 8-11 cities on their map.	Excellent The student has a precipitation key, and it all of the required information. The temperature key is labeled properly. Student has 12-15 cities on their map.
Precipitation Colors	Poor The student left out multiple colors on their map. They did not take their time coloring in the map.	Fair The student used most of the colors on their map. They took their time, but colored the map poorly, i.e. outside of the lines, colors overlapping.	Good The student used all of the colors on their map. The student took their time. The colors do not go outside of the lines, and they are rarely overlapping.	Excellent The student used all of the colors on their map. The student took their time coloring in the map. They stayed in the lines, and their colors do not over lap.