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Venus Vacation

Pretend you're on spring break and your family decides to head to Venus. What would you like to do there? What would it be like? What would you have to bring? Soak in the Venusian facts from printed and Internet references. Then write a detailed travelogue for your friends back home. As you write your dialogue compare and contrast Venus with facts about Earth. Be sure to compare and contrast Venus and Earth in terms of size relative to the earth, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life. After completing the travelogue, upload it to the class blog. Your blog must be posted by day 5 of week one. Return to the blog site over the next week and respond to at least two of your classmate’s travelogues. Give support or constructive suggestions. Answer to respond to comments made regarding your travelogue blog.

Rubric Code: H764CB

By kstino

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Venus Vacation Individual Project
	Excellent 5 pts	Proficient 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Writing Style and Grammar	Excellent The assignment is engaging, concise and polished. An attention-getting headline and a clear topic sentence is the first paragraph introduces the reader to the subject. There are no grammatical errors.	Proficient Assignment is fairly well written. There are very few grammatical errors present.	Good Writing style is adequate, but sometimes indicates confused thinking about a concept. There are few misspelled words present or grammatical errors.	Fair The assignment has several significant problems is style and content. Writing style is often unclear, and many misspelled words and grammatical errors are present.	Poor Although attempted, the author has clearly not put forth much effort. Writing is unclear, unfocused, and vague with too many misspelled words and grammatical errors.
Subject Understanding & Language	Excellent Clear and complete explanations demonstrate a complete understanding of subject matter.	Proficient Clear language demonstrates a good understanding of the key concepts, but explanations could be more detailed.	Good Language is unclear and explanations are not detailed indicating confusion about the topic.	Fair Incomplete or inadequate responses indicate confused thinking about the topic.	Poor Inadequate and incomplete responses indicate poor understanding of the subject matter
Content	Excellent The travelogue information compares Venus to Earth in terms of size, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life.	Proficient The travelogue information compares Venus to Earth in terms of size, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life, but at least one aspect is missing or not clearly covered.	Good The travelogue information compares Venus to Earth in terms of size, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life, but at least two aspects are missing or not clearly covered.	Fair The travelogue information compares Venus to Earth in terms of size, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life, but at least three aspects are missing or not clearly covered.	Poor The travelogue information compares Venus to Earth in terms of size, surface and atmospheric features, relative distance from the sun, and ability to support life, but at least four aspects are missing or not clearly covered.
Vocabulary	Excellent Scientific vocabulary is used properly and effectively.	Proficient Scientific vocabulary is well used.	Good Scientific vocabulary is adequately used.	Fair Scientific vocabulary is not used properly. Attempts to communicate information are not very successful.	Poor Scientific vocabulary is not used. Attempts to communicate information are not successful.
Visuals	Excellent Clear examples, models, graphs, diagrams, charts, or other support are provided. Graphics related to the topic are provided.	Proficient Examples, models, graphs, diagrams, charts, and other support are provided. Most graphics provided are related to the topic.	Good Examples, models, graphs, diagrams, charts, graphics, and other support is included, but is not always used effectively or appropriately.	Fair Few visuals are provided. Support data or visuals are not used correctly.	Poor Support data or visuals provided were inappropriate or not related to the subject.

Keywords:

solar system, planets, Venus, Earth

Subjects:

Science

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