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Water Treatment Design Project

Students will design a water treatment process to address the needs of a specific municipality. They will present their design as a diagram on a poster and persuade a city council to approve the design.

Rubric Code: JXW95X2

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Water Treatment Design Process
	Unacceptable Product demonstrates a lack of effort or large misconceptions 0 pts	Developing Student has begun to develop skills, but is still performing below expectations. 1 pts	Achieving Student is performing acceptably. 2 pts	Advanced Student exceeds expectations. 3 pts
Title	Unacceptable Title is absent.	Developing Title is centered and informative.	Achieving Title is centered, informative, and larger than other text.	Advanced Title is creative, informative, centered, larger than other text, and colored.
Diagram The diagram shows the order of the treatment process from source to storage.	Unacceptable Diagram is incomplete or so poorly drawn that it distracts from the presentation.	Developing Diagram is complete and useful but unclear to the point that it requires significant explanation to be fully understood.	Achieving Diagram is clear and adds significantly to the value of the presentation.	Advanced Diagram is clear, comprehensive, adds significantly to the presentation, and shows exceptional pride in craftsmanship.
Captions Captions clearly explain the purpose for each phase of the treatment process.	Unacceptable Less than 50% of water treatment processes have captions and or captions are poorly written or difficult to read.	Developing At least 50% of water treatment processes have captions and they are well written and easy to read.	Achieving All water treatment processes have captions that are well written and easy to read.	Advanced All water treatment processes have captions that are well written, easy to read, and clearly state the purpose for that portion of the treatment process.
Design	Unacceptable The design is clearly insufficient to solve the problems of the community and would not produce safe drinking water.	Developing The design would produce safe drinking water under some conditions, but does not address all of the problems of the community.	Achieving The design would produce safe drinking water and addresses the communities issues but includes unnecessary processes that add expense unnecessarily.	Advanced The design would produce safe drinking water and addresses the communities water safety issues efficiently.
Oral Presentation	Unacceptable Presentation is unfocused. It is clear that the group as a whole has a poor understanding of the water treatment process. Multiple group members do not participate.	Developing The group attempts to make a persuasive argument for the adoption of their design. Some knowledge of the water treatment process is demonstrated. Most group members actively participate.	Achieving The group attempts to make a persuasive argument for the adoption of their design. Sound knowledge of water treatment is demonstrated. All group members actively participate.	Advanced A strong, persuasive argument is made by the group that their design should be adopted. Every member of the group participates in a professional and enthusiastic manner, demonstrating outstanding concept knowledge.

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water treatment aquatic science

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Science

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