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Solar System Webquest

8th grade project. Students working in groups of 4 to complete a webquest for a specified planet

Rubric Code: K94CB5

By kmderman

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Inadequate 0 pts	Adequate 5 pts	Acceptable 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Group Collaboration	Inadequate Group members did not work together to collaborate at all. No ideas were shared and the project was disjointed. Parts of the project were incomplete and/or one or more person did more than their part of the project.	Adequate Members mostly worked individually, only collaborating when necessary. Ideas were not shared and final product was not continuous. Two or more members did a significant amount more/less work	Acceptable Group worked okay together. One or more members did not participate in collaboration sessions and/or one or more group member did a significant amount more/less work.	Excellent Group worked extremely well together, building on each other's ideas to make the final product greater than any of the individual products
Astronomer	Inadequate Brochure is not complete/not turned in. Information is not accurate or not complete. No bibliography is attached.	Adequate Brochure is complete but does not contain all of the requirements. Has some knowledge of the physical attributes of the planet, but not all. No bibliography is attached.	Acceptable Brochure is acceptable and includes all of the requirements. Knowledgeable about physical attributes and history of the planet. Bibliography is attached, but not correctly formatted	Excellent Brochure is exceptional and includes all of the requirements. Knowledgeable about physical attributes and history of the planet. Correctly formatted bibliography is attached.
Travel Agent	Inadequate Brochure is not complete/not turned in. Information is not accurate or not complete. No bibliography is attached.	Adequate Brochure is complete but does not contain all of the requirements. Has some knowledge of the physical attributes of the planet, but not all. No bibliography is attached.	Acceptable Brochure is acceptable and includes all of the requirements. Moderately creative and entertaining vacation/advertising options. Bibliography is attached, but not correctly formatted	Excellent Brochure is exceptional and includes all of the requirements. Very creative vacation options and nice advertising creations. Correctly formatted bibliography is attached.
Spacesuit Designer	Inadequate Spacesuit Design is not turned in. No research was done. Not knowledgable about spacesuit construction. No bibliography is attached.	Adequate Spacesuit is turned in, but messy or incomplete and lacking some of the requirements. Does not contain all of the required elements. No bibliography is attached	Acceptable Spacesuit is turned in and contains all of the required features. Moderately creative. No creative bonuses are used. Bibliography is attached, but not correctly formatted.	Excellent Spacesuit is turned in and contains all of the required features presented in a beautiful way. Extremely creative and most/all of the creative bonuses are utilized. Bibliography is formatted correctly.
Rocket Scientist	Inadequate Both written and drawing portion of the rocket design are missing. No information is added. No bibliography.	Adequate Written or drawing portion of the rocket description is missing. Adequately meets the requirements, but does not exceed. No bibliography is attached.	Acceptable Well written description and creative drawing of rocket that meets all requirements. Does not include any of the creative bonuses. Bibliography is attached but not correctly formatted.	Excellent Well written description and creative drawing of rocket that meets all requirements. Includes most/all of the creative bonuses. Bibliography is correctly formatted and attached.
Presentation	Inadequate Presentation is less than 6 minutes. More than 1 group member does not speak or speaks very minimally. Questions are not answered at all.	Adequate Presentation is less than 8 minutes (but more than 6). Members do not split time evenly. 1 group member does not speak or speaks very minimally. Questions are not answered appropriately.	Acceptable Presentation is between 8-10 minutes. Members split time evenly, but do not maintain good eye contact with the "investors". Group is not capable of answering questions/answers questions not respectfully.	Excellent Presentation is between 8-10 minutes. Members split the time evenly, maintaining eye contact with the "investors". Group answers questions respectfully and knowledgeably.

Keywords:

Webquest, Project, Presentation

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Project

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