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Stoichiometry Short Story

High school students in a science class will compose a short book that explains the fundamental concepts of stoichiometry to 3rd or 4th grade students.

Rubric Code: KX28C8A

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Project Description The final project will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, April 7th.
	Excellent 100 pts	Good 90 pts	Fair 75 pts	Poor 0 pts
Book Format/Look 10 %	Excellent The book has a cover, title page and is bound together. It looks attractive and is appealing to a child. If the book is electronic, it has a cover that is attractive and the student can effectively present the book.	Good The book has a cover, title page and is bound together. It looks nice, but could be better. If the book is electronic, it has an nice cover page and the student can present the book.	Fair The book has a cover and may be loosely bound together. It may be slightly messy. Electronic books have a cover page, but the student struggles to present the book.	Poor It is messy and may be missing a cover, title page. It may not be bound together. If is is electronic, it does not have a cover page or the student does not know how to present the book in this format.
Scientific Content 40 % (Keep in mind, each scientific concept likely includes vocabulary too advanced for young students, each term must be included in your story. It is your job to explain them using analogies or other creative language so the audience can make some sense of the complex terminology.)	Excellent The book appeals to 3rd and 4th graders. In an age-appropriate, engaging and enjoyable fashion, the following scientific concepts are integrated into the story: (1) Balanced Chemical Equations; (2) Conservation of Mass; (3) Percent/Theoretical Yield; (4) Limiting and Excess Reactants; (5) Stoichiometry; (6) Mole Ratio; (7) BCA Table;	Good The story is appropriate and appealing for young students. Most of the scientific vocabulary is made easy to understand. The story is enjoyable to the audience. All of the scientific concepts are integrated into the story.	Fair The story is mostly appropriate for young students. Most of the vocabulary is easy to understand, but the story does not hold the audience's attention. Only 5 of the 7 scientific concepts are included.	Poor Fewer than 5 of the scientific concepts are explained in a mostly age appropriate manner. OR The story is inappropriate for young students or the vocabulary is too difficult. The plot and/or characters are not age appropriate.
Pictures/Illustrations 15 %	Excellent Pictures and illustrations are impressive, attractive, and appealing. Bright colors are used. The illustrations help bring the story to life.	Good Pictures and illustrations are attractive and appealing. A variety of colors are used. The illustrations go along with the story.	Fair Pictures and illustrations are included. Colors are used. The illustrations connect to the story.	Poor Pictures and illustrations are not included or there are not enough. They may be messy and unattractive. They may not connect to the story.
Writing 20 %	Excellent The story uses short simple sentences and short paragraphs. The story has rhythm or rhyme and sounds great read out loud. The story uses strong descriptive words to bring the story to life. The story has a clear plot or method of organization that is unique and creative.	Good The story uses short simple sentences and short paragraphs. The story has rhythm or rhyme that makes it sound nice when read out loud. The story has descriptive words, but more needed. The story has a plot or a method of organization that is creative.	Fair The story has short simple sentences and short paragraphs, but the writer may ramble. An attempt at rhythm and/or rhyme is made, but it is not always successful. Some description is included. The story has a basic plot or organization, but it is not very creative.	Poor The story does not have short simple sentences. The story has very little description and does not sound good read out loud. It may retell a known story and is not original.
Conventions 10 % Grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.	Excellent Only 1 or 2 minor errors.	Good 3 to 5 errors.	Fair Not Possible	Poor More than 5 errors.
Active Participation During Class T 5 %	Excellent Student stays on task during all class time devoted to working on project. Student has a positive attitude and asks questions and approaches difficulties in a professional manner. Student does not disrupt any other students during work time.	Good Student meets all of the criteria of the Excellent column, but receives one warning to stay on task.	Fair Student receives more than one warning to stay on task. Student disrupts the work of other students. Student has a negative attitude while working.	Poor Student wastes work-time for one or more class periods, or greatly disrupts the work of others.

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science, short story, chemistry, stoichiometry

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