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Plant Toleration to Salt Experiment

Students work in groups, but devise their own experimental report write ups.

Rubric Code: L637X3

By danfata

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Level 1 - Needs improvement 2 pts	Level 2 - starting to improve! 3 pts	Level 3 - Great work! 4 pts	Level 4 - Excellent! 5 pts
Work Habits	Level 1 - Needs improvement Needs lots of reminders to stay on task. Does not do their share of the work. Does not cooperate well.	Level 2 - starting to improve! Needs some reminders to stay on task. Does some of their share of the work. Sometimes cooperates well.	Level 3 - Great work! On Task. Completes their share of the work. Cooperates well!	Level 4 - Excellent! On task and looks for ways to improve their project. DOes their share of the work, cooperates with partners and shows good leadership skills.
Procedural Writing	Level 1 - Needs improvement - steps are not followed - experiment is not repeatable - items are missing	Level 2 - starting to improve! - steps are followed, but with limited detail - experiment may not be repeatable due to missing information	Level 3 - Great work! - steps are followed with adequate detail - repeatable - easy to follow	Level 4 - Excellent! - steps are followed with excellent detail and planning - easily repeatable, very clear
Detail and Organization	Level 1 - Needs improvement - very little detail and organization present - very little recorded observations - observations are not organized or recognized	Level 2 - starting to improve! - some detail present - few recorded observations - observations are not organized or recognized	Level 3 - Great work! - adequate detail present - observations are organized in to a chart - observations are used to draw conclusions	Level 4 - Excellent! - great detail of information present, - organized observations are in a chart - graphs are used. - observations are used to draw conclusions
Scientific Method	Level 1 - Needs improvement - experiment is not repeatable - no clear hypothesis statement - controls and variables set do not make sense - experiment does not show a clear result	Level 2 - starting to improve! - experiment is repeatable, but results are inconsistent. - no clear hypothesis statement - controls and variables, but inconsistent - experiment shows a result, but questionable	Level 3 - Great work! - Experiment is repeatable with similar results -clear hypothesis - students can draw conclusions - variables/controls make sense	Level 4 - Excellent! Experiment is repeatable with consistent results - hypothesis is clearly stated - students can draw conclusions from the reults