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Soil Recipe Book

Your recipe book must have a minimum of five recipe cards or pages. There must be one ”recipe” for each of five soil types. What are the ingredients in each soil type? Describe the particle size and moisture content. What minerals and rock fragments predominate. What plants grow best in this type of soil?

Rubric Code: LXC97B8

By mfern18

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Soil Recipe Book
	Poor 0 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
1. Punctuality	Poor Recipe Book was more than 2 days late.	Fair Recipe Book was 1 day late.	Good Recipe Book was turned in during class when it was due.
2. 5 soil types	Poor Recipe Book included fewer than 3 types of soil. Poor or minimal descriptions of each are included.	Fair Recipe Book included fewer than 3 or 4 types of soil. Mostly accurate descriptions of 3-4 types are included.	Good Recipe Book included 5 soil types. Correct descriptions of each type is included.
3. Recipe name & ingredients	Poor Fewer than 3 recipes are named creatively and fewer than 3 recipes include a list of correct ingredients.	Fair 3 or 4 recipes are named creatively and 3 or 4 recipes include a list of ingredients that are mostly correct.	Good All recipes are named creatively and the recipes each include a list of ingredients that are detailed and correct.
4. Directions and plant	Poor Directions to create soil and plant the plant are included for fewer than 3 soil types.	Fair Directions to create soil and plant the plant are included for 3 or 4 soil types.	Good Directions to create soil and plant the plant are included for all 5 soil types.
5. Creativity	Poor Little evidence of creativity in recipes or decoration.	Fair Creativity and/or humor in recipes is evident, no decoration.	Good Very creative writing and decoration.
6. References	Poor Reference section is missing altogether.	Fair References are included. There are fewer than 3 references.	Good Each recipe contains references for plants, and soil.