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Structure of Ecosystems Project

Rubric Code: R24727

By cmcgowan

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Ecosystem Exploration Unit 3 Summative Assessment
	Exceeds Standard 5 pts	Meets Standard 4 pts	Approaching 3 pts	Does Not Meet 1 pts
Abiotic Factors SEV2a	Exceeds Standard Completely explains how at least FOUR abiotic factors affects the ecosystem	Meets Standard May not completely explain how at least THREE abiotic factors affect the ecosystem	Approaching Attempts to explain how at least TWO abiotic factors affect the ecosystem	Does Not Meet Does not explain how at least ONE abiotic factor affects the ecosystem.
Populations in Ecosystem SEV2b	Exceeds Standard Correctly describes THREE examples of populations living in the ecosystem	Meets Standard Correctly describes TWO populations living in an ecosystem, but may misidentify a community as a population	Approaching Correctly describes at least ONE populations living in an ecosystem but may misidentify up to two communities as populations	Does Not Meet Does not correctly describe any populations that live in the ecosystem.
Ecosystem Food Web SEV1b	Exceeds Standard Correctly describes a complete food web for the ecosystem with FOUR trophic levels and more than TWO organisms in each trophic level.	Meets Standard Correctly describes a complete food web for the ecosystem with FOUR trophic levels and TWO organisms in each trophic level	Approaching Incompletely describes a food web with at least TWO trophic levels and TWO organisms in each trophic level. May not show all of the feeding relationships in the food web.	Does Not Meet Incompletely describes a food web with less than TWO trophic levels and less than TWO organisms at each trophic level. Several feeding relationships are missing.
Ecosystem Productivity SEV1b	Exceeds Standard Identifies a realistic estimate of NPP for the ecosystem. Correctly estimates the productivity at the remaining trophic levels based on NPP and typical ecological efficiency	Meets Standard Identifies a realistic estimate of NPP for the ecosystem. Correctly estimates the productivity at most other trophic levels based on NPP and typical ecological efficiency.	Approaching May not identify a realistic estimate for NPP. Correctly estimates the productivity of some of the other trophic levels based on NPP and typical ecological efficiency.	Does Not Meet Does not identify a realistic estimate for NPP. Incorrectly estimates or does not estimate the productivity of other trophic levels.
Explain "Lost" Energy SEV1d	Exceeds Standard Correctly and completely explains where energy "lost" in transfers between trophic levels ends up.	Meets Standard Correctly, but incompletely, explains where energy "lost" in transfers between trophic levels ends up.	Approaching Incompletely explains where energy "lost" in transfers between trophic levels ends up. May have some errors in explanation	Does Not Meet Does not explain or incorrectly explains where energy "lost" in transfers between trophic levels ends up.
Spelling/Grammar SCSh6	Exceeds Standard No spelling/grammar errors	Meets Standard 1-3 spelling/grammar errors	Approaching 4-6 spelling/grammar errors	Does Not Meet 6+ spelling/grammar errors.
Organization SCSh6	Exceeds Standard Visually appealing design. Information is clearly organized and labeled	Meets Standard Information is clearly organized and labeled	Approaching Information is somewhat disorganized and/or is missing labels	Does Not Meet Information is disorganized and is missing most to all labels

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