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Carbon Cycle

Students will create a model that illustrates how carbon is cycled throughout the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere/geosphere.

Rubric Code: RXCB33C

By avery102

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Model of Carbon Cycle
	Insufficient 0 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Meets 3 pts	Exceeds 5 pts
Title	Insufficient No title is present.	Needs Improvement The title is incomplete and does not clearly indicate what organism is pictured.	Meets Title is informative and centered.	Exceeds Title is informative, centered, and larger than other text.
Terms Used * Carbon dioxide (CO2) * Atmosphere * Biosphere * Hydrosphere * Lithosphere * Respiration * Photosynthesis * Oxygen (O2) * Weather/erosion *	Insufficient No assigned terms are present.	Needs Improvement Fewer than 75% of the assigned terms are present OR most terms are difficult to identify.	Meets Almost all assigned terms have been included. The details are clear and easy to identify.	Exceeds All assigned terms have been included and/or additional terms are used. The details are clear and easy to identify.
Labels Labels of all spheres, processes, molecules, etc. involved in the carbon cycle	Insufficient No labels are provided.	Needs Improvement Less than 75% of the items that need to be identified have labels OR it is not clear which label goes with with item.	Meets Most items that need to be identified have labels. It is clear which label goes with which structure.	Exceeds Every item that needs to be identified has a label. It is clear which label goes with which structure.
Neatness and Creativity	Insufficient The illustration is not organized nor readable.	Needs Improvement There is no cohesiveness in the illustration of the process of photosynthesis. (The process is not well organized or thought out.)	Meets Most of the process of photosynthesis is easily followed and the illustrations are neat and clear. The illustrations are easily read.	Exceeds The entire process of photosynthesis is easily followed. The illustrations are extremely well organized, easily read, and creative.
Concepts: Accuracy	Insufficient None of the concepts illustrated are accurate.	Needs Improvement Less than 75% of the concepts are depicted AND/OR labeled accurately.	Meets Most of the concepts are depicted accurately and are recognizable. Most of the concepts are labeled accurately.	Exceeds All of the concepts are depicted accurately and are recognizable. All concepts are labeled accurately.