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Create Your Own Planet Rubric

Create Your Own Planet Rubric

Rubric Code: V237W59

By gravesbrenda

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Public Rubric

Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Your Own Planet
	Excellent 7 pts	Good 5 pts	Fair 3 pts	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Did not Complete 0 pts
Name of Planet	Excellent	Good Name of Planet is student created, easily read, visible, and creative or unique. The title grabs my interest and makes me want to know more or tells me something about the planet.	Fair Name of Planet is student created, easy to read, and visible, but only somewhat creative.	Needs Improvement Name of Planet is student created, fair to read, and not clearly visible and not creative.	Did not Complete Name of Planet is not student created or is not on the project project.
Pictures or Drawings Pictures that are not your own must have citation information. It is preferred if you create your own.	Excellent Pictures or drawings are student created or correctly cited. Neat, with good use of colors.	Good Pictures or drawings are student created or barely cited. Neat with some mistakes.	Fair Pictures or drawings are student created or barely cited. Work is not very neat.	Needs Improvement Pictures or drawings are not student created or not cited or little thought wen into them.	Did not Complete There are not enough pictures to show the features of this planet or the pictures do not fit the project.
Location of planet Where is your planet in relation to other planets and its star or stars.	Excellent Location of planet in the universe is clearly displayed and labeled and proximity from its star and neighbors is clearly defined. Goldilocks zone is defined even if the planet is not in this zone.	Good Location of planet is is missing something, either display or label or proximity from it's nearest star.	Fair Location of planet is not defined or labeled or no mention of the nearest star is made.	Needs Improvement Location is vague and no other information helps us find this planet.	Did not Complete No location is provided or is unclear.
Physical Characteristics Core	Excellent Detailed physical characteristics of planet are explained and labeled in project. I can tell what is in this planet and that it makes sense.	Good Detailed physical characteristics of planet are either displayed or labeled but little explanation is provided .	Fair Basic physical characteristics of planet not displayed or labeled or not clearly explained.	Needs Improvement Basic physical characteristics are vague or not very clear.	Did not Complete Characteristics are not defined.
Physical Characteristics Atmosphere	Excellent Detailed physical characteristics of planet are explained and labeled in project. I can tell what is in this planet and that it makes sense.	Good Detailed physical characteristics of planet are either displayed or labeled but little explanation is provided .	Fair Basic physical characteristics of planet not displayed or labeled or not clearly explained.	Needs Improvement Basic physical characteristics are vague or not very clear.	Did not Complete Characteristics are not defined.
Physical Characteristics Weather	Excellent Detailed physical characteristics of planet are explained and labeled in project. I can tell what is in this planet and that it makes sense.	Good Detailed physical characteristics of planet are either displayed or labeled but little explanation is provided .	Fair Basic physical characteristics of planet not displayed or labeled or not clearly explained.	Needs Improvement Basic physical characteristics are vague or not very clear.	Did not Complete Characteristics are not defined.
Physical Characteristics Climate	Excellent Detailed physical characteristics of planet are explained and labeled in project. I can tell what is in this planet and that it makes sense. A clear distinction is made between weather and climate.	Good Detailed physical characteristics of planet are either displayed or labeled but little explanation is provided . A distinction is made between weather and climate.	Fair Basic physical characteristics of planet not displayed or labeled or not clearly explained. Weather and climate are separate.	Needs Improvement Basic physical characteristics are vague or not very clear. Weather and climate are mentioned, but not separate.	Did not Complete Characteristics are not defined.
Life Forms What can exist on your planet and how do they interact with the materials you gave them?	Excellent Name and description/picture of life forms are provided. The life found on this planet clearly matches with the materials found on the planet.	Good Description/Picture are provided with names, but they don't follow with what materials are on the planet.	Fair Name and pictures provided but no descriptions and they don't make sense with the materials on the planet.	Needs Improvement No Name or description or random life forms added with no connections as to why they are there.	Did not Complete No life forms provided.
Neighbors Other planets, black holes, asteroid belts, comets, other nearby stars etc	Excellent Details are provided about other planets, other stars, black holes, asteroid belts, or other things that exist around this planet and a full description of how they affect this planet is provided.	Good Basics are provided about other planets, other stars, black holes, asteroid belts, or other things that exist around this planet and a partial description of how they affect this planet is provided.	Fair A few ideas are provided about other planets, other stars, black holes, asteroid belts, or other things that exist around this planet and a small description of how they affect this planet is provided.	Needs Improvement An idea or two are provided about other planets, other stars, black holes, asteroid belts, or other things that exist around this planet but a very small description of how they affect this planet is barely provided.	Did not Complete Not enough information is given about this planets neighbors and how they affect this planet.
Aesthetics Quality of your presentation	Excellent This project is very well put together and shows a significant amount of time invested and understanding of the details that are necessary for a planet to function and a clear appreciation for Earth is demonstrated.	Good This project is well put together and shows a decent amount of time invested and basic understanding of the details that are necessary for a planet to function and a basic appreciation for Earth is demonstrated.	Fair This project is not very well put together and shows a small amount of time invested and very basic understanding of the details that are necessary for a planet to function and little appreciation for Earth is demonstrated.	Needs Improvement This project is thrown together and shows a minimal amount of time invested and little understanding of the details that are necessary for a planet to function and very little appreciation for Earth is demonstrated.	Did not Complete This project is a hot mess. Clearly not enough time was invested and the "understanding" goals were not met.
Timeliness	Excellent This project was ready on time and I presented on the date I was assigned.	Good	Fair	Needs Improvement	Did not Complete This project was one day late. An additional 5 points will be taken from each day your project is late.

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