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Animal Diorama and Research - Grade 3

Students will create a diorama of the animal's habitat, write a short report and then present it to the class.

Rubric Code: VX23W53

By ywong07

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: (none)

Diorama/Research
	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Nearing Proficient 2 pts	Proficient 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Diorama	Needs Improvement Shoe box is covered with one type of material. Unable to determine habitat, plants and animals.	Nearing Proficient Shoe box uses two different types of material. Animals and plants are shown, but is not identifiable.	Proficient Shoe box uses more than 2 types of materials. The habitat is identifiable, and so are the animals and plants.	Excellent Shoe box is completely covered, uses many different types of materials to show habitat of animals. The animals and plants are clearly identifiable and realistic.
Overall Neatness	Needs Improvement Diorama is torn or tape showing. Paper is folded or corners are torn. There are signs of stains or stray marks. No report is attached to diorama or unable to read written report.	Nearing Proficient Diorama is torn or tape showing. Paper is free of stray marks. Report is written but hard to read.	Proficient Diorama shows no sign of damage, and no tape showing. Report is written and easy to read.	Excellent Diorama shows no sign of damage or any tape showing. Report is typed.
Oral Presentation	Needs Improvement You stood up and presented your diorama. Everyone would have liked to have heard what you had to say. You needed help in explaining your diorama and/or reading your report.	Nearing Proficient You read your report and needed help with three or less words and everyone could hear.	Proficient Everyone could hear you. You did your presentation with no help. The presentation was clear and smooth. It was clear you had practiced but you still needed to read from the report.	Excellent You presented with no errors in a smooth, clear voice. You used expression when presenting. It was evident you had practiced several times because you didn't need to read from the report.
Written Report	Needs Improvement Less than 5 sections were completed about your animal and its habitat. Your sentences were incomplete with many severe grammar mistakes.	Nearing Proficient 5 sections were completed about your animal and its habitat. You wrote mostly with complete sentences with only 4-5 mistakes in grammar.	Proficient 7 sections were completed about your animal and its habitat. You wrote in complete sentences with only 2-3 mistakes in grammar.	Excellent All 9 sections were completed on your animal and its habitat, along with added interesting information. You wrote in complete sentences with no grammar mistakes.