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Newton's Laws of Motion Project

Students create a comic strip describing one of Newton's Three Laws of Motion or the Law of Universal Gravitation. Each comic strip must include the one law, a description of the law, drawing illustrating the law, and an explanation by a character of the law. Refer to science textbook pages 550-556 and page 674 for examples of diagrams and how the laws are correctly stated. Due Thursday, 9/15. Computer paper. Be Creative!

Rubric Code: W5C565

By rbradley

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Subject: Physics

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Newton's Laws 100 %
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 4 pts	Average 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Project completion 10 %	Poor Project turned in more than three days late.	Fair Project turned in two days late.	Average Project turned in one day late.	Good Project completed and turned in after class or school.	Excellent Project completed and turned in on time in class.
Title and 1 Law 7 %	Poor No laws stated. No title on comic strip.	Fair Laws and title have mistakes or are missing.	Average The law is stated and has many mistakes. Title is present.	Good The law is stated some mistakes. Title is present.	Excellent The law is stated and accurate. Title of comic strip is present.
Diagrams/Drawings 16 %	Poor Comic strip includes illustrations, but none of them accurately represent the law of motion	Fair Comic stripincludes illustrations but most are not accurate representations of the law of motion.	Average Comic strip includes 1 accurate illustration/ demonstration of the law of motion.	Good Comic strip includes 2 accurate illustrations/ demonstrations of the law of motion.	Excellent Comic strip includes at least 3 accurate illustrations/ demonstrations of the law of motion.
Explanation of diagrams 25 %	Poor all information is inaccurate and not related to task required.	Fair Written information is inaccurate ?? Major errors in illustration or explanation ?? Written information is incomplete	Average All written information is partly accurate ?? Noticeable errors in illustration or explanation ?? Written information is mostly complete	Good All written information is accurate ?? No major errors in illustration or explanation ?? Written information is mostly complete	Excellent All written information is accurate ?? No errors in illustration or explanation ?? Written information is complete
Creativity/Neatness 14 %	Poor Writing very difficult to read, large amounts of erasure marks, paper torn or dirty	Fair Writing somewhat difficult to read, large amounts of erasure marks, white- out, paper torn or dirty	Average Writing barely legible, obvious erasure marks, white-out, paper dirty	Good Writing a little messy, but legible, diagrams are eye-appealing, small erasure marks, no white-out, paper not torn	Excellent Writing very neat and legible, diagrams are eye-appealing, no obvious erasure marks, no white-out, paper not torn
Spelling and Grammar 14 %	Poor Many spelling or grammar mistakes. and interferes with meaning.	Fair Many spelling or grammar mistakes, but does not interfere with meaning.	Average Some spelling or grammar mistakes, but does not interfere with meaning.	Good A few spelling or grammar mistakes. Almost perfect.	Excellent No spelling or grammar mistakes. Perfect.
Color 14 %	Poor Has 2 or less colors.	Fair Has at least 3 different colors.	Average Has at least 4 different colors.	Good Has at least 5 different colors.	Excellent Has at least 6 different colors.

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comic strip Newton's Laws

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Physics

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