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Astronomy timeline

Students are to create a timeline concerning important events in Astonomy. There should be no less than 15 items on the timeline. Students should include a description of the event. There must be a theme within the timeline (ie. History of animals in space, space disasters, History of Belief of our Place in the Universe, etc.) SEE RUBRIC BELOW.

Rubric Code: Z86339

By nausben

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Subject: Science

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 9-12

History of Astronomy Timeline
	Superior 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Title History of Astronomy Timeline.	Superior Timeline has a title.	Fair N/A	Poor No Title
Label Dates	Superior All 15 events in timeline have: dates (year) in label.	Fair 10 or more events are lacking dates.	Poor Less than 10 events are labeled with dates.
Events/ Description Event is Labeled and includes short summary.	Superior All 15 events have a short (1-2 sentence) description/ summary. The summary should answer the question: Why is this event important?	Fair 10 or more events have a short (1-2 sentence) description/summary. The summary should answer the question: Why is this event important?	Poor Less than 10 events have a summary.
Chronological Order	Superior All 15 events are in chronological order	Fair 10 or more events are in chronological order.	Poor Less than 10 events are in chronological order.
Visual Representation	Superior All 15 events have an image that represents the event.	Fair 10 or more events have an image that represents the event.	Poor Less than 10 events have an image that represents the event.
Neatness	Superior Shows careful thought & planning. Is understandable, legible, and neat.	Fair Shows thought & planning. Mostly: understandable, legible, and neat.	Poor Appears rushed, sloppy or careless. Difficult to read clearly or understand.
Citations	Superior There are at least 3 citations	Fair 1 or 2 citations	Poor no citations
Theme	Superior The the theme is explicit and observable throughout the timeline.	Fair There is evidence of a theme but inconsistent	Poor No theme is evident