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Carbon Cycle Illustration Carbon Cycle Students will create a model that illustrates how carbon is cycled throughout the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere/geosphere. Rubric Code: A2W8669 By tjrefinnej1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Model of Carbon Cycle
	Insufficient (N/A)	Needs Improvement (N/A)	Meets (N/A)	Exceeds (N/A)
Title 1 point	Insufficient No title is present.	Needs Improvement N/A	Meets N/A	Exceeds Title is Present
Labels 6 points Carbon dioxide (CO2) Atmosphere Respiration Photosynthesis Oxygen Weathering/erosion Fossil Fuels Decomposers Methane Ocean Carbon Sink Calcium Carbonate: Found in animal exoskeletons or shells	Insufficient No assigned terms are present.	Needs Improvement Less than 75% of the items that need to be identified have labels OR it is not clear which label goes 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.
Arrows 5 points	Insufficient No arrows are provided.	Needs Improvement Less than 75% of the items that need to be identified have direction arrows OR it is not clear which arrow goes with which item.	Meets Most items that need to be identified have directional arrows. It is clear which directional arrow goes with which structure.	Exceeds Every item that needs to be identified has a directional arrorw. It is clear which directional arrow goes with which structure.
Neatness and Creativity 3 points	Insufficient The illustration is not organized nor readable.	Needs Improvement There is no cohesiveness in the illustration of the process of the Carbon Cycle. (The process is not well organized or thought out.)	Meets Most of the process of the Carbon Cycle is easily followed and the illustrations are neat and clear. The illustrations are easily read.	Exceeds The entire process of the Carbon Cycle easily followed. The illustrations are extremely well organized, easily read, and creative.
Concepts: Accuracy 5 points	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.