8th Grade Science at Holmes Jr High
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Rubric #2
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This showing the scoring criteria for the GROUP portion of the project.

Written report to U.S & Canadian Departments of Agriculture

 

Novice (2 Points)

Apprentice (4 points)

Proficient (6 points)

SCORE

Teamwork in writing process

one person did all of the written work

All helped, but one person did the majority

All team members were involved in the writing process

 

Timeliness of Submitted report

More than 3 days late

1-2 days late

On time

 

Content of Paragraph ONE

Bumble Bee Biology

Poor to Fair biological information about bees. OR

Many incorrect statements about bee biology

Good biological info on bees.  Some important information is left out that would relate to how bumble bee became eradicated..

Excellent bee biology, fully explained information about bee that related to the eradication issue.

 

Content of Paragraph TWO

Causes of extinction

1 cause is given, but not explained OR cause given but explanation is not realistic

Causes are stated and somewhat explained, but not completely, or unrealistic causes are stated

Realistic causes are stated and reasons to support them are realistic.

 

Content of Paragraph THREE

Predicted effects on corn & soybeans

Effects are not stated or are unrealistic for corn & soybeans

Effects are stated but are not fully accurate, lacks full explanations

Effects stated are realistic and plausible and well explained.

 

Content of Paragraph FOUR

Predicted effects on ecosystems

Effects are not stated or are unrealistic

Effects are stated but are not fully accurate, lacks full explanations

Effects stated are realistic and plausible and well explained.

 

Content of Paragraph FIVE

Raising & reintroducing

Lacks important info on raising bees , plausibility not addressed

Contains info on raising bees, but lack details to carry out out, plausibility is not well supported

Contain important info on raising bees & well supported plausibility of reintroduction

 

Grammar/Spelling

 

Written report lacks proper sentence structure and has more than 8 grammatical & spelling errors.

Written report with some proper sentence structure and has 3-7 grammatical & spelling errors

Written report with proper sentence structure and has only 1-2 grammatical & spelling errors

 

Total Score: _____/ 48


The total points for the group report is 48.  Click on Rubric #1 or the honeybee mainpage.