Grade 5 Science Project Rubric

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Topic: Wetland Creature Project

Category 4 3 2 1
Wetland The chosen wetland is The chosen wetland is The chosen wetland is The chosen wetland is
Ecosyste clearly labelled. There is clearly labelled. There not clearly labelled. not labelled. The
m an accurate drawing of is a mostly accurate There is a somewhat drawing of the wetland
(20%) the wetland (plants, drawing of the wetland accurate drawing of is not accurate (plants,
formation, water, etc). (plants, formation, the wetland (plants, formation, water, etc).
There are 4 accurate water, etc). There are formation, water, There are 0-1 accurate
descriptions of the 3-4 accurate etc). There are 1-2 descriptions of the
chosen wetland. descriptions of the accurate descriptions chosen wetland. Not
Excellent description. chosen wetland. Good of the chosen enough detail.
description. wetland.
Creature There are 5 chosen There are 4 chosen There are 3 chosen There are 0-2 chosen
adaptations identified adaptations. Most of adaptations. The adaptations. The
Adaptatio including descriptions on the adaptations are descriptions on how it descriptions on how it
ns how it allows this identified including allows this creature to allows this creature to
(30%) creature to be suited for descriptions on how it be suited for life in a be suited for life in a
life in a wetland. The allows this creature to wetland are not well wetland are not
drawing of the wetland be suited for life in a defined. The drawing defined. The drawing of
creature is accurate. wetland. The drawing of the wetland the wetland creature is
of the wetland creature creature is not very accurate. The drawing
is mostly accurate. accurate. of the wetland creature
is missing.
Food Web An accurate food web is A web is drawn A food web is drawn A food web is missing
(20%) drawn including the including the wetland but is missing either or drawn inaccurately;
wetland creature, 5 creature, 4-5 animals the wetland creature, arrows are in the wrong
animals and 3 plants and 2-3 plants found in 3-5 animals and/or 1- directions, there are
found in that wetland that wetland 3 plants found in that missing animals and
ecosystem; arrows in the ecosystem. Arrows are wetland ecosystem. plants, and there are
correct direction, multiple in the correct direction Arrows in mostly in not multiple food
 food chains. The wetland with multiple food the correct direction chains. The wetland
creature is accurately chains. The wetland with multiple food creature is missing on
placed in the food web. creature is accurately chains. The wetland the food web.
placed in the food web. creature is not
accurately placed in
the food web.
Save the The brochure contains all The brochure contains The brochure is The brochure is missing
Creature the requirements as laid most of the missing many of the or is not complete. It is
Brochure out in the template; requirements as laid requirements as laid missing more than 4 of
(20%) identifies human actions out in the template; out in the template; the following: identifies
that can threaten missing one of the missing 2-3 of the human actions that can
wetlands, individual and following: identifies following: identifies threaten wetlands,
group actions that can be human actions that can human actions that individual and group
taken to preserve and threaten wetlands, can threaten actions that can be
enhance their wetland. individual and group wetlands, individual taken to preserve and
actions that can be and group actions enhance their wetland.
taken to preserve and that can be taken to
enhance their wetland. preserve and enhance
their wetland.
Poster The poster is organized The poster is mostly The poster is The poster is not well
(10%) and creative; the content organized and creative; somewhat organized organized and/or
is nicely laid out, is the content mostly and creative; the creative; the content
aesthetically appealing. flows, is aesthetically content doesnt flow does not flow well
Effort and time is appealing. Effort and well, is mostly (scattered), is not
obviously present. There time is present. There aesthetically aesthetically appealing.
are little to none are a few appealing. Effort and Effort and time is not
spelling/grammar spelling/grammar time is minimally present. There are
mistakes. mistakes. present. There are spelling/grammar
many mistakes that interfere
spelling/grammar with the meaning.
mistakes.
Bonus The poster includes
(5%) bonus materials such as:
life cycle, interesting
 facts, information above
and beyond the
requirements of the
project, etc.

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