Project Rubric for Ecology Unit

Excellent - 4

Good - 3

Satisfactory-2

Needs
Improvement-1

Human impact
or natural
disaster realworld issues

States at least 3
real-world issues
with provides
evidence to
support it.

States at least 2
real-world issues
with provides
evidence to
support it.

States at least 1
real-world issues
with provides
evidence to
support it.

States the issue

but has no clear
evidence to
support it.

Graph or Chart

Appropriate use
of at least 3
different graphs
from research
and/or survey to
support impacts.

Appropriate use
of at least 2
different graphs
from research
and/or survey to
support impacts.

Appropriate use
of at least 1
different graphs
from research
and/or survey to
support impacts.

No graphs were
used.

Invention or
design

Invention or
design was
clearly justifiable
for evidence to
support content

Invention or
design was
somewhat
justifiable for
evidence to
support content

Invention or
design was
mentioned or
presented but
not justified.

Invention or
design was not
used in
presentation.

Citing/references States clear

and sources
evidence and
referred to at
least 3 sources

States clear
evidence and
referred to at
least 2 sources

States clear
evidence and
referred to at
least 1 source

No evidence or
sources were
used

Questioning

Created at least
3 open-ended
questions for
scientific inquiry
during the
investigation.

Created at least
2 open-ended
questions for
scientific inquiry
during the
investigation.

Created at least
1 open-ended
questions for
scientific inquiry
during the
investigation.

Did not create

any open-ended
questions for
scientific inquiry.

Use of the
Scientific Method
during the
invention/design

Followed the
steps to the
Scientific
Method
appropriately to
justify whether
their
invention/design
was an
advancement or
a tool for the
impact on
nature.

Somewhat
followed the
steps to
Scientific
Method to justify
whether their
invention/design
was an
advancement or
a tool for the
impact of nature

Followed at least
2 of the steps to
the Scientific
method to justify
whether their
invention/design
was an
advancement or
a tool for the
impact on nature

Has no clear
understanding of
the Scientific
method

Oral
presentation and
delivery

Students has
development
and flow to
lesson,
organized and,
and clearly
justified using
inferences and
predictions.

Students has
some
development
and flow to
lesson,
organized and,
and clearly
justified using
inferences and
predictions.

Students has
little
development
and flow to
lesson,
organized and,
and clearly
justified using
inferences and
predictions.

Students shows
no development
and flow to
lesson,
organized and,
and clearly
justified using
inferences and
predictions.

Subject
Has knowledge
knowledge and
of content and
content accuracy presented using
little or no help
with notes

Shows
knowledge on
content, but had
to refer back to
notes or
presentation for
reassurance

Shows little or
no content
knowledge.
Read mostly
from notes or
presentation

Showed no
content
knowledge.
Read straight
from notes or
presentation

Use of
technology

Used at least 2
software
programs to
support or
design
presentation

Used at least 1
software
programs to
support or
design
presentation

Did not use

technology
during
presentation

Used at least 3
software
programs to
support or
design
presentation

Created by: Aime Carter