Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score

Collaboration

The group members did not work together to come to agreements and did not continuously take an active role.

Some of the group members worked together to come to agreements and continuously took an active role.

Most of the group members worked together to come to agreements and continuously took an active role.

All of the group members worked together to come to agreements. Each member continuously took an active role.

Factual Information and Understanding

The group did not include any factual information about plants and do not know its parts or needs.

The group included one fact about a plant. They also knew some parts of a plant and a little about its needs.

The group included at least two interesting facts about a plant and seemed to have a fair understanding of the parts of a plant and its needs.

The group included at least three interesting facts about a plant and demonstrated a firm understanding of the parts of a plant and its needs.

Use of Plant Illustration(s)

The group did not use any illustrations for both experiments in their presentation or only had illustrations for one of their experiments.

The group used illustrations from both experiments of their plant in their presentation, but neither demonstrated its growth process nor had body parts, labeled.

The group used illustrations from both experiments of their plant in their presentation, but only had either its growth process showing or its body parts, labeled.

The group used illustrations from both experiments of their plants to show its life cycle and the body parts, labeled.

Delivery and Creativity

The audience could not understand the presentation; and it was not appealing to them.

The audience was able to understand some of the presentation information, but it was confusing.

The audience could follow the information given and was entertained by the interesting presentation.

The audience could easily understand the information given and was very entertained by the creative and interesting presentation.

Presentation Writing Mechanics

There are errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar that repeatedly distract the reader and audience. Major editing and revision is required.

There are some spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar errors that slightly distract or impair readability and audience understanding.

The text is mostly clearly written with little or no editing required for spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar.

The text is clearly written with no errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and/or grammar.

Four Day Curriculum

The student did not complete any of the charts, website worksheets, and vocabulary cards.

The student completed some of the charts, website worksheets, and vocabulary cards.

The student completed most of the charts, website worksheets, and vocabulary cards.

The student completed all the charts, website worksheets, and vocabulary cards.