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WebQuest Zoo Animals Rubric

Category
Research Map
ELA standard: Develop research
strategies and skills for information
gathering and problem solving.

Group/Partner Work
Science Standard: Share ideas about
science through purposeful
conversation in collaborative groups.

Presentation
ELA Standard: Report on a topic with
appropriate facts and relevant,
descriptive details, speaking clearly at
an understandable pace.
Science Standards: Classify animals
on the basis of observable physical
characteristics. Life RequirementsOrganisms have basic needs. Life
Cycles- animals begin life and develop
into adults, reproduce, and eventually
die.

Exhibit Design
ELA Standard: Engage effectively in a
range of collaborative discussions
with partners on grade 3 topics,
building on others ideas and
expressing their own clearly.
Participate in shared research and
writing projects.

Beginning
0 points

Developing
5 points

Accomplished
10 points

Less than half of the

sections on the data
sheet are completed.

Half or more of the

sections on the data
sheet are completed.

All sections on data

sheet are completed.

0 points

5 points

10 points

Would not work with

group/partner.

Some problems working

with group/partner.

0 points

10 points

Worked cooperatively
with group/partner and
did required share of the
work.
20 points

No slides created, or 0-1

requirements present.

Created 1 slide and/or

only 2-3 requirements
present, or unclear
speaking voice.

Created at least 2 slides

with all 4 requirements
present for the animal
that was researched
(classification, physical
description, habitat and
diet). Spoke clearly.

0 points

5 points

10 point

Would not work with

partner and/or did not
attempt worksheet.

Work was not

cooperative and/or
worksheet was not
finished.

Worked cooperatively
with partner to complete
exhibit design
worksheet.

Score

Model
Science Standard: Demonstrate
scientific concepts through various
illustrations, performances, models,
exhibits, and activities.
Science Standard: Relate characteristics
and functions of observable body parts
to the ability of animals to live in their
environment

Poster Board Display

ELA Standard: Participate in shared
research and writing projects.

Total score 100 points possible

0 points

30 points

35 points

Did not complete model,

or construction appears
caareless.

Worked with partner to

create 3-D model that
followed plans, but 1 or
more details could be
more refined.

Worked with partner to

create 3-D model that is
neat, attractive, and
followed plans
accurately.

0 points

8 points

15 points

Did not work with

partner, did not write
about model, did not
have any pictures on
display board, and did
not have 1 interesting
fact.

Worked with partner,

wrote 1-2 sentences,
and/or had no interesting
fact and/or did not have
any pictures.

Worked cooperatively
with partner and
completed display board
with at least 4 sentences,
2 pictures, and 1
interesting fact.