Evaluation
Student work will be evaluated using the following rubric:
 
 

	Unacceptable	Needs Improvement	Satisfactory	Excellent
Research Guide	Guide was not utilized or was not shown to teacher	Some adaptations are listed, but many adaptations have been overlooked	Guide is filled out correctly, but some adaptations may have been overlooked	Guide is completely filled out with appropriate information
4 Square Organizer S43C4b:Identify specialized structures and senses and describe how they help animals survive in their environment S43C4c:Recognize internal cues and external cues that cause organisms to behave in certain ways	Organizer is incomplete and/or does not address both adaptation topics.	Organizer is completed incorrectly and/or contains  inaccurate information in two or more areas	Organizer is completed correctly, but contains  inaccurate information in 1-2 areas	Organizer is completed correctly and contains no inaccurate information
Report   S43C4b:Identify specialized structures and senses and describe how they help animals survive in their environment S43C4c:Recognize internal cues and external cues that cause organisms to behave in certain ways	Report is incomplete and/or does not address both adaptation topics.	Report contains  inaccurate information in one or both areas	Facts in both areas of report are accurate	Report contains factual information that goes beyond requirements of project
Report - Mechanics	Report contains spelling,, punctuation, and grammatical errors which strongly affect readability	Report contains spelling,, punctuation, and grammatical errors, many of which affect readability	Report contains few errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar.  None of which affect the reader's understanding	Report is free of spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors
Illustrations	No drawing is included in final product	Only one drawing is completed and/or more than one element is missing from drawings	One element is missing from drawings:  color, habitat, or adaptation	Illustrations are in color, shows animal in habitat with attention to adaptations
PowerPoint Slide	Three or more elements are missing from slide	Two elements are missing from slide	One element is missing from slide	Slide contains summary with adaptations, habitat, interesting fact, and drawing
AnimalMorph	Three or more elements are missing from Morph requirements	Two elements are missing from Morph requirements	One element is missing from Morph requirements	Animal illustration combines at least 4 adaptations from the research, adaptations are labeled or explained, and habitats are identified
References	References are not listed	References are listed; one type of reference was used	References are listed; at least two types of references were used	References are listed on research guide; at least one book, and two Internet sites were used