Rubric+for+Project

**Unfulfilled** **0 pts** Not included or no evidence present || **Poor** **7 pts** Effort less than expected to fulfill goals of project || **Fair** **8 pts** Minimal effort put forth to fulfill goals of project || **Good** **9 pts** Effort put forth to fulfill goals of project || **Excellent** **10 pts** Effort above and beyond what expected to fulfill goals of project || Key scientific concepts and ideas, including appropriate background || Unfulfilled || Poor  Minimal or missing explanations; readers knows very little about topic after reading; no details or examples; multiple factual errors || Fair  Answers questions but more needed to fully grasp topic; includes few details and examples; may be some factual errors (1-2) || Good  Answers questions; reader mostly understands topic; gives some details and examples || Excellent  Goes in detail and answers questions fully and completely; reader feels like he/she has gained complete understanding of topic ; gives mulitple details and examples || Your source materials and graphics were acquired somewhere. All material should be appropriately cited and follow APA format. Plagiarism will earn a grade of zero for the entire project. || Hard to navigate through – either needed to use some colors or different fonts or used way too much || Fair Text and images; some graphics randomly chosen or included without context; usable layout, but unappealing or boring; there may be some distractions Read and understood but could have used some more effective web design || Good Text and graphics work together to enhance reader understanding; pleasing, eye-catching layout; fonts do not distract from overall layout Mostly read and understood || Excellent Text and graphics thoughtfully drive reader experience; exceptional, logical, user-friendly layout; fonts reinforce organization and used effectually Easily read and understood || Needed to contribute more to helping group put wiki page together and gives more suggestions on how to improve || Excellent Done by due date so the whole wiki could be put together You help your group members put whole wiki page together and give suggestions to other group members on how to improve their portions of wiki ||
 * ** Wikispace Project Rubric ** ||
 * ** Science Behind the Project **
 * (Counts for 30 points – 3 times score) ** ||
 * ** Answers Key Questions/Content **
 * ** Kid-Friendly Text **
 * (Counts for 10 points) ** ||
 * ** Put into kid-friendly terms ** || Unfulfilled || Poor  Writing had very few descriptive words, phrases, and examples; needs a lot more work putting into kid-friendly terms; sounds very much like a textbook; needs to work on putting this in terms a kid would understand and want to read || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Fair  Answers question but needs to work more on putting into kid-friendly terms; gives basic answer but more description is needed to grasp attention of other students; still sounds somewhat like a textbook and not something a kid would want to read || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Good  Put into terms that most other students would understand; readers can mostly visualize and understand what author is saying; used some descriptive words/phrases/examples || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Excellent  Put into terms that other students would easily be able to understand; reader can clearly visualize and understand what author is saying; used lots of descriptive words/phrases/examples ||
 * ** Citations **
 * (Counts for 10 points) **
 * ** Citations ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Unfulfilled Nothing is cited and/or material is cut & pasted; in other words, the project is plagiarized. The overall project grade is a zero. || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Poor  Most material not cited; most images/graphics not labeled with source; improper format for sources || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Fair  Some material cited; some images/graphics labeled with source; inconsistent format for sources || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Good  Most material cited; most images/graphics labeled with source; proper format for sources || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Excellent  All material cited; all images/graphics labeled with source; proper format for sources ||
 * ** Your Part of Wiki ** ||
 * ** Technology Use & Interactivity ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Unfulfilled || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Poor  No real effort to take advantage of technology; no effort to involve the visitor; no hyperlinks included or links to irrelevant material; navigation on wiki cumbersome || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Fair  Some effort made to take advantage of technology through the use of some sound or video to involve the visitor; hyperlinks included, some may be broken or to irrelevant material; some material difficult to find || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Good  An effort made to take advantage of technology through the use of sound and/or video to actively involve the visitor; hyperlinks included; easily navigate to most material || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Excellent  Wide use of web 2.0 tools and other technology; considerable use of sound and/or video to actively involve the visitor; hyperlinks used effectively; navigation easy, relevant material at a visitor's fingertips ||
 * ** Technology use to enhance/explain science content ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Unfulfilled || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Poor  Technology is either rarely used or, if used, does not make sense with project topic – just seems random and does not add to science content || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Fair  Technology makes some sense and adds to project; however, a lot more could have been given to explain science content and add to reader’s understanding; a few may even be irrelevant or off topic || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Good  Technology use makes sense and enhances project; gives reader more clarify on topic but a little more could have been given || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Excellent  Techology use makes sense and enhances project greatly; gives reader even more clarity on topic ||
 * ** Graphics & Layout ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Unfulfilled || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Poor  Consists of little more than written comments; layout unappealing or cluttered/confusing; ineffective organization/format; fonts used ineffectually
 * ** Spelling and Grammar ** || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Unfulfilled || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Poor  There aremany errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar. || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Fair  There are some errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar. || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Good  There are few errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar. || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Excellent  There are no errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar. ||
 * ** Turned in on time and contributed to putting together group wiki ** || Unfulfilled || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Poor More than one day late || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Fair  One day late || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'book antiqua'; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;">Good  Done by due date so the whole wiki could be put together