Evaluation


  Activity V - Group: Life Cycle Poster

    Students will be graded, as a group, according to the rubric below:

Part II - Individual/Group: Life Cycle of a Star

Individually complete compare/contrast of human and star life cycles - graded separately
Group completes HR diagram activity - graded on completion of graph and accuracy of answers
Group identifies the types of stars, assigns same to members who identify characteristics about the general star type or a specific star of that type
Group designs and makes a poster (or equivalent) showing the life cycles of ordinary stars and massive stars 

Beginning

1

Developing

2

Accomplished

3

Exemplary

4

Score

 

 Poster - Appearance

 
Poster has poor appearance
Poster has fair appearance
Poster shows good appearance
Poster shows exemplary appearance
/4

 


Poster - life cycles

 

 
Life cycles more incomplete than complete.
One or more life cycles is incomplete.
Poster has two, complete, separate life cycles.
Poster shows how the two life cycles link together.  Life cycles are complete.
/4

 





Poster - information

 

 
Description of stars incomplete, no pictures
Each star type has an exemplar or general characteristics described in some detail, missing some of the minimum requirements, possibly including a picture.
Each star type has an exemplar or general characteristics described in detail,  including picture(s).
Each star type has an exemplar or general characteristics described in detail, going beyond the minimum requirements including picture(s).
/4

 



Group work - based on teacher observation and student survey

 
Little evidence of cooperation while working together, one (or more) member(s) took on extra work or one (or more) member(s) completed a lesser amount of (or no) work.
Some cooperation while working together, one member took on extra work or one member completed a lesser amount of work.
Good cooperation, worked together as a group, each member performed approx. equal amounts of work.
Excellent cooperation, worked well together, each member performed equal amounts of work.
/4
Credits

No credit given

Includes bibliography.		 Includes detailed bibliography and some use of citations and picture credits. Includes detailed bibliography and good use of citations and picture credits.


/4



 

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