Digging in the Tub:
Investigation / Student applied the law of superposition to determine the relative age of the fossils and layers; Student used appropriate tools and scientific procedures. / Student was able to apply the law of superposition to determine the relative age of the fossils and layers; Student’s method was flawed / Student was unable to successfully determine the relative age of the fossils and layers; Student used appropriate methods. / Student was unable to successfully determine the relative age of the fossils layers; Student’s method was flawed
Digging in the Tub:
Graphing / Student used their understanding of the coordinate plane to accurately plot the location of their fossils; Student describedmathematically the location of their fossils compared to others / Student was unable to accurately plot the location of their fossils on the plane; Student was able to describe mathematically the location of their fossils compared to others / Student was able to accurately plot the location of their fossils; Student was unable to describe mathematically the location of their fossils compared to others / Student was unable to plot their points; Student was unable to describe their location as compared to others
Big Dig: Investigation / Student applied the law of superposition to determine the relative age of the fossils and layers; Student used appropriate tools and scientific procedures. / Student was able to apply the law of superposition to determine the relative age of the fossils and layers; Student’s method was flawed / Student was unable to successfully determine the relative age of the fossils and layers; Student used appropriate methods. / Student was unable to successfully determine the relative age of the fossils and layers; Student’s method was flawed
Big Dig:
Graphing / Student used their understanding of the coordinate plane to accurately plot the location of their fossils; Student described mathematically the location of their fossils compared to others / Student was unable to accurately plot the location of their fossils on the plane; Student was able to describe mathematically the location of their fossils compared to others / Student was able to accurately plot the location of their fossils; Student was unable to describe mathematically the location of their fossils compared to others / Student was unable to plot their points; Student was unable to describe their location as compared to others
Dig It!:
Journal Entries / Student created a narrative which described the events of the digs using appropriate conventions; Student’s narrative included (fictional) evidence from the fossils and layers related to Earth changing over time. / Student createda narrative which described the events of the digs without appropriate conventions; Student’s narrative included(fictional) evidence from the fossils and layers related to Earth changing over time. / Student createda narrative which described the events of the digs withappropriate conventions; Student’s narrative did notinclude(fictional) evidence from the fossilsand layers related to Earth changing over time. / Student createda narrative with significant flaws; Student’s narrative did notinclude(fictional) evidence from the fossils and layers related to Earth changing over time.
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Dig It! Overall Project Rubric