Use the Internet to contact expert sources Students make contact with a few outside sources and carry on a regular correspondence. Is able to make outside contacts independently. With assistance is able to make outside contacts. Does not make any outside contacts. Description of the tests and observations that were conducted Descriptions are complete, include clear writing, relevant examples, and contain very few errors.
Descriptions are complete, written clearly, and have few errors.
Descriptions of tests are incomplete, unclear, or contain several grammatical errors. No descriptions of tests are included. Description of how the team will validate the findings Multiple validation techniques are used that produce accurate and conclusive information. Validation techniques are effective and produce conclusive results. Efforts are made to validate the information but is incomplete, irrelevant, or inconclusive.