Distinguished Demonstration Content Knowledge Students' understanding of the structure and evolution of supernovae, including the radiation emitted from it. Student attempts to describe the evolution of a supernova.
Student partially describes the evolution of a supernova.
Some details may be missing or contains minor errors. Student accurately describes, the evolution of a supernova including descriptions of formation and destruction and the ongoing process of star formation. Student accurately describes, in rich detail, the evolution of a supernova including rich and vivid descriptions of formation and destruction and the ongoing process of star formation. Understandings about Scientific Inquiry Students understanding of how scientists gather data about objects, such as supernovae, and explain phenomena in our universe. Student attempts to describe how scientists gather and analyze data about supernovae and how this data is used to understand supernovae.