questions correctly, providing at least 2 accurate water quality facts. questions correctly, providing at least 1 accurate water quality fact. Commissioner’s questions correctly and/or could not provide an accurate water quality fact. Quality of Individual Justification Explanation 25 points Student provides at least two justifications for choosing one solution as the “Best Solution”. Reason given for advocating the group “best solution” is based on at least 2 accurate scientific facts and feasible. 15 points Student provides only one justification for choosing one solution as the “Best Solution”. Reason given for advocating the group “best solution” is based on at least 1 accurate scientific fact and feasible. 8 points Student provides no justification for choosing one solution as the “Best Solution” OR Reason given for advocating the group “best solution” is not based on any accurate facts. Quality of Individual Solution Explanation 10 points Individual solution aligns to all conditions in the group problem statement. 5 points Solution aligns to all but one condition. 3 points Solution fails to meet two or more conditions. Reflection 10 points Student responds to five of their reflection questions. 5 points Student responds to at least three of their reflection questions. 3 points Student responds to less than three of their reflection questions. Score Conversion Chart A 90-100
B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F Less than 60 Report Rubric Criteria Superior Satisfactory Poor Content Accuracy 20 points All water quality information and facts are 100% accurate. 15 points Water quality related information and facts are accurate. 5 points Water quality information and facts are less than 90% accurate. Alignment to Problem Statement 20 points Each solution must align with all conditions stated in the problem statement. 15 points One solution aligns with all conditions; the other aligns with all but one condition. 5 points Neither solution aligns with all conditions. Required Components 50 points Report must contain The group’s problem statement A written explanation of 40 points The report contains A written explanation of how humans negatively impact the water quality 10 points The report contains less information than listed in the “Satisfactory”
how humans negatively impact the water quality of the local bays, providing at least 3 accurate scientific facts. Two different solutions to solve the problem. State which of the two solutions you pick as your best solution. Four justifications for choosing one solution over another. of the local bays providing at least 2 accurate scientific facts. Two different solutions to solve the problem. State which of the two solutions you pick as your best solution. Less than four justifications for choosing one solution over another. category. Mechanics 10 points Report contains no grammatical errors (spelling, capitalization, punctuation, subject/verb agreement) 7 points Report contains 1-3 grammatical errors. 3 points Report contains more than 3 grammatical errors. Score Conversion Chart A 90-100 B 80-89 C 70-79 D 60-69 F Less than 60
“Con” Rating Scale 1. This wouldn’t help the problem, but has an easy fix. 2. This wouldn’t help solve the problem, and would take major revisions. 3. This is a killer – I see a major flaw that would definitely result in failing to solve the problem if we adopted this plan.