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Weather Conditions Across the United States On a US map, students will research weather across the US in order to find rain, scattered showers, snow, warm front, and cold front. Next, the student will identify 3 or 4 cities/states with different weather conditions and illustrate them on a map. Students will label and draw appropriate weather symbols in designated locations. Rubric Code: D289X4 By carynfox Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: K-5

Weather Conditions Across the US Enter rubric description
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts	Excellent 20 pts
Picture of US Map Draw or print a US Map	Poor Little or no effort to draw or print a US map.	Fair US map has been drawn or printed but is not a clear view of the US.	Good Good picture of the US.	Excellent Excellent picture of the United States.
Identify Cities. Identify and label 4 major cities across the United States	Poor Only one city/state has been identified and labeled.	Fair Only two cities/states have been identified and labeled.	Good Only three cities/states have been identified and labeled on the US map.	Excellent Four cities/states have been properly identified and labeled on the US map.
Weather Research Research weather conditions by checking the newspaper, weather channel or internet.	Poor Weather has been poorly researched.	Fair Weather has been moderately researched.	Good Weather has been adequately researched.	Excellent Excellent research of weather across the US.
Weather Symbols Label & draw appropriate weather symbols in designated areas on the map.	Poor Only 1 or 2 weather symbols are drawn on the map.	Fair Only 2 or 3 weather symbols are drawn on the map in designated areas. The markings are not clear.	Good At least 4 weather symbols are correctly drawn in identified cities/states across the US map.	Excellent Five weather symbols are correctly drawn in identified cities/states across the US map.
Presentation Project will be presented to the class	Poor Presentation gave little explanation of project. Little effort made to communicate effectively.	Fair Some effort made to communicate project effectively. Some use of appropriate weather vocabulary.	Good Good effort to communicate using appropriate vocabulary.	Excellent Excellent presentation using appropriate vocabulary.