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Designer animal Students use Latin and Greek root words to come up with a new species which they name and then have to describe and draw Rubric Code: R23A29 By scross Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 6-8

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Binomial Name	Poor A large part of the Genus and species name are missing. There are mistakes in using the Latin and Greek rootwords that interfere with meaning. The name does not show the correct punctuation - Genus does not start with a capital	Fair Some part of the Genus and species name are missing. The name includes Latin and Greek rootwords. There are mistakes but they do not interfere with the understanding of the animal name. The name shows the correct punctuation - Genus starts with a capital	Good The Genus and species name are given. The name includes Latin and Greek rootwords that were listed. The name shows the correct punctuation - Genus starts with a capital
Characteristics explained	Poor Each Latin and Greek root word is described in English. There is more than one part of the name that is unclear or not explained.The characteristics of the designer animal are unclear	Fair Each Latin and Greek root word is described in English. There is one part of the name that is unclear or not explained.Some part of the characteristics of the designer animal are unclear	Good Each Latin and Greek root word is described in English. The characteristics of the designer animal are clear
Drawing	Poor The drawing does not clearly show each of the characteristics of the designer animal. There are 3 or more missing characteristics	Fair The drawing clearly shows each of the characteristics of the designer animal.There are 1 or 2 unclear or missing characteristics .	Good The drawing clearly shows each of the characteristics of the designer animal.