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Science Diorama Project Science Diorama Project Students write a one paragraph paper of information about animals and habitat.. Then they create a box diorama of animal in natural habitat. Rubric Code: X27A76 By margisavoni Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Presentation Grade Levels: (none)

Science Project Enter rubric description
	Needs Work 80 pts	Good 90 pts	Excellent 95 pts	Perfect 100 pts
Paragraph Students were to answer 4 specific questions and write one paragraph or more about animal and its habitat.	Needs Work Written in question form. Does not answer questions clearly.	Good Written facts. Answered some questions, but not all. Has infomation unnecessary to project goals.	Excellent Written neatly and answered most questions.	Perfect Indented pragraph. Included answers to all questions and more interesting facts to share.
Research Students were to find information about their animal and its habitat.	Needs Work Did not find any facts. Made up information.	Good Did not look for facts, but used prior knowledge about animal and habitat.	Excellent Looked for information from reliable sources and used it in paragraph.	Perfect Used various sources of information and incorporated it into diorama and written paragraph.
Presentation Students were advised to use eye contact, stand still, and read clearly without help from teacher, and explain their diorama process clearly.	Needs Work Did not read on their own.	Good Read some on their own, but did not clearly understand what they were reading, evident when asked questions.	Excellent Read clearly, made good eye contact, stood still and explained diorama process.	Perfect Read clearly, made eye contact, stood still, explained diorama process and added extra prompts to further explain information.
Diorama Creativity Neatness Timeliness Must exhibit sources of food, water and shelter	Needs Work Was made, but did not exhibit sources of food, water, and shelter. Was not neatly made, or did not use creative methods.	Good Exhibited some sources ( food, water and shelter), but not all. It was neat , but did not use a lot of creativity.	Excellent Exhibited all sources of food water and shelter. It was neat, but may have not be as creative in comparision to rest of class.	Perfect Exhibited all sources of food water and shelter. It was neat, and was very creative in comparision to rest of class.