Planet Rubric
Research Report : Planets
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Amount of Information | All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each topic that needs to be described. | All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each topic that needs to be described. | All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each topic that needs to be described. | One or more topics were not addressed. |
| Internet Use | Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites. |
| Quality of Information | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. | Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. |
| Organization | Information is very organized with well-constructed sentences. | Information is organized with well-constructed sentences. | Information is organized, but sentences are not well-constructed. | The information appears to be disorganized. 8) |
| Creativity and Effort | Took the time to use facts and details about each planet to come up with creative and interesting new names for each planet. | Most of the new names you came up with were supported with key facts and names are creative and fact based. | Names are creative but not based on facts that connect the name with the features of the planet. | Names are randomly selected with little thought or attention to detail. |
