Nov.

29 Blubber Experiment

Grade 1

Criteria Level

4
Excellent

3
Proficient

2
Adequate

1
Limited

Insufficient/Blank

LO 1. Predict
what they
think will
happen or
what they
might find out
LO 2. Identify
what was
learned about
each question
being
investigated
LO 3. Identify
that some
animals must
adapt to
extreme
conditions to
meet their
basic needs

Develops an
insightful
hypothesis.

Develops a
relevant
hypothesis.

Develops a
reasonable
hypothesis.

Develops a
disconnected
hypothesis.

Perceptively
identifies
what was
learned about
the question
being
investigated.

Logically
identifies
what was
learned about
the question
being
investigated.

Predictably
identifies
what was
learned about
the question
being
investigated.

Trivially
identifies what
was learned
about the
question being
investigated.

Insightfully
identifies that
some animals
must adapt to
extreme
conditions to
meet their
basic needs.

Logically
identifies that
some animals
must adapt to
extreme
conditions to
meet their
basic needs.

Simplistically
identifies that
some animals
must adapt to
extreme
conditions to
meet their
basic needs.

Irrelevantly
identifies that
some animals
must adapt to
extreme
conditions to
meet their
basic needs.

No score is awarded
because there is
insufficient evidence
of student
performance based
on the requirements
of the assessment
task.

Grade 2

Criteria Level

4
Excellent

3
Proficient

LO 1. Identify
Develops
a
n
Develops
a
one or more
insightful
relevant
possible
hypothesis.
hypothesis.
answers to
questions
asked by
themselves
and others.
(Ideas may
take the form
of predictions
and
hypotheses)
Efficiently
Practically
LO 2. Carry out
carries
o
ut
carries
out
simple
procedure.
procedure.
procedures
identified by
others
Insightfully
Logically
LO 3. Identify
identifies
identifies
materials that
materials that materials that
insulate
insulate
insulate
animals from animals from animals from
the cold
the cold.
the cold.

2
Adequate

1
Limited

Insufficient/Blank

Develops a
reasonable
hypothesis.

Develops a
disconnected
hypothesis.

No score is awarded
because there is
insufficient evidence
of student
performance based
on the requirements
of the assessment
task.

Workably
carries out
procedure.

Ineffectively
carries out
procedure.

Simplistically
identifies
materials that
insulate
animals from
the cold.

Irrelevantly
identifies
materials that
insulate
animals from
the cold.