Science Rubrics: Sustainable Gardening by Judy Silver Student Name: ________________________________________ Date: _________________

CATEGORY Topic Vocabulary Vocabulary Concepts

4 Excellent Quizlet scores, 90% Good mastery of project concepts, as shown in plant choices & presentation Demonstrates clear knowledge that ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components. Demonstrates clearly knowledge that in any given environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Demonstrates clearly knowledge that many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter. Demonstrates clearly knows that most microorganisms do not cause disease and that many are beneficial

3 Good Quizlet scores, 80% At least fair mastery of project concepts, shown in plant choices & presentation Demonstrates knowledge with few gaps that ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components. Demonstrates knowledge with few gaps that in any given environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Demonstrates knowledge with few gaps that many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter. Demonstrates knowledge with few gaps that most microorganisms do not cause disease and that many are beneficial

2 1 Fair Quizlet scores, Poor success at Quizlet, < 70% 70% At least fair mastery of concepts, shown in plant choices or presentation, but not both Shows some grasp that ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components. Shows some grasp that in any given environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. Shows some grasp that many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter. No showing of fair mastery of concepts in either plant choices or presentation No or little indication knows that ecosystems can be characterized by their living and nonliving components. No or little indication of knowledge that in any given environment, some kinds of plants and animals survive well, some survive less well, and some cannot survive at all. No or little indication of knowledge that many plants depend on animals for pollination and seed dispersal, and animals depend on plants for food and shelter. No or little indication of knowledge most microorganisms do not cause disease and that many are beneficial

Ecosystem Components

Plant Culture

Ecosystem Interdependency

Benefits of Microorganisms

Shows some grasp that most microorganisms do not cause disease and that many are beneficial.