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Group Planning -- Research
Project : My Planet: Why I Chose It
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Teacher Name: Ms. Carter
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Student Name:
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CATEGORY
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4
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3
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2
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1
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Ideas/Research
Questions
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Researchers
independently identify at least 4 reasonable, insightful, creative
ideas/questions to pursue when doing the research.
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Researchers
independently identify at least 4 reasonable ideas/questions to pursue when
doing the research.
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Researchers
identify, with some adult help, at least 4 reasonable ideas/questions to
pursue when doing the research.
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Researchers
identify, with considerable adult help, 4 reasonable ideas/questions to
pursue when doing the research.
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Group
Timeline
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Group independently
develops a reasonable, complete timeline describing when different parts of
the work (e.g.,planning, research, first draft, final draft) will be done.
All students in group can independently describe the high points of the
timeline.
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Group
independently develops a timeline describing when most parts of the work
will be done. All students in group can independently describe the high
points of the timeline.
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Group
independently develops a timeline describing when most parts of the work
will be done. Most students can independently describe the high points of
the timeline.
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Group
needs adult help to develop a timeline AND/OR several students in the group
cannot independently describe the high points of the timeline.
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Delegation
of Responsibility
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Each
student in the group can clearly explain what information is needed by the
group, what information s/he is responsible for locating, and when the
information is needed.
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Each student
in the group can clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for
locating.
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Each
student in the group can, with minimal prompting from peers, clearly
explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.
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One or
more students in the group cannot clearly explain what information they are
responsible for locating.
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Plan
for Organizing Information
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Students
have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is
gathered and in the final research product. All students can independently
explain the planned organization of the research findings.
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Students
have developed a clear plan for organizing the information in the final
research product. All students can independently explain this plan.
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Students
have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is
gathered. All students can independently explain most of this plan.
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Students
have no clear plan for organizing the information AND/OR students in the
group cannot explain their organizational plan.
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Quality
of Sources
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Researchers
independently locate at least 2 reliable, interesting information sources
for EACH of their ideas or questions.
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Researchers
independently locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of
their ideas or questions.
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Researchers,
with some adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources for
EACH of their ideas or questions.
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Researchers,
with extensive adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources
for EACH of their ideas or questions.
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