Scoring Rubric

Designing Your Natural History Museum Exhibit

Overview: Using data about the past and present, students create an exhibit

Assessed Items	Points	What to Look For
Counts of organisms in the ecosystem.	3	Counts of organisms were accurate and reflected variety in the ecosystem.
	2	Counts were incomplete or variety of ecosystem was not. reflected.
	1	Counts were off, variety not noted.
Research on how ecosystem has changed.	3	Research on past of ecosystem is thorough; notes on present ecosystem are accurate.
	2	Research on present is accurate, but research on past is incorrect or incomplete.
	1	Research and notes are incomplete.
Model of Biome	3	Model identifies and shows correct biome and details of biome's plant and animal life, both past and present.
	2	Model is of correct biome, but misidentifies or leaves out much of biome's past and present plant and animal life.
	1	Model's inaccuracies reflect lack of understanding of biome and its history.
Museum display	3	Exhibit shows in-depth understanding of ecosystem and biome; preparation, research, and display techniques are complete.
	2	Exhibit shows adequate understanding of ecosystem and biome; preparation, research, and display techniques are fair.
	1	Exhibit does not show clear understanding of ecosystem and biome; preparation, research, and display are poor.