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Rubrics for “Model of the Solar System”

Poor Good Excellent Total points
1 pts 3 pts 5 pts (N/A)
Planets are clearly labeled  Poor Good Excellent

No labels are present, very difficult to find, or difficult Labels are present, but they may have been difficult to find or Labels are clearly present and are easy to read. 
to read.  handwriting could have been improved. 

Creativity  Poor Good Excellent

Very little or no creativity. Minimal color is used.  Some thought has been put into the project. There is some There is large amounts of creativity being shown. All
color and the planets are close to their correct color.  planets have their correct colors and imagination has
been used when designing the solar system model. 

Planets are in the correct Poor Good Excellent

order 
Planets are not in the correct order or many are out of One or two planets are out of order.  All planets are in the correct order. 
place. 

Planets are proportioned Poor Good Excellent

correctly 
Planets are not correctly proportioned.  The proportions are close but there are a couple mistakes.  All planets are correctly proportioned to each other. 

Example: Mars should not be bigger than Jupiter. 

All planets are found.  Poor Good Excellent

Two or more planets are missing.  One planet is missing.  All planets are accounted for. 

Presentation  Poor Good Excellent

Student was not able to discuss any details about Student was able to discuss details about his/her project. Student was able to discuss details about his/her
his/her project. Student was unable to recall any facts Student was only able to recall a few facts about a few planets project. Student was able to recall a significant
about any planets or the solar system.  and the solar system.  amount of facts about all the planets and the solar
system.