Science 6

Adaptations for Flight Rubric

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Approaching

Meeting

Excelling

Demonstrates understanding of scientific concepts

All four forces of
flight are
explained

My final product
does not include all
four forces of flight
on one or more
adaptation diagram.

My final product
My final product
My final product
includes four of the
accurately includes
accurately includes
forces of flight,
all four forces of
all four forces of
though not all
flight on all
flight with detailed
accurate, on all
adaptation diagrams. explanations on all
adaptation diagrams.
adaptation diagrams.

I included few
I included
Includes detailed
relevant
descriptions
descriptions
of
descriptions for
of
adaptations
that
adaptations
that
the adaptations
relates to Bernoulli's relate to Bernoulli's
that relate to
Principle.
Principle with some
Bernoulli's
effectiveness.
Principle

I included general
descriptions of
adaptations that
relate to Bernoulli's
Principle with
effectiveness.

I included detailed
descriptions of
adaptations that
relate to Bernoulli's
Principle with
considerable
effectiveness.

I included few
I included few
I included general
I included detailed
Includes
relevant descriptions
descriptions of
descriptions of
descriptions of
descriptions of
adaptations that
adaptations that
adaptations that
adaptations that of adaptations that
relate to overcoming relate to overcoming relate to overcoming relate to overcoming
relate to
gravity.
gravity with some
gravity with
gravity with
overcoming
effectiveness.
effectiveness.
considerable
gravity
effectiveness.
I included few
I included few
Includes detailed
descriptions of
descriptions for relevant descriptions
of adaptations that
adaptations that
the adaptations
relate
to
propulsion.
relate
to propulsion
that relate to
with some
propulsion
effectiveness.

I included few
Includes detailed
relevant
descriptions
descriptions for
for
adaptations
that
the adaptations
relate
to
that relate to
streamlining.
streamlining

Diagrams are
neat, labeled
correctly,
relevant, and
contain many
details

I included few
descriptions for
adaptations that
relate to
streamlining with
some effectiveness.

I included general
descriptions of
adaptations that
relate to propulsion
with effectiveness.

I included detailed
descriptions of
adaptations that
relate to propulsion
with considerable
effectiveness.

I included general
descriptions of
adaptations that
relate to
streamlining with
effectiveness.

I included detailed
descriptions of
adaptations that
relate to
streamlining with
considerable
effectiveness.

My diagram is
Not all my diagrams
All four of my
All four of my
incomplete, unclear
are neat. Some
adaptation diagrams adaptation diagrams
or missing labels.
labels are inaccurate
are neat, labeled
are neat, labeled
or irrelevant.
correctly, and
correctly, relevant,
relevant.
and contain many
details.

Communicates using correct Science terminology

Uses appropriate
Science
vocabulary

I used few
appropriate unit
vocabulary.

I communicated
ideas using some
unit vocabulary.

I communicated
ideas using unit
vocabulary.

I clearly and
specifically
communicated ideas

VINCK 1

using unit
vocabulary.

Uses three or
more relevant
references

My final product
My final product
My final product
does not include four
included three
included three
references, or they relevant references, relevant references
are not relevant.
although in an
in the correct format.
incorrect format.

My final product
included more than
three relevant
references in the
correct format.

VINCK 2