Beginning

1

Developing

2

Exemplary

3

Score

Individual Research

Student did not answer the questions the task asked.

Student answered some of the questions the task asked.

Student answered all of the questions the task asked in full detail.

Group Cooperation

Students did not work well together at all. They did not accomplish any of the tasks and they had numerous problems.

Students worked okay together.  They accomplished some of the tasks but had a few problems.

Students worked very well together.  They accomplished all of their tasks with no problems

Organization and Clarity of Poster Board

Information was not separated by season.  The information was hard to locate and understand.

Few of the seasons had separate sections of information.  The information was somewhat difficult to locate and understand.

Each season had a separate section of information.  The information was very easy to locate and understand.

Creativity of Poster Board

Poster board is not colorful and does not have any illustrations or pictures.

Poster board has a little color and has one or two illustrations/pictures.

Poster board is very colorful and has more than 4 illustrations or pictures to go along with each season.