Rubric for planning

Criteria

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Essential Question

Researchers independently identify 1 provocative, open-ended, challenging, meaningful question that goes to the heart of the topic

Researchers independently identify 1 challenging, meaningful question that goes to the heart of the topic

Researchers identify, with some adult help, 1 meaningful question that goes to the heart of the topic

Researchers identify, with considerable adult help, 1 question that goes to the heart of the topic

Group Timeline

Group independently develops a reasonable, complete timeline describing when different parts of the work will be done.

Group independently develops a timeline describing when most parts of the work will be done.

Group independently develops a timeline describing when most parts of the work will be done.

Group needs adult help to develop a timeline.

Delegation of Responsibility

Each student in the group can clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

Each student in the group can, with minimal prompting from peers, clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

One or more students in the group cannot clearly explain what information they are responsible for locating.

Nobody in the group cannot clearly explain what information they are responsible for locating.

Plan for Organizing Information

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information in the final research product.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered.

Students have no clear plan for organizing the information

Students do not have a plan.

Quality of Sources

Researchers independently locate at least 5 reliable, interesting information sources for EACH of their questions.

Researchers independently locate at least 4 reliable, interesting information sources for EACH of their questions.

Researchers independently locate at least 3 reliable, interesting information sources for EACH of their questions.

Researchers independently locate at least 2 reliable, interesting information sources for EACH of their questions.

21^st century skill

Students learn, practice, apply, and extend three 21^st century skills as part of the

project design.

Students learn, practice, apply, and extend two 21^st century skills as part of the

project design.

Students learn, practice, apply, and extend one 21^st century skill as part of the

project design.

Students do not learn, practice, apply, and extend 21^st century skills as part of the

project design.