Rubric for the plan

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Ideas/Research Questions

Students independently identify 5 reasonable, insightful, creative ideas or questions to consider when doing the research.

Students independently identify at least 4 reasonable ideas/questions to consider when doing the research.

Students identify, with some adult help, at least 4 reasonable ideas/questions to consider when doing the research.

Students identify, with adult help, 4 reasonable ideas/questions to consider when doing the research.

Plan for Organizing Information

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information that needed for the end - product. All students can independently explain the planned activities.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information that needed for the end - product. All students almost can independently explain this plan.

Students have developed an almost clear plan for organizing the information that needed for the end - product. Almost all students can explain most of this plan.

Students have no clear plan for organizing the information AND/OR students in the group cannot explain their organizational plan.

Quality of Sources

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

Learners independently locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Learners, with some adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Learners, with extensive adult help, locate at least 2 reliable information sources for EACH of their ideas or questions.

Responsibility

Each student in the group can clearly explain what information is needed by the group, what information she/he is responsible for arrangement, and when the information is needed.

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

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

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

Group Timeline

Group independently develops a reasonable, complete timeline describing when different parts of the work will be done. All students can explain their timeline.

Group independently develops a timeline describing when most parts of the work will be done. Almost all students can explain their timeline.

Group independently develops a timeline describing when some parts of the work will be done. Some of the students can explain their timeline.

Group needs adult help to develop a timeline. One or two students can explain their timeline; or no one can explain their timeline.