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Explanation of Grading:
Post #1: First Impressions - 6 points
- Main Idea: First Impressions (Frogs, Blogs, and Me)
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
Post #2: This Week in Science (Frog Dissection) - 32 points
- Pictures: Selected a minimum of 5 pictures that tell the story of the dissection - 2 points per picture
- Captions: Included captions for each picture in the appropriate format (This picture shows... I chose this picture because...) - 2 points per caption
- Paragraph 1:
- Main Idea: What I did this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
- Paragraph 2:
- Main Idea: What I learned this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
Post #3: This Week in Science (Fantasy Habitat Blog Post) - 24 points
- Fantasy Habitat Illustration
- Central animal identified - 1 point
- Biome identified - 1 point
- 5 Biotic factors identified - 5 points
- 5 Abiotic factors identified - 5 points
- Paragraph 1:
- Main Idea: What I did this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
- Paragraph 2:
- Main Idea: What I learned this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
Post #4: This Week in Science (Food Chain/ Energy Pyramid Blog Post) - 24 points
- Food Chain (6 points)/Energy Pyramid (6 points) Illustration
- Missing more than one component - 0 points
- Incomplete food chain/energy pyramid (ex: missing trophic levels) - 3 points
- Properly identified food chain/food pyramid which includes trophic levels - 6 points
- Paragraph 1:
- Main Idea: What I did this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
- Paragraph 2:
- Main Idea: What I learned this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
Post #5: This Week in Science (Carrying Capacity and Relationships) - 18 points
- Photograph of Game
- Missing photograph- 0 points
- Photograph is uploaded - 6 points
- Paragraph 1:
- Main Idea: What I did this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
- Paragraph 2:
- Main Idea: What I learned this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
Post #6: This Week in Science (Spider Habitat Design) - 18 points
- Spider Habitat Design
- Missing more than one component - 0 points
- Incomplete design - 3 points
- Design is compete with all required components- 6 points
- Paragraph 1:
- Main Idea: What I did this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
- Paragraph 2:
- Main Idea: What I learned this week in science...
- Paragraph is not focused on the main idea - 0 points
- Paragraph is mostly focused on the main idea - 3 points
- Paragraph is completely focused on the main idea - 6 points
**EXTRA CREDIT**
- On Post #6: Explain your spider habitat design in a 3rd paragraph.
- 1 point extra credit for every correctly used vocabulary word.
