Organize and display information about characteristics appropriately (e.g., Venn diagram, tree diagram) Use charts or graphs with appropriate titles and labels Graphs require data to be correctly displayed, correct scale, appropriate labels (x and y axis), and an overall title Charts include all necessary headings and units Differentiate between discrete and continuous data and use the appropriate type of graph based on the data (e.g., bar graph, double bar graph, line graph, pictograph) Achievement Rubric Excelling - 4 Meeting - 3 Approaching - 2 Working Below - 1 Identifies relevant Includes characteristics of characteristics not Identify items or organisms relevant to the Any other answer Relevant and groups by questions or Attributes similarities and/or problem differences Takes the Information is The type of initiative to organized and organization of display the data displayed in a way data selected does Any other answer in various ways appropriate to the not reveal patterns Displaying that reveal data so that and trends or is Appropriately various patterns patterns and trends inappropriate to the are apparent (Venn type of data diagram, bar graph, etc.) Graphs with Charts and graphs Data or information proper x and y have all is plotted correctly axis (Convention appropriate titles but has a minor Use of in science is for and labels and error in the labels Any other answer conventions with displays IV on the x axis information is and the DV on plotted correctly the y axis)
Organize and display information about characteristics appropriately (e.g., Venn diagram, tree diagram) Use charts or graphs with appropriate titles and labels Graphs require data to be correctly displayed, correct scale, appropriate labels (x and y axis), and an overall title Charts include all necessary headings and units Differentiate between discrete and continuous data and use the appropriate type of graph based on the data (e.g., bar graph, double bar graph, line graph, pictograph) Achievement Rubric Excelling - 4 Meeting - 3 Approaching - 2 Working Below - 1 Identify Relevant Attributes Identifies relevant characteristics of items or organisms and groups by similarities and/or differences Includes characteristics not relevant to the questions or problem Any other answer Displaying Appropriately Takes the initiative to display the data in various ways that reveal various patterns Information is organized and displayed in a way appropriate to the data so that patterns and trends are apparent (Venn diagram, bar graph, etc.) The type of organization of data selected does not reveal patterns and trends or is inappropriate to the type of data Any other answer Use of conventions with displays Graphs with proper x and y axis (Convention in science is for IV on the x axis and the DV on the y axis) Charts and graphs have all appropriate titles and labels and information is plotted correctly Data or information is plotted correctly but has a minor error in the labels Any other answer