The school’s principal will play the role of Mayor Steve Baker and 3 members from the school (school counselor, the media specialist, and a parent) will play the role of the city council. They will listen to each team’s PowerPoint presentation and ask questions that are focused on pollution, economy, power, and sustainability. Students will have 2 class periods to prepare for their capstone performances, and students will have 15 minutes to present during their capstone performances. Capstone Performance Rubric: Written Report Report/ Rubric Criteria Superior Adequate Poor Content Accuracy 30 points 15 points 10 points All science information Scientific information Scientific information and math calculations and math calculations and math calculations are 100% accurate. are at least 80% are less than 80% accurate. accurate. Alignment to Problem 20 points 15 points 5 points Statement Student’s solutions One solution aligns Neither solution aligns align with the Problem with all conditions; the with all conditions. Statement and all of other solution aligns the conditions. with all but one condition. Required Components 50 points 40 points 10 points Report must contain The report contains The report contains The group’s The group’s less information than Problem Problem listed in the Statement Statement “adequate” category. An explanation An explanation
The school’s principal will play the role of Mayor Steve Baker and 3 members from the school (school counselor, the media specialist, and a parent) will play the role of the city council. They will listen to each team’s PowerPoint presentation and ask questions that are focused on pollution, economy, power, and sustainability. Students will have 2 class periods to prepare for their capstone performances, and students will have 15 minutes to present during their capstone performances. Capstone Performance Rubric: Written Report Report/ Rubric Criteria Superior Adequate Poor Content Accuracy 30 points All science information and math calculations are 100% accurate. 15 points Scientific information and math calculations are at least 80% accurate. 10 points Scientific information and math calculations are less than 80% accurate. Alignment to Problem Statement 20 points Student’s solutions align with the Problem Statement and all of the conditions. 15 points One solution aligns with all conditions; the other solution aligns with all but one condition. 5 points Neither solution aligns with all conditions. Required Components 50 points Report must contain The group’s Problem Statement An explanation 40 points The report contains The group’s Problem Statement An explanation 10 points The report contains less information than listed in the “adequate” category.