PLTW Gateway Notebook Grading Rubric Elements Weight 5 Points 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points 1-0 Points Total Notebook shows Notebook shows a evidence of Notebook shows high level of organization, but is Development limited organization, Notebook is not organization; sections missing section There is no evidence such as missing complete and is and are clearly labeled; all dividers; not all of an organized sections, and several missing several activity sheets and activities are notebook. Organization activities are activities. related information are completed with incomplete. included. appropriate information. Notes are clearly Notes are not labeled, Some notes are There is little or no labeled with dates and Notes are labeled but and the notes that are Notes missing, and not all evidence of notes in relationship to each are not in order. included are not notes are labeled. the notebook. lesson. clearly identified. Research is Research is documented on some documented with There is no research topics. One or two do Research is randomly appropriate citations. other than what is There is little or no not have proper completed with little or Research Research shows a available from the evidence of research citation information. no documentation of variety of resources textbook or lecture in the notebook. Research is limited to sources. and is not limited to notes. two or three one or two sources. resources. One or two sketches Sketches are missing Sketches are complete Engineering are not complete and more than half of the and annotated to show Sketches are not Notebook are missing important identification of the all important complete. Heading There is little or no information, such as components. More information. Heading information is not evidence of sketches measurements. Some than half of the information is complete and is not in the notebook. Design heading information is heading information is complete and accurate. incomplete or not complete or is not accurate. inaccurate. accurate. All portfolio entries Two or three best work More than half of the Portfolio Student has not demonstrate the entries are incomplete, best work entries are identified their best There is little or no misdated, or are not a incomplete, misdated, student’s best work. work and placed it in evidence of a portfolio Best Works Dates are recorded good representation of or are not a good the proper section of in the notebook. and each entry is the best representation of the student’s their notebook. complete. work. best work. student’s
PLTW Gateway Notebook Grading Rubric Elements Weight 5 Points 4 Points 3 Points 2 Points 1-0 Points Total Development and Organization Notebook shows a high level of organization; sections are clearly labeled; all activity sheets and related information are included. Notebook shows evidence of organization, but is missing section dividers; not all activities are completed with appropriate information. Notebook shows limited organization, such as missing sections, and several activities are incomplete. Notebook is not complete and is missing several activities. There is no evidence of an organized notebook. Notes Notes are clearly labeled with dates and relationship to each lesson. Notes are labeled but are not in order. Some notes are missing, and not all notes are labeled. Notes are not labeled, and the notes that are included are not clearly identified. There is little or no evidence of notes in the notebook. Research Research is documented with appropriate citations. Research shows a variety of resources and is not limited to one or two sources. Research is documented on some topics. One or two do not have proper citation information. Research is limited to two or three resources. Research is randomly completed with little or no documentation of sources. There is no research other than what is available from the textbook or lecture notes. There is little or no evidence of research in the notebook. Engineering Notebook Design Sketches are complete and annotated to show all important information. Heading information is complete and accurate. One or two sketches are not complete and are missing important information, such as measurements. Some heading information is incomplete or inaccurate. Sketches are missing more than half of the identification of the components. More than half of the heading information is not complete or is not accurate. Sketches are not complete. Heading information is not complete and is not accurate. There is little or no evidence of sketches in the notebook. Portfolio Best Works All portfolio entries demonstrate the student’s best work. Dates are recorded and each entry is complete. Two or three best work entries are incomplete, misdated, or are not a good representation of the student’s best work. More than half of the best work entries are incomplete, misdated, or are not a good representation of the student’s best work. Student has not identified their best work and placed it in the proper section of their notebook. There is little or no evidence of a portfolio in the notebook.