Name: ______________________________________________ Designer Animal Rubric Standard 4 3 2 1 Physical Physical Physical Physical No physical Characteristics are Characteristics are Characteristics are characteristics are Characteristics and an explanation is described with little described but no described. given for how they explanation for how explanation is given help the animal they help the animal for how they help the survive. survive. animal survive. Habitat Habitat is described Habitat is described No habitat is and physical locations but not physical described. are included. location is included. Other Animals Other animals that Other animals are Other animals are No other animals are would be classified included with no included but the identified that would with the animal are explanation of why connection between be classified with your included with an they are classified them is not clear. animal. explanation of why together. they are classified together. Model The model includes all The model includes The model is complete The model is of the characteristics the stated but has characteristics incomplete. stated and similarity to characteristics but the that would suggest a other animals in this similarity to other different classification. classification. animals in this classification are not clear.
Name: ______________________________________________ Designer Animal Rubric Standard 4 3 2 1 Physical Characteristics Physical Characteristics are and an explanation is given for how they help the animal survive. Physical Characteristics are described with little explanation for how they help the animal survive. Physical Characteristics are described but no explanation is given for how they help the animal survive. No physical characteristics are described. Habitat Habitat is described and physical locations are included. Habitat is described but not physical location is included. No habitat is described. Other Animals Other animals that would be classified with the animal are included with an explanation of why they are classified together. Other animals are included with no explanation of why they are classified together. Other animals are included but the connection between them is not clear. No other animals are identified that would be classified with your animal. Model The model includes all of the characteristics stated and similarity to other animals in this classification. The model includes the stated characteristics but the similarity to other animals in this classification are not clear. The model is complete but has characteristics that would suggest a different classification. The model is incomplete.
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