Class 81 Science Journals Class 83 Science Journals Class 84 Science Journals Class 86 Science Journals Class 89 Science Journals Every two weeks students will be
responsible for making a response to question, problem or article posted by the
instructor. Student responses will be assessed using a four level rubric on the
three areas of content and substance, connections made, and application of
concept. Their responses will be chosen at random and a mark will be given for
each semester’s response.
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Level 4
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Contents and
substance
- Answering the question or
problem
- Length of answer
- Depth of response
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- Response does not answer
original question or answer is irrelevant
- Answer incomplete or short
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- Response answers original
question but lacks sufficient content
- Ideas are superficial and
don’t show connections
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- Response answers the
question and is well developed
- Ideas are interesting and
show some creativity
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- Response answers the
question and is thoroughly developed
- Ideas are creative and
show extended thinking
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Connections
made
- Links with other concepts
in unit
- Quality of the links made
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- Does not link concept
learned in unit with question
- Connections are
superficial
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- Makes superficial links
between concepts learned and question
- Some societal connections
made
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- Links between concepts
learned and question are made clearly
- Some good connections made
to society
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- Links between concepts
learned and question are thorough
- Many good connections made
to society
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Application
of Concept
- Appropriate use of
scientific language
- Applied the lessons
learned in response
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- No scientific language
used in response
- No lessons learned were
applied in response
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- Some scientific language
used in response
- Some lessons learned were
applied in response
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- Scientific language used in response
- Lessons learned were
applied to the response and new ideas formed
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- Thorough use of scientific
language used in response
- Lessons were thoroughly
applied throughout the response and new questions posed
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