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Ideas/Research Questions

Researchers independently identify at least 4 reasonable, insightful, creative ideas/questions to pursue when doing the research.

Researchers independently identify at least 4 reasonable ideas/questions to pursue when doing the research.

Researchers identify, with some adult help, at least 4 reasonable ideas/questions to pursue when doing the research.

Researchers identify, with considerable adult help, 4 reasonable ideas/questions to pursue when doing the research.

Delegation of Responsibility

Each student in the group can clearly explain what information is needed by the group, what information s/he is responsible for locating, and when the information is needed.

Each student in the group can clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

Each student in the group can, with minimal prompting from peers, clearly explain what information s/he is responsible for locating.

One or more students in the group cannot clearly explain what information they are responsible for locating.

Plan for Organizing Information

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered and in the final research product. All students can independently explain the planned organization of the research findings.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information in the final research product. All students can independently explain this plan.

Students have developed a clear plan for organizing the information as it is gathered. All students can independently explain most of this plan.

Students have no clear plan for organizing the information AND/OR students in the group cannot explain their organizational plan.

Food Chain

The group worked together to create a food chain with accurate information on consumers, producers, and decomposers.

The group worked together to create a food chain with mostly accurate information on consumers, producers, and decomposers.

The group worked together to create a food chain with some accurate information on consumers, producers, and decomposers.

The group worked together to create a food chain with little or no accurate information on consumers, producers, and decomposers.

Word document

As a group, the students typed two or more complete paragraphs explaining what would happen if one of the levels of a food chain was eliminated.

As a group, the students typed two incomplete paragraphs explaining what would happen if one of the levels of a food chain was eliminated.

As a group, the students typed one paragraph explaining what would happen if one of the levels of a food chain was eliminated.

As a group, the students typed less than one paragraph explaining what would happen if one of the levels of a food chain was eliminated.