Rubric Criteria

	Below Expectations (1)	Basic (2)	Proficient (3)	Outstanding (4)
Identify the key factors that influence water quality.	Student unable to identify any key factors that influence water quality.	Student provides indefinite key factors	Student provides a limited amount of key factors	Student provides a significant amount of key factors
Students ability to explain how human activities alter the balance of a water ecosystem and affect the survival of organisms	Student unable to explain how human activities alter the balance of a water ecosystem and affect the survival of organisms	Student provides indefinite theories of how human activities alter the balance of water ecosystem and affect the survival of organisms	Student explains vague theories human activities that alter the balance of water ecosystem and affect the survival of organisms	Student provides well thought out theories of human activities that alter the balance of water ecosystem and affect the survival of organisms
Ability to Identify the relationships among factors affecting water quality	Student unable to identify the relationships among factors affecting water quality	Student provides incomplete relationships among factors affecting water quality	Student provides vague examples of relationship factors affecting water quality	Student identifies clear examples of relationships among factors affecting water quality
Analysis of how a factor affects the living Organisms in water ecosystems	Student provides no analysis of how a factor affects the living organisms in water ecosystems	Student provides an incomplete analysis of how a factor affects the living organisms in water ecosystems	Student provides a vague analysis of how a factor affects the living organisms in water ecosystems	Student provides a thorough analysis of how a factor affects the living organisms in water ecosystems
Use of Credible Sources for Data Collection	Student provides no  sources	Student provides a source with questionable credibility	Student provides limited credible sources	Student provides significant amount of credible sources
Use of ICTs to Facilitate the process of identifying scientifically testable questions and locate valuable and accurate information	Student did not use an ICT to facilitate the process of identifying scientifically testable questions and locate valuable and accurate information	Student use one ICT to facilitate the process of identifying scientifically testable questions and locate valuable and accurate information	Student uses a few ICT to facilitate the process of identifying scientifically testable questions and locate valuable and accurate information	Student used several ICTs to facilitate the process of identifying scientifically testable questions and locate valuable and accurate information
Use of ICTs to support data organization, data analysis, and data representation and draw conclusions	Student did not use an ICT to support data organization, data analysis, and data representations and draw conclusions	Student used one ICT to support data organization, data analysis, and data representation and draw conclusions	Student used a few ICTs to support data organization, data representation and draw conclusions	Student used several ICTs to support data organization, data analysis and data representation and draw conclusions
Use of ICTs to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats	Student did not used an ICT to communicate finding to the learning community using various media formats	Student used one ICT to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats	Student used a few ICTs to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats	Student used several ICTs to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats
Use of ICTs to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats	Student did not used an ICT to communicate finding to the learning community using various media formats	Student used one ICT to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats	Student used a few ICTs to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats	Student used several ICTs to communicate findings to the learning community using various media formats
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