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Garden Selection

Students have developed a clear plan for creating the garden and for the information as it is gathered and in the final research product

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

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

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

Compost Design

The student can clearly , step by step, describe the steps used to make his/her compost.

The student can clearly describe the steps used to make his/her compost.

The student can describe most of the steps used to make his/her compost.

The student has great difficulty describing how to make his/her compost.

End Product

The garden and compost shows that the creator was took great pride in his/her work. The design and construction look carefully planned.

The garden and compost shows that the creator took pride in his/her work. The design and construction look planned.

The design and construction were planned. The garden and/or compost has inadequacies.

The design looks thrown together at the last minute. It appears that little design or planning was done.

Group Work/Effort

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

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

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

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