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Project Completion

Students managed to complete the project by designing a poster according to the requirements, practices the presentation and presenting in a well-rehearsed manner

Students managed to complete most of the project by designing a poster according to the requirements and presenting it

Students have designed a poster with limited text or photos, presented it by mostly reading off the poster or failed to present it properly

Students managed to have just an outline of a poster with limited or no content and/or text, and were unable to present their findings

Poster: Vocabulary

Students have properly used content-specific vocabulary acquired from class as well as outside sources

Students have properly used content-specific vocabulary acquired from class

Students have used a limited amount of content-specific vocabulary acquired from class, mostly in a relevant context

Students have failed to use most content-specific vocabulary or used it in a nonsensical manner

Poster: Language

The written paragraphs on the poster are clear, on topic and concise, with few or no grammar or spelling errors

The written paragraphs on the poster are on topic, containing some grammar/spelling mistakes

The written paragraphs on the poster are on-topic but short, containing a number of grammar/spelling errors

The written text has few or no complete sentences, or most of the written captions and text are not relevant

21st Century: Collaboration

Students took part of classroom discussions well, worked together as a team with clear roles for all members, and collaborated with outside actors

Students took part of classroom discussions and worked together to complete the poster

Students worked together on the poster but did not participate in discussions

Students were unable to work together or encountered serious in-group conflict

21st Century: IT Use

Students took numerous photos and videos during interviews and visits, and were able to make use of their photos plus search engines & publicly available multimedia on the web in the poster/presentation

Students took photos or videos and were able to make use of their photos in the poster/presentation

Students took a few photos and no videos, or did not utilize available photos well on the posters

Photos and videos were either not taken or not used in the final presentation

21st Century: Communication

Students had interviews with all available outside actors, including canteen and recycling center workers, classmates, teachers and parents

Students had interviews with many outside actors such as canteen and recycling center workers, and parents

Students had limited interviews with one or couple outside actors or relied on interviews conducted by others

Students did not interview outside actors

21st Century: Presentation

Students presented their poster and findings to the class and to other classes, with all members of the team presenting a clear part of their project

Students presented their poster and findings to the class with one or two members of the team presenting

A single member of the team presented the project

Students were not able to present their project

21st Century: Creativity

Students came up with at least one novel, possible/workable solution in their project

Student came up with novel solutions that are not realistic

Student came up with a solutions that was either not novel or not feasible

Students had no ideas of their own