CATEGORY |
EXEMPLARY |
ACCOMPLISHED |
DEVELOPING |
EMERGENT |
Quality of Presentation |
Excellent effort that successfully communicates all the relevant features of the experiment in a thoroughly professional looking manner |
Good effort that is facilitates the reader's understanding of the data with no substantive errors in plots, calculations, grammar or communication. |
Good effort with some errors in plot labeling or calculations; inconsistencies in presentation, grammar, or communication (handwritten) |
Some effort, small and hard to read or hand written, ineffective communication of concepts |
Sketch of design |
Form and dimensions of colony design clearly labeled and rendered with creative or relevant details added |
Form and dimensions of colony design clearly labeled with no critical feature missing. Design clearly rendered. |
Form and dimensions of colony design clearly labeled with one or more critical features missing. |
Form of colony design apparent with few clarifying labels or dimensions. |
Meets Constraints |
Meets previous level and extends discussion to consider the range of possible solutions and how constraints force this one |
Clearly indicates how each constraint is met including process for arriving at this solution. |
Correctly indicates how most of the constraints are met from a mathematical perspective |
Lists or indicates most constraints |
Assessment Activity |
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Completed showing clear indicators of feedback or reflection | Completed |
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Behavior of Ball and "drop time" |
Explores other possible related behaviors of the ball in an insightful way. Works effectively from Newton's Laws |
Clearly articulates the behavior of the ball from both observers perspectives and at least one way in which the two are different |
Describes behavior ball correctly from at least one observers perspective. |
Works from an artificial gravity perspective instead of a Newtonian one. |
Ball drop plot
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Considers how the plot is different from how it would be perceived by a resident and seeks resolution |
...and includes a helpful discussion of the meaning of the plot |
Modifies the Maple worksheet to produce a plot which is consistent with the specifics of the design |
some other situation is displayed |