Rubric for Unit B Performance Task
Create Your Own Organism
Criteria Excellent Proficient Limited Insufficient
Organism can Organism has Organism is missing Organism has a No score is
function with all all of the some of the couple of the awarded
of the characteristics characteristics of a characteristics because there
characteristics of a living living organism of a living is insufficient
of living things organism organism evidence of
(1.1, 1.3) student
performance
based on the
requirements of
the assessment
task.*
Specific Specialized Specialized Specialized *
structures are structures and structures and cells structures and
outlined and cells are are thoroughly cells are
specialized cells insightfully explained vaguely
are present and explained explained
explained (2.1)
Organism is Organism is Organism is Organism is *
described as insightfully vaguely compared compared to 3
being similar or compared to to plants, animals, or fewer
different from plants, animals, single cellular and different
others (2.2, 2,3) single cellular multicellular organism
and organisms types.
multicellular
organisms
Describes Insightfully Thoroughly Vaguely No score is
movement of describes the describes the describes the awarded
gases and organism organism structure organism because there
liquids during structure apply apply to gas structure apply is insufficient
diffusion and to gas exchange, osmosis to gas evidence of
osmosis based exchange, and diffusion exchange, student
on osmosis and osmosis and performance
concentration diffusion diffusion based on the
gradients. (2.4) requirements of
the assessment
task.*
Identifies roles System and its System and its System and its *
of organs, components are components are components
tissues, cells, in clearly identified identified are vaguely
the system identified
(1.2, 2.5)