6th Grade Solar System Model Rubric

Excellent Good Fair Poor Total Points/

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Presentation All planets One planet is Two planets Three or

of Planets are missing are missing more planets
accounted and/or one or and/or 3 or are missing
for and are in two planets more planets and/or
the correct are out of are out of planets are
order. order. order. not in the
correct order
or many are
out of place

Proportion/ All of the Most of the There are a Planets are

Scale planets are planets are couple of not correctly
roughly proportional mistakes with proportioned.
proportional to each other. the (Mars should
to each proportions of not be larger
other. the planets. than Jupiter.)

Creativity Students Thought has Some Very little or

showed large been put into thought has no creativity.
amounts of the project. been put into No color is
creativity. All The planets the project. used or the
planets are are close to There is planets are
the correct the correct some color all colored
color and color and and a few incorrectly.
imagination there is planets are
has been evidence of colored
used when student effort incorrectly.
designing the
model.

Final Score

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