Science 9
Project 1: The Pitch
Applying and Innovating: Personal and Collaborative Approaches/Use of Collaborative e-document
Beginning
1-2
Shows no care for self
or others through
personal and
collaborative
approaches in designing
projects.
Minimal contributions
to e-doc.
Planning and Conducting: Planning
1 2
Demonstrates limited
ability to plan and
design, resulting in
partial completion of
the project.
Communicating: Pitching the idea
1-2
Pitch is somewhat
inappropriate and
delivery is somewhat
confused.
Monotone voice.
Student shows little
interest in motivation.
Idea is:
 Attainable
 Motivating
 Directed at youth and young adult
Name: ____________________________________
Developing Competent Exemplary
3-4 5-6 7-8
Shows care for self, but Shows some care for Shows considerable
not others through self and others through care for self and others
personal and personal and through personal and
collaborative collaborative collaborative
approaches in designing approaches in designing approaches in designing
projects. projects. projects.
Some contributions to Good contributions to Consistent daily
e-doc. e-doc. contributions to e-doc.
3 4
Demonstrates some Demonstrates Demonstrates a high
ability to plan and considerable ability to degree of ability to plan
design that allows for plan and design that will and detailed design that
completion of project lead to the successful will demonstrates
with some errors. completion of the mastery in the project
project. completion.
3-4 5-6 7-8
Pitch is appropriate but Persuasive pitch with Commendably
lacks persuasiveness. believable delivery. persuasive pitch with
Student speaks clearly, Student sometimes smooth believable
may alter voice. alters voice patterns. delivery.
Student provokes Student stimulates Speaks clearly, with
modest interest from some interest from varied pitch and tone.
audience. audience. Student evokes interest
in topic and responses
from audience.
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Science 9 Name: ____________________________________
Project 1: The Pitch

Communicating: T-shirt
1 2 3 4
$5 $6-10 $11-15 $16-20
 Conveys the message
 Is stylish

Communicating: Poster board

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
 Appearance: easy to read, professional appearance, well-organized, cohesive, heading and
subheadings that standout from each other, proper contrast, can be read easily from a distance, no
glaring spaces, visually stunning
 Text: Communicate ideas, findings, and solutions to problems, correct use of grammar, punctuation,
spelling, references

Communicating: Use of Scientific Language

1 2
Shows no evidence of Attempts to use
using scientific language scientific language to
to communicate ideas communicate ideas in
in the investigation. the investigation, but
makes some mistakes.
3 4
Uses clear scientific Uses specific scientific
language correctly to language proficiently to
communicate ideas in communicate ideas in
some parts of the all parts of the
investigation. investigation.

Communicating: Use of Representation

1 2 3 4
Attempts to use Uses appropriate Uses appropriate Effectively uses
representations to representations to representations to appropriate and
communicate ideas, but communicate ideas, but communicate most relevant
some are inappropriate. some are incorrect or ideas. representations to
not relevant. communicate ideas.
Diagrams, tables,
graphs…

Applying and Innovating: Transferring and Applying Learning

1 2 3 4
Demonstrates little Demonstrates some Demonstrates some Demonstrates strong
evidence of transferring evidence of transferring substantial evidence of evidence of effectively
and applying learning to and applying learning to transferring and transferring and
new situations. new situations. applying learning to applying learning to
several new situations. many new situations.

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