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Sharing the Planet – Exhibition Assessment Rubric 2011

“Understanding the big picture empowers us to live with the future in mind.”
Beginning Understandings Beginning to Meet Meeting Expectations Exceeding Expectations
Expectations
B.U M.E E.E
B.E
I can explain how I am I can show how my I can show how my I can show how my
connected to my issue. thinking about my thinking is changing thinking is beginning to
Empowerment issue is changing. the way I live. influence the thoughts
and actions of others.

What I am learning is changing

who I am.

Buddy’s Perspective: What reason’s do you have for thinking that you are B.U, B.E, M.E or E.E with regards to
how empowered you feel? I agree what he is doing what he did he does he uses less electronics which fossil fuel
Name of Buddy: Neil
Personal Opinion: What reason’s do you have for thinking that you are B.U, B.E, M.E or E.E with regards to how
empowered you feel? I think that I am doing a good job of trying to get some solar panels on our new house roof and I think
it will work.
Teacher Comment: Alex I can tell from your many comments that you are very motivated to ensure we use as much
renewable energy as possible.

I can view issues from I can use research to I can use research I can use thinking skills
my own perspective. understand the skills to gain a variety to foresee multiple
Perspective perspective of another of perspective perspectives.
person.
Teacher grading.s

Getting a big picture

understanding by viewing
issues from different
perspectives

Buddy’s Perspective: What reason’s do you have for thinking that you are B.U, B.E, M.E or E.E with regards to
your ability to discover and understand different perspectives? ** he has lots of perspectives like less electricity bills,
saves environment ect
Name of Buddy: Neil

Personal Opinion: What reason’s do you have for thinking that you are B.U, B.E, M.E or E.E with regards to your
ability to discover and understand different perspectives? I think I am on the 4th one because I have been asking people if
they agree with what I wrote on the 3 futures thinking tools and some said they agreed and others said they didn’t.
Teacher Comment: I think you have had many meaningful conversations about the future of renewable energy. I think that
as you progress you will realize the importance of exploring the issue from the perspective of groups with different agendas
connected to your issue. For example – what is the perspective of the electricity producers and different groups of consumers?

I can identify a I can explain the I can explain my vision I can develop action
significant issue and probable future for this for the preferable plans for the preferable
Futures Thinking explain the current issue if the trends future and develop future for my
trends. continue. realistic action plans community.
for myself and family.
Using ‘big picture’
understanding of an issue to
cause a shift in thinking in
order to develop plans for
action

Buddy’s Perspective: What reason’s do you have for thinking that you are B.U, B.E, M.E or E.E with regards to your ability
to use what you have learned to think about the future? ** he can use a lot of tools like probable and preferable future.

Name of Buddy: Neil

Personal Opinion: What reason’s do you have for thinking that you are B.U, B.E, M.E or E.E with regards to your ability to
use what you have learned to think about the future? I have been discussing to my mom during the exhibition asking if we can
have solar panels on the roof of our new house and my mom said we will keep on discussing about it.
Teacher Comment: I think you have made realistic and practical suggestions about how we can improve our use of renewable energy
sources at NIST.
 Skills Used throughout the Exhibition Process
Time Management ** Locating and understanding information from different sources. ** Recording and
organizing information in logical ways that other people can understand. ** Using key questions to guide my
research. ** Listening to others and sharing helpful information. ** Working Respectfully and cooperatively with
peers. ** Participating in decision making and accepting my share of the responsibility.

Which of the above skills did you use well during exhibition? How did you demonstrate this skill?

Participating in decision making and accepting my share of the responsibility. The way that I used this well is that when a
guest came to NIST or we went to the guest I was explaining a lot of things and I was keeping to conversation going.

Which of the above skills did you improve during exhibition? How did this happen?

Time management. The way that it happened is that I had a time limit to do the step I had to do so that made me push my
limits.

Which of the above skills do you need to keep working on? Why?

Using key questions to guide my research. I think this one a little bit. I think that because when I did my research I
normally I looked up “renewable energy in Thailand”. And when I interviewed the people in BSC they told me the answers