schmied/reid©2010	Rubric	Name_______________
	Me Myself, and Us	Period ______
	A Genetics Primer	Student # ______

Points	Page	Title (Be sure to put your name and page number on each page!!)
____/100	Front	Figure One - Me, Myself, and Us - MY CHILD (from "Dropping Your genes")
	none	Rubric
____/50	1.	My Eye Color Pedigree
____/35	2.	Part A - Section 4.2 Sexual Reproduction
____/75	3	Part B - Section 4.3 DNA
____/10	3 EC1	Part C - Section 4.4 Techniques in Cloning
____/80	4.	Part D -Section 5.1 What is Genetics?
____/25	5.	Part E - Section 5.2 Genetics Since Mendel
____/30	6.	Part F - Section 5.3 Human Genetics
____/10	6 EC3	Part G - Section 5.4 The Human Genome Project
____/60	7.	Chromosome Match Up
____/50	8.	Data Table One: Your Personal Traits
____/60	9.	Mendel & the Punnett Square Crosses 5/6 ONLY (30pt ea) others were demoed in class
____/30	9 EC3	Cross 7 - Anakin Skywalker gets Grilled
____/60	10.	Genetics Grab Bag Crossword
____/100	11.	Skittles Genetics & Data Table Two: Genotype and Phenotype of our Family's Children
____/50	12.	Data Table Three: Dropping Your Genes
____/30	13.	Notes (Genetics, Mitosis/Meiosis, Punnet Square, Pedigree, draft Figure etc)
____/10-30	Total	Parental Review and/or Signature
____/825		(up to 905 pts possible with maximum Extra credit)

Peer Grading certification: I certify I have fairly evaluated this work to the best of my ability and I have discussed the grading of this packet with my peer. I understand that if my final grade is > 10% above Mr. S's or Mr. R's final, both students will be docked the overage....

Peer Name ___________________ Peer Signature __________________

Six Traits criteria for Written work-all written work is done in ink or typed

Ideas	Organization
Voice	Word Choice
Sentence Fluency	Conventions - complete sentences, etc.

(Remember Fred: Facts - Reasons - Evidence - Details!)

Note: When answering questions your answer must reflect the question.

Figures criteria - Must be done on unlined paper with 1/2" borders unless otherwise directed

Labeled as "Figure _#_"	Titled properly
Large	Clear
All parts labeled (on Horizontal)	Accurate
Colored w/Colored pencils	Scale (if required)
If microscopic figure include magnification and reference circle

Data Table Criteria
Labeled as "Data table_#_"	Titled properly
Categories on horizontal	Trials/Experiments on vertical
Legend explains data , calculations etc.	Data correctly entered/calculated
Properly Boxed in

Graphs criteria - Must use graph paper unless otherwise directed

Labeled as "Graph _#_"	Titled properly
Clearly named/drawn x axis	X scale clearly marked/set up
Clearly named/drawn y axis	Y scale clearly marked/set up
Points accurately plotted	Legend (2 or more data lines/bars)
If Bar graph or Pie chart, bars/sections labeled with data values/percent
Smooth line drawn as an average of the data points

Worksheet/Crosswords Criteria

If colored, uses colored pencils	Questions answered completely
Directions followed correctly
Spaces filled out neatly, in line, and orderly with	thought and quality evident

Typed Work criteria:

Palatino, Helvetica, Times or New York fonts	Spell check thoroughly
12 point type for text	Space and a half or double space

Parents - You may review & sign below for 10pts. Or you may choose to review & comment on how your student's work on the Front Cover and pages 8-12 compares to the standards above (30pt). Please speak solely to the standards. Thank you Mr. Schmied.

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