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Rock Alternative Assessment Rubric
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Name ______________________ Period ____________
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ActivityPoints
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Make a collage of 5 or more household items that are made from rocks or minerals. Include which rock each product is made of, and how you know.5
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Write a recipe card for creating a metamorphic rock of your choice. Start with its minerals.5
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Write Four Facts and a Fib about how a sedimentaty rock is formed.5
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Create a greeting card for the birth of quartzite.5
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Write an original rock cycle song that explains how rocks are classified and describes the three classes of rock.10
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Create a scrapbook for a piece of Obsidian. The scrapbook should focus on what it was before Obsidian, and well as how and where it was created.10
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You are a piece of sandstone that really wants to become gneiss. Write a play that documents your journey.10
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Create a set of 15 trading cards for different igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. (Must have pictures of each rock, and how you classified each.)15
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Your goal is 20 points.
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Total points earned _______/20
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You must complete projects that total a minimum of 20 points
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You may do over 20 points but no extra credit wil be given
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