Assessing Your Work: Overall Content and Investigation
For ongoing assessment follow the guidance your teacher gave you at the beginning of the project.

For final assessment the following rubric assesses what you learned about cosmic rays and how well you conducted your study.

Student Researcher: _____________________

Partners: _____________________ _____________________ _____________________

Exceeds Expectations
(3 points)
Meets Expectations
(2 points)
Does Not Meet Expectations
(1 or 0 points)
Score
Correctly identify components of primary, secondary and later generation cosmic rays. Correctly identify components of primary and secondary generation cosmic rays. Incorrectly identify many of the components of primary and secondary cosmic rays.

 
Fully and correctly explain the properties of cosmic rays revealed in the data collected. Provide an comprehensive explanation of the properties of cosmic rays revealed in the data collected. Provide an incomplete or inaccurate explanation of the properties of cosmic rays revealed in the data collected.

 
Fully and correctly explain how the cosmic ray detector and associated hardware and software collect the data used in this investigation. Provide an comprehensive explanation of how the cosmic ray detector and associated hardware and software collect the data used in this investigation. Provide an incomplete or inaccurate explanation of how the cosmic ray detector and associated hardware and software collect the data used in this investigation.

 
Fully and correctly explain adjustments and procedures you use to ensure the data are accurate and why you need these adjustments. Provide an comprehensive explanation of adjustments and procedures you use to ensure the data are accurate and why you need these adjustments. Provide an incomplete or inaccurate explanation of adjustments and procedures you use to ensure the data are accurate and why you need these adjustments.

 

 
TOTAL SCORE
 

 


OVERALL POINT TOTAL: ______________

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