Name __________________

Electricity Pre-Assessment
Answer the following questions. You may use the words in the
word bank if that helps you.
Word Bank
electricity
closed circuit
open circuit
conductor
insulator
energy
light
battery
parallel
series
transfer
switch
Explain how energy is transferred through different types of circuits. Give
evidence to support your answer.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Explain how changes in a system affect parts of the system. Give an
example of this.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

Electricity Rubric
Experiencing
Difficulty
(1 point)

Working Towards
Standard
(2 points)

Meets Standards
(3 points)

Extend Your
Understanding
(3 points)

Concepts

Struggles with
describing how
energy is transferred
through different
types of circuits and
explaining how
changes in a system
affect the parts of a
system

Describes how
energy is
transferred through
different types of
circuits OR
explains how
changes in a
system affect the
parts of a system

Describes how
energy is
transferred through
different types of
circuits AND
explains how
changes in a
system affect the
parts of a system

Describes how
energy is transferred
through different
types of circuits,
explains how changes
in a system affect the
parts of a system

Vocabulary

Does not include

academic vocabulary
learned in unit

Includes and
correctly uses one
or two academic
vocabulary words
learned in unit

Includes and
correctly uses
three or four
academic
vocabulary words
learned in unit

Includes and correctly

uses five or more
academic vocabulary
words learned in unit
and/or includes
content vocabulary
not explicitly taught

Evidence

Evidence may be
presented, but not
explained in detail.

Presents one or
more pieces of
evidence from the
unit, but
explanation is
vague.

Presents two
pieces of evidence
from the unit and
the explanation is
fully developed.

Presents more than

two pieces of
evidence from the unit
and the explanation
shows higher level
understanding