Recycling Materials for Effective and Efficient Sustainable Living.

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Exceeds expectations Satisfactory Developing

Understanding that Students have a strong understanding of the Student has a basic understanding of the Students have limited understanding of the
materials can be recycling process and why it is important to recycling process and why it is important to recycling process and why it is important to
recycled to create new, help us live a sustainable lifestyle. live a sustainable lifestyle. help us live a sustainable lifestyle.
purposeful objects
Students has a proficient understanding of Students has a satisfactory understanding of Students has a poor understanding of why we
how reusing materials why we recycle and how altering the why we recycle and how altering the recycle and how altering the properties of
can contribute to properties of familiar objects allows us to properties of familiar objects allows us to familiar objects allows us to recycle and create
sustainable living. recycle and create new and purposeful recycle and create new and purposeful new and purposeful objects.
objects. objects.

Students are creative Students are very creative and innovative in Students are able to think of basic ways in Students are unable to think of any ideas in
and innovative in their how materials can be reused or made into which familiar objects can be reused and which everyday objects can be reused or
for reusing and new objects. recycled into new products. recycled.
recycling familiar
materials.

Students are able to Student is able to describe the material using Student is able to describe the material using Student uses two or less adjectives to
describe the five or more different adjectives. three or four different adjectives. describe the materials.
properties of familiar
materials.

Student can make Student are able to make clear predictions of
predictions, record the changes to materials that can be made,
observations, evaluate records two or more observations of the
material, are able to evaluate by show two or
and discuss.
more finding, actively contributing in
discussion and asking questions.
Student attempts to make predictions of the
changes to materials that can be made,
records at least one observation of the
material, are able to evaluate by share at least
one finding, contributing in discussion.
Student are unable to make predictions of the
changes to materials that can be made, shows
no recordings of observation of the material,
are unable to evaluate or share finding, does
not contribute in discussion.

Using relevant Student used lots of relevant language when Student used some relevant language when Student used limited relevant language when
scientific language answering discussion questions such as answering discussion questions such as answering discussion questions such as
when discussing recycling, paper properties, sustainable living, recycling, paper properties, sustainable living, recycling, paper properties, sustainable living,
process and purposeful. process and purposeful. process and purposeful.
content.

Contributes to class Constantly and continually puts ideas forward Contributes to some class discussions when Doesnt participate or add to class
discussions and and contributes actively in class discussions. encouraged and prompted. Works discussions. Works mainly independently
works collaboratively Works well with peers to complete set tasks. collaboratively with peers majority of the time. without collaborating with peers.
with peers.