Module 3 - Personal thoughts

TEACHER ASSESSMENT

·         This assessment is for an activity included in the Unit of the Solar System. Obviously this is just the assessment of one activity. We must take into account that we assess at the beginning of each unit, during all the learning process and at the end of each activity; it is important to know that we are constantly assessing in order to adjust the learning process to our student’s needs.

·         In this activity the students have to design a poster with the planets of the Solar System and their main satellites; the size, the colour, the distance from the Sun and the orbits have to be realistic. At the same time the poster must include a reference at the rotation (day/night) and translation (seasons/years) movements.

Making A Poster : Exploring The Solar System Teacher Name: Neus Feliu Group Name:     ________________________________________ Student Name:   ________________________________________

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
EVALUATION OF THE POSTER
Graphics -Clarity	Graphics are all in focus and the content easily viewed and identified from 6 ft. away.	Most graphics are in focus and the content easily viewed and identified from 6 ft. away.	Most graphics are in focus and the content is easily viewed and identified from 4 ft. away.	Many graphics are not clear or are too small.
Graphics - Originality	Several of the graphics used on the poster reflect a exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and/or display.	One or two of the graphics used on the poster reflect student creativity in their creation and/or display.	The graphics are made by the student, but are based on the designs or ideas of others.	No graphics made by the student are included.
Labels	All items of importance on the poster are clearly labeled with labels that can be read from at least 3 ft. away.	Almost all items of importance on the poster are clearly labeled with labels that can be read from at least 3 ft. away.	Several items of importance on the poster are clearly labeled with labels that can be read from at least 3 ft. away.	Labels are too small to view OR no important items were labeled.
Required Elements	The poster includes all required elements as well as additional information.	All required elements are included on the poster.	All but 1 of the required elements are included on the poster.	Several required elements were missing.
Content - Accuracy	At least 7 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.	5-6 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.	3-4 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.	Less than 3 accurate facts are displayed on the poster.
Attractiveness	The poster is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness.	The poster is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness.	The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.	The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive.
Grammar	There are no grammatical mistakes on the poster.	There is 1 grammatical mistake on the poster.	There are 2 grammatical mistakes on the poster.	There are more than 2 grammatical mistakes on the poster.
EVALUATION OF THE GROUP WORK
Cooperative Work	The group worked well together with all members contributing significant amounts of quality work.	The group generally worked well together with all members contributing some quality work.	The group worked fairly well together with all members contributing some work.	The group often did not work well together and the poster appeared to be the work of only 1-2 students in the group.
Knowledge Gained	All students in group could easily and correctly state several facts about the topic used in the poster without looking it.	All students in the group could easily and correctly state 5-6 facts about the topic used in the poster without looking at it.	Most of the students in the group could easily and correctly state 4-5 facts about the topic used in the poster without looking at it.	Several students in the group could not correctly state more than two facts about the topic used in the poster without looking at it.

Evaluated by:

TEACHER

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PEERS ASSESTMENT

Name of the partner:	Points (maximum 10)
		Team value
		Team spirit
		On time
		Group work
		Creativity
		Easy to understand (if it’s clear or confuse)
		Oral presentation
		Final product

Evaluated by:

PEERS

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SELF ASSESMENT

	Why do I have this mark? (reasons)	How could I improve?
Clarity of the poster
Content
Language (if it’s easy to understand or confusing)
Creativity
Grammar
Oral presentation
Attractiveness
Do the poster help other students to learn about the solar system?