Dinosaur Curators Performance Task
Subject: Science, Technology
Designers: Monica Simonson, Nancy Oerter
Content Standards: 
Science
Investigate and classify living organisms.
Identify collect, analyze, interpret, and draw conclusions by using charts, graphs, and tables.
Technology
1.3.1 Use multimedia resources.
1.1.5 Open a new or saved document.
5.2.1 Access teacher identified web sites.
5.2.2 Maneuver within webbed based resources.
Task Directions:
You are the employee of a small dinosaur museum. A large
collection of dinosaur skeletons and fossils has just been
donated. this will make your museum #1!. As part of the
team, you need to use the internet and other sources to identify your
dinosaur. Find and record information regarding size, shape,
movement, food and how the dinosaur got its name on the information
chart. You will create a brochure with the information you found
that the museum can use to teach visitors. Attach a length of
string on the back of your brochure representing the length of your
dinosaur.
Student Products That Provide Evidence of Learning:
Students will create a brochure including the size, shape, movement, food and how it got its name.
Student's string should match the length of the dinosaur.
Evaluation Criteria:
The brochures will be evaluated by using the rubric.
Correct measurement in
feet.
Organization
| Brochure contains less than 3 panels in correct sequence
| Brochure contains 3 or 4 panels in correct sequence.
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Brochure contains required 5 panels in correct sequence
| Brochure encludes all required
panels plus an interesting fact in correct sequence.
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Knowledge
| Facts are relevant, but inaccurate. Or irrelevant and inaccurate. May be incomplete
| Facts are relevant and some are accurate. There may be several factual errorrs. Information is minimal.
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Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Facts are relevant and accurate.
| Covers topic in depth. Information is clear, relevant, and accurate. Includes details and examples.
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Attractiveness
| The brochure is not attractive in terms of design and layout. It is distractingly messy.
| The brochure is acceptably attractive in terms of design and layout, though it may be a bit messy.
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The brochure is attractive in terms of layout and design and neatness.
| The brochure is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness.
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Conventions
| Brochure has little or no evidence of correct writing. Poor conventions seriously limit the paper's readability.
| There are capitalization, punctuation and/or spelling errors in the brochure even after feedback from an adult.
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Minor errors are present, but they do not detract from the readability of the paper.
| All capitalization and punctuation is correct throughout the brochure. all words are spelled correctly.
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