RUBRIC
PARABOLA PROJECT SCORE SHEET


Name:  ____________________________________

Cover Page:  15 Points
              15 Points  --  (-3 if no comic strip; -2 if no quote, author, hour, or date; +2 if parabola comic strip)

Organization/Order:  10 Points
              10 Points  -- (-5 if websites aren't listed throughout; -2 if man-made/natural photos aren't separated; -3 if no titles for tasks)

Neatness:  15 Points
              15 Points  -- Computer generated/Neatness (-7 if graphs or work or paper aren't computer generated)

Task 1:  25 Points "Real World Photographs"
              20 Points  --  10 photographs of real world parabolas (2 pts for each different type)
                5 Points  --  5 natural/5 man made (Yes or No)

Task 2:  65 Points "Baseball Bonanza"
                5 Points  --  1a.  Contact Height (Correct Answer)
                5 Points  --  1b.  Highest Point (-3 if wrong work or answer)
                5 Points  --  1c.  Distance (-3 if wrong work or answer)
______    5 Points  --  1d. Distance to max point (-3 if wrong work or answer)

              10 Points  --  1e.  Accurate/Complete Graph (1pt for each part labeled: a,b,c,d, and each axis)

                5 Points  --  2a.  Ball Landing (-3 if wrong work or answer)
                5 Points  --  2b.  Angle (-3 if wrong work or answer)
                5 Points  --  2c.  How close (-3 if wrong work or answer)
                5 Points  --  2d part i.  Yes or No? (-3 if wrong work or answer)
                5 Points  --  2d part ii.  By how much? (-3 if wrong work or answer)
              10 Points  --  2e.  Accurate/Complete Graph (1pt for each part labeled: a,b,c,d, and each axis)
              +5 Points  BONUS -- 
 Solve 2b using a second method (Answers may be slightly different)

Task 3:  30 Points "Finding Parabola Problems on the Net"
              30 Points  --  10 points for each problem and solution

Task 4:  30 Points "Parabola Paper"
                5 Points  --  Math terms/Concepts
                5 Points  --  Creativity/Uniqueness
              10 Points  --  Quality/Effort
                5 Points  --  Highlighted Words
                5 Points  -- 
Pictures (-3 if only 1 picture)
               +3 Points  BONUS --  Color throughout the project

TOTAL:  190 Points

               Your Score (174 pts = A-, 157 pts = B-, 140 pts = C-, 123 pts = D-)
               (You can & should redo this if you receive less than 152 pts / 80%)