Give this rubric to students before they begin their animal adaptation project. Use it to evaluate the students' work in four categories: planning, model building, poster, and presentation.
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Animal Adaptations Project -- Worksheet 2
After completing worksheet 1 of this project, students perform several tasks describing an adaptation of their choice.