Exceeding Achieving Beginning Developing

Location Detailed Very good Description of Description and

description and description of description of the location is list of features is
features the location, the location is written, a list of not evident.
including a written, including some of its
detailed list of its a list of all its features is
features features included.
Lacking in detail

Area description Detailed Very good Description of Description of

including plants, description of description of the area is the area is
buildings, water the area the area is provided, with lacking in detail,
nearby, shelter including plants, provided, mostly some plants, student has paid
or shade buildings, water including the buildings, water attention to little
nearby, shelter plants, buildings, nearby, shelter to no plants,
and shade that water nearby, and shade buildings, water
is nearby shelter and nearby written nearby, shelter
shade nearby down and shade
nearby.

Time of day and Time of day and Time of day and Time of day and Time of day and
weather weather is weather is weather is weather is not
written down written down written down, observed
accurately correctly description of
weather and
time may be
slightly wrong

Insects Student Student Student Student

observed observes and observes and observes and observes and
names at least 4 names at least 3 names at least 2 names at least 1
insects, insects, insects, insect,
providing a good providing a good description of description of
description of description of what the insects what the insects
what the insects what the insects were doing is were doing is
were doing were doing evident not evident