Use these targets, vocabulary, rubrics, examples, and score sheet with the instructor's approved lesson and procedure. This is an assessment companion, not a complete lesson or safety authorization.
Student lessons, data, and worked answers: Unit 07 learning pathway.
The student demonstrates the following:
Five science criteria plus separately reported integration (Page 3).
Test a process; connect the result to the landform it would build.
The student reads a landscape aloud (Page 4).
Process test, landform link, and evidence kept distinct.
You are making a decision, not adding up points. For each criterion, decide whether the work is Developing, Proficient, or Mastery — the column language tells you which. A criterion counts as mastered only when the student can name the process from the landform and back it with evidence such as the dilute-acid test. Each student has three tokens per term; each token retries one rubric criterion. Approved accommodations, equipment failures, and approved absences are handled separately and do not consume these tokens.
Accept listed synonyms; use the distinction column to resolve near-matches.
| Canonical answer | Accepted synonyms | Common confusion / discriminator |
|---|---|---|
| Weathering | ||
| Mechanical weathering | physical weathering | Breaks rock without changing it — frost wedging, exfoliation |
| Chemical weathering | decomposition | Alters the rock — dissolution, oxidation, hydrolysis |
| Carbonate dissolution | chemical weathering of carbonate | Contributes to karst; one specimen result does not establish a local cave or hazard |
| Frost wedging | freeze–thaw | Water freezes in cracks and pries rock apart (mechanical) |
| Erosion, deposition & landforms | ||
| Erosion | wearing away & removal | Weathered debris picked up and carried off by an agent |
| Deposition | sediment drop | Agent loses energy and drops its load, building landforms |
| Karst | limestone terrain | Caves, sinkholes, and springs from carbonate dissolution |
| Moraine | glacial deposit | Ridge of unsorted debris left by glacial ice |
| Porosity / conductivity | storage space / flow property | Different quantities; effective connected porosity belongs in the pore-speed model |
| Hydraulic head | elevation and pressure contributions | Flow follows a head gradient, not necessarily the land-surface slope |
| Darcy flux / pore velocity | q = Ki / v = q divided by ne | Discharge additionally uses cross-sectional area; a model travel time is not a safety forecast |
| Criterion | Developing | Proficient | Mastery |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanical vs. chemical weathering | Treats all weathering as the same breakdown. | Names both types but cannot tell them apart in the field. | Distinguishes mechanical weathering (frost wedging, exfoliation) from chemical weathering (dissolution, oxidation, hydrolysis) with evidence. |
| Agents of erosion & transport | Cannot name what moves weathered material. | Lists water, wind, or ice but not how each carries its load. | Explains how water, wind, and glacial ice erode and transport sediment, and how each sorts what it carries. |
| Landforms from process | Sees landforms as random shapes. | Names a landform but not the agent that built it. | Links an agent of erosion or deposition to the landform it produces — meanders, deltas, dunes, moraines, or karst caves. |
| Groundwater, dissolution & karst | Confuses storage space, flow, and surface slope. | Uses head or a carbonate result as a complete site diagnosis. | Explains porosity, conductivity, hydraulic head and dissolution; applies assigned flow models without claiming water or sinkhole safety. |
| Landscape evidence & transport rates | Omits source, scale, area, or time. | Records a snapshot but infers an unsupported rate or cause. | Uses approved observations or supplied records, integrates assigned transport rates, and distinguishes direct evidence, missing data, and uncertain interpretations. |
| Integration (cross-domain) | Makes no supported connection between the source and the science. | Uses the source but needs help connecting evidence, writing, or limitations to the science. | Independently connects History, Reading, and Writing using a cited source, appropriate evidence, a limitation, and a scientific explanation. |
The split between Proficient and Mastery is process from landform: a landscape is a record of the agent that shaped it. Ask “which agent built this, and what’s your evidence?” — the fizz on limestone, the sorted sand of a dune, the unsorted till of a moraine.
Read these before you grade. They show what Mastery and Developing actually sound like, plus the edge cases where you should coach rather than decide on the spot.
Student: ______________________________________ Date: _______________ Guide: _________________________
| # | Criterion | Decision | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mechanical vs. chemical weathering | Dev / Prof / Mast | |
| 2 | Agents of erosion & transport | Dev / Prof / Mast | |
| 3 | Landforms from process | Dev / Prof / Mast | |
| 4 | Groundwater, dissolution & karst | Dev / Prof / Mast | |
| 5 | Landscape evidence & transport rates | Dev / Prof / Mast | |
| 6 | Integration (cross-domain) | Dev / Prof / Mast |
☐ No ☐ Yes — for criterion: __________
Tokens left this term after this session (choose one): ☐ 3 ☐ 2 ☐ 1 ☐ None left
Dev = Developing · Prof = Proficient · Mast = Mastery · Unsure between two levels? Circle the lower one and note what a re-do would need.