CLASSWORK/HOMEWORK (Rubric)
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1. 8 points for creating a song that explains photosynthesis and respiration
 You can make up your own tune or use something like Mary had a Little Lamb or Row, Row,
Row Your Boat
 Make sure you write the tune that you wrote the song with under the title.
2. 12 points for using twelve of the words shown below correctly in the song lyrics
 I will not give points for saying they are both vocabulary words, or that we use them in
science. They must be used in context, if you have questions about this please ask me.
 You may use words that are not in the list as well as those that are in the list, but you must
use at least twelve of the words below.
 You may need to have more than one verse to use all of the vocabulary words
3. 10 points for effort
 For typing the final song including a title and the tune.
 For typing the vocabulary words in bold or underlining them.
 For showing that extensive thought and effort has gone into the song.
Vocabulary words:
1. Food
2. Glucose or C6H12O6
3. Photosynthesis
4. Cellular Respiration or Respiration
5. Carbon Dioxide or CO2
6. Oxygen or O2
7. ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate
8. Mitochondria
9. Chloroplast
10. Chlorophyll
11. Plants or Producers
12. Water or H2O
13. Solar Energy
14. Chemical Energy
15. Carbohydrates
16. Lipids
17. Simple Carbohydrate
18. Complex Carbohydrate
19. Heat
20. Consumer
Example:
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Carbohydrates in Color
Sing to Mary had a Little Lamb
Carbohydrates may be small or large
A large carbohydrate is starch
When starch meets iodine
A purple color results
Bread and crumbs are made of starch