This rubric outlines the steps for an inquiry-based project, including brainstorming questions, researching various sources, refining important information, gathering materials like images and video, and creating a final product. Students are assessed on brainstorming (15%), research (25%), refining their work (25%), gathering materials (15%), and their final creation (20%). A variety of digital tools are suggested for each step, such as mind mapping software for brainstorming, and iMovie or Keynote for assembling the final project.

1. INQUIRY BASED RUBRIC
Questions Things to Do! Possible Tools Marks
Brainstorm • What do we know? • Picture or screenshot • Spiderscribe or
• What do we need of your mindmap? Inspiration 15%
to know? software.
• What are the • Popplet or
facts/possibilities? iThoughts Apps
Research • Are there other • Consider different • Internet 25%
information possibilities or points • App Reference
sources I can use? of view. Apps: TED, iTunes
e.g. community • Use a variety of U, iBooks, uTube.
experts. sources. • Guest speakers
• What type of web • Remember to • Teacher talk.
or mobile tools will acknowledge/cite • Library Books or
we use? your work. Text Books.
Refine • Which information • Outline which Outling Tools: 25%
is most important? information is most • Sling Note or
important. Penultimate Apps,
• Text, PDF or • Pages or Word
screenshots of your software.
research. Presentation Tools:
• Plan for a 2‐3 minute • Keynote or Prezi
digital presentation. Apps.
• Storyboard and script
for your final project.
Gather • How will I collate • Produce a rough draft PossibleTools 15%
the information of our final project • iMovie, iPad video
e.g. images, video e.g. use iMovie App Apps.
clips and audio with • Flip Mino.
tracks ‐ as a • Rough draft of the • iPhone or iPod
storyboard? video file in .m4v. Touch.
• Graphic convertor
e.g. Graphic
Convertor X for
OXS
Create • How will I present • Purchase iMovie App • iMovie App. 20%
the final product? from App store. • Media file
… if a movie … • Keynote Presentation convertor e.g.
What video file software on the iPad iSkysoft
format will we use or Laptop.
e.g. flv, .m4v or
.mov?