Assessment Strategies
and Tools

Hummingbird Habitat and the Seasons
When Will Our Local
Hummingbird Habitat be Ready?

Criteria: Via words or drawings, student can . . .
Beginning
Developing
Mastery
List what hummingbirds need to survive and reproduce.      
Describe seasonal changes necessary for hummingbird habitat to provide these basic needs.      
Identify cause-and-effect relationships that drive these events.      
Recognize the sun's central role in driving these changes.      
Describe how migration is influenced by other natural events.      
Gather data on local habitat conditions.      
Use evidence to make sound predictions about when habitats will be "ready" for hummingbirds.      

Sample Journey North application for this assessment scale: