Bucket List Rubric Name: Print this rubric and bring to class on Day Highlight

Name: ___________________

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  _____ (5 pts)photos printed and ORGANIZED in NUMERICAL ORDER in a binder of some type
  
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  _____ (5 pts) includes this printed rubric with completed items highlighted
  
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  ____ (12 pts) include the # (from list below) of the item on the photo/piece of evidence.
  

(3 pts each; each piece of evidence will be worth the same point value. For example, if only a photo is required, it is worth 3 pts, while if a photo and a stub are required, they are each worth 1.5 pts.)

1. 
   Grow a plant from a seed. (living plant brought to class on day 1, 5 pictures chronicling growth)
   
2. 
   Go to two state parks, national parks, or national forests and take a walk. (photos AND maps)
   
3. 
   Go see the Bodies Exhibit at Atlantic Station. (photo AND stub)
   
4. 
   Go to the Fernbank Museum or any science museum. (photo AND stub)
   
5. 
   Go to Line Creek Nature Area and walk barefoot in the water. (photo)
   
6. 
   Go to a water-based amusement park. (photo AND stub)
   
7. 
   Go to 2 different beaches. Collect sand from each in separate containers. (jars of sand AND photos)
   
8. 
   Catch a cicada. (molt)
   
9. 
   Go camping and sleep in a tent. (night & morning photo)
   
10. 
    Find a living wild turkey, deer, armadillo, rabbit, opossum, or hawk somewhere in PTC. (photo of animal AND photo of you standing where the animal was)
    
11. 
    Read more than one book that is not required for any other class. (list, photos, AND 3 sentence summaries.  We will check with your other teachers.)
    
12. 
    Go to Zoo Atlanta dressed as your favorite animal and feed the giraffes. (stub AND photo)
    
13. 
    Make your own clothing. (wear it to school on the first day)
    
14. 
    Press leaves from three species of tree in your neighborhood. (leaves & genus/species of each)
    
15. 
    Find and identify an arthropod. (photo with you in it and scientific name of arthropod)
    
16. 
    Hold a wild frog. (photo)
    
17. 
    Go to any aquarium and touch an animal. (ticket stub AND photo)
    
18. 
    Go on a hike and find the highest elevation on the trail. (photo of you at highest elevation)
    
19. 
    Start a compost pile and show decomposition over time. (5 photos)
    
20. 
    Pick your own fruit or vegetable and eat it. (photo)
    
21. 
    Go fishing and take a photo with what you catch! (photo)
    
22. 
    Go to Callaway Gardens and go to the butterfly conservatory. (photo AND stub)
    
23. 
    Go to PTC Farmer’s Market and meet one of the vendors. (photo of you AND vendor)
    
24. 
    Go canoeing/kayaking/boating at Chattahoochee Bend State park. (photo)
    
25. 
    Find your way close to the island in any of the Peachtree City lakes. Do not walk on island! (photo)
    
26. 
    Make a birdfeeder out of recycled materials and use it at your house. (photo)
    
27. 
    Listen to any WNYC RadioLab about any topic. (write a paragraph summary)
    
28. 
    Grow your own vegetable plant and eat the fruits of your labors. (photo)
    
29. 
    Make a plaster cast of an animal track. (cast with name of animal on back)
    
30. 
    Conduct a science experiment at home (for example: extract DNA). (photo)
    
31. 
    Make a mud slip ‘n slide. (photo)
    
32. 
    Run a race (at least 5K). (race bib AND photo)
    
33. 
    Volunteer at local Humane Society or animal shelter. (photo)
    
34. 
    Tour the CDC Museum in Atlanta. (pamphlet AND photo)
    
35. 
    Find and identify 4 different snails (seashells) from the beach. (shells AND page with ID information)
    
36. 
    Hike a mile on the Appalachian Trail. (photo at milemarkers and/or blazes)
    
37. 
    Visit Jekyll Island Sea Turtle Center. (pamphlet AND photo)
    
38. 
    Learn how to play a song on a NEW instrument. (play song on first day of class)
    
39. 
    Find a living organism in a pond water sample. (photo)
    
40. 
    Hike up Stone Mountain. (1 photo on the way to the top AND 1 photo at top)
    
41. 
    Find (do not buy) a fossil and identify the organism. (photo of you and fossil)
    
42. 
    Go tubing on any river. (photo)
    
43. 
    Find a hammerhead worm. (photo with you in it)
    
44. 
    Carefully climb the steps to the top of Amicalola Falls (don’t drive to the top) (photo)
    
45. 
    Feed a spider in its web. (photo with you in it)
    
46. 
    Photograph and identify at least 2 different roadkilled organisms. (photo)
    
47. 
    Give your pet a bath. (photo)
    
48. 
    Volunteer at a community garden. (photo)
    
49. 
    Watch a video of Ascaris worms while eating Ramen noodles. (photo)
    
50. 
    Find and identify two invasive species in Peachtree City. (photo & name of species)
    
51. 
    Find a CAM plant. (photo)
    
52. 
    Write a short story about yourself. (short story)
    
53. 
    Record and identify 3 different frog calls. (Play recording on first day of class with your voice in it)
    
54. 
    Straddle a state line. (photo)
    
55. 
    Make a rock sculpture. (photo with you in it)
    
56. 
    Eat an edible insect. (photo)
    
57. 
    Go play in the water fountains in Centennial Olympic Park. (photo)
    
58. 
    Grow a meal for our class pet, Shelldon, a Siberian tortoise. (5 pictures chronicling growth AND food)
    
59. 
    Go swimming in a lake. (photo)
    
60. 
    Raise a tadpole into a frog. (5 photos over time)
    
61. 
    Make a terrarium (bring terrarium and list of species in it)
    
62. 
    Go biking. (photo)
    
63. 
    Get up for a sunrise in 2 different places. (photos)
    
64. 
    Break open a rotting log and look at the occupants. (photo)
    
65. 
    Hunt for fossilized shark’s teeth. (photo & tooth)
    
66. 
    Make an ant farm (photo)
    
67. 
    Find a horseshoe crab molt. (molt)
    
68. 
    Paint or sketch a self portrait. (artwork)
    
69. 
    Milk a cow. (photo)
    
70. 
    Find a snake shed/molt. (shed/molt)
    

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