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Earthquake/Volcano/Tsunami Case Study
Earthquake/Volcano/Tsunami Case Study
Students need to investigate a geological natural disaster and carry out a case study of that natural disaster. Choose a Earthquake, Volcano or Tsunami that has caused considerable damage to a civilisation in the past or more recently. They will create a 10 slide presentation about their research and present to the group.
Rubric Code:
W2465CC
By
jlperalc76
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Subject:
Science
Type:
Assessment
Grade Levels:
6-8, 9-12
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Natural Disaster
Not completed or incorrect
0 pts
Poor
1 pts
Fair
2 pts
Good
3 pts
Explanation about the disaster
20 pts total
Not completed or incorrect
Question has not been answered or the response is too brief to adequately answer the question.<BR>
If the information has been plagiserised, you may have also received a 0
Poor
Provided little to no visual aids and the explanation is brief. Your explanation does not clearly and/or provide enough detail as to why the disaster happens or occurs
Fair
Explanation provides us with some understanding as to the workings of your natural disaster; however more information would have been beneficial. The pictures needed to better support the written information.
Good
Your response adequately explains your natural disaster and the diagrams have been well chosen. The support the written information.
Map- of where the disaster occurs
10 pts
Not completed or incorrect
No map has been provided.
Poor
Map is not clear and all have not been observed.
Fair
Map is satisfactory, the key feature can be identified but not all have been observed.
Good
Map has been well drawn, with the key features clearly identified. All have been observed.
Annotated map, with 5 examples
10 pts
Not completed or incorrect
Annotated map has not been completed.
Poor
Map is not correctly annotated and has not been observed.
Fair
Annotations needed more information. Not all may have been observed.
Good
Annotations are concise but contain the required information-date, number of casualities and location. Map has all the required
Two images of the disaster
10 pt
Not completed or incorrect
No images have been provided.
Poor
Only one image has been provided or the images are the same type.
Fair
Provided 2 images, either a satellite, aerial or map. They have not correctly been sourced or have (if it is a map) Geographic techniques need attention.
Good
Two images have been chosen, satellite,aerial or map and they clearly provide a picture of what happened. All geographic techniques have been observed.
Table-impacts the disaster caused
20 pts
Not completed or incorrect
No table has been included.
Poor
The table indicates more thorough research was needed. It lacks detail about the impacts your disaster had on the environment and humans.
Fair
The table demonstrates research but more impacts could have been listed.
Good
The table very clearly outlines the damage the disaster caused on the people and the environment.
Who responded to the disaster.
10
Not completed or incorrect
Question has not been completed or has been plagirised.
Poor
Response to the question does not cover all who assisted in the clean up.
Fair
Provided a range of people/ organisations/ governments who assisted.
Good
The response demostrates a variety of sources have been used as the list is comprehensive, looking at different scales, local, national and global.
Presentation, grammar and spelling.
20
Not completed or incorrect
Not clearly set out and has not been proofread. Geographic techniques have not been observed.
Poor
Not all geographic techniques have been observed and further proofreading was needed.
Fair
Demonstrates the work has been proof read and most geographic techniques have been observed.
Good
All geographic technique have been observed, work is clearly set out and the work indicates it has been proof read.
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Subjects:
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