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Science Current Events Rubric

Science Current Events Rubric

Rubric Code: A635XW

By lynnhunt

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Subject: Science

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Current Events
	Poor: Almost No Effort (N/A)	Fair: Too Little Effort (N/A)	Good: Good Effort (N/A)	Excellent: Great Effort (N/A)
Article Choice	Poor: Almost No Effort 19 Points Article is neither current nor relevant to class material. Event source was not verifiable and not referenced.	Fair: Too Little Effort 22 Points Article is not relevant and/or weak. Event source was not verifiable or not referenced.	Good: Good Effort 25 Points Article is relevant to class material.	Excellent: Great Effort 30 Points Article is relevant to class material and adds new information for learning and/or discussion.
Who	Poor: Almost No Effort 6 Points Did not detail any of the people/parties,etc, affected by this news.	Fair: Too Little Effort 7 Points Detailed some of the people/parties, etc affected by this news.	Good: Good Effort 8 Points Detailed most of the people/parties, etc, affected by this news.	Excellent: Great Effort 10 Points Detailed all of the people/parties,etc that were affected by this news.
What	Poor: Almost No Effort 6 Point Did not identify any major facts of the article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 7 Points Identified some of the major facts of the article.	Good: Good Effort 8 Points Identified most of the major facts of the article.	Excellent: Great Effort 10 Points Identified all of the major facts of the article accurately and completely.
When	Poor: Almost No Effort 6 Points Did not identify the major dates/time frame relative to this article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 7 Points Identified some of the major dates/times relative to this article.	Good: Good Effort 8 Points Identified most of the major dates/times relative to this article.	Excellent: Great Effort 10 Points Identified all of the major date/times with accuracy that are relevant to this article.
Where	Poor: Almost No Effort 6 Points Did not identify any major locations relative to this article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 7 Points Identified some of the major locations relative to this article.	Good: Good Effort 8 Points Identified most of the major locations relative to this article.	Excellent: Great Effort 10 Points Identified all of the major locations accurately that are relevant to this article.
Why	Poor: Almost No Effort 6 Points Did not identify reason for selecting this article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 7 Points Identified reason for selecting this article, but explanation was unclear.	Good: Good Effort 8 Points Identified reason for selecting this article.	Excellent: Great Effort 10 points Identified reason for selecting this article with clear explanation and connection to subject.
Presentation	Poor: Almost No Effort 11 Points Does not present summary is a clear speaking voice, less that 2 minutes or exceeds 4 minutes. Reads 100% from article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 13 Points Presents mostly in clear speaking voice, less than 2 minutes or exceeds 4 minutes. Reads 75% from article.	Good: Good Effort 15 Points Presents in clear speaking voice, within 2-4 minutes. Reads less than 50% from article.	Excellent: Great Effort 20 points Presents in clear speaking voice, within 2-4 minutes. Rarely reads from article.

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