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Microorganisms Project

Research a Disease caused by a microorganism. Find the name of the organism, symptoms of the disease, pictures of the organism and individuals with the disease, methods of transmission,prevention and treatment.

Rubric Code: AX729C

By patboyd

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Microorganism Project
	Poor (N/A)	Fair (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Above and Beyond (N/A)
identification of organism	Poor Only states that the organism is a virus, bacteria, protist or fungus.	Fair Identifies the organism.	Good Identifies the organism and how it is classified	Above and Beyond Not only identify the organism, but gives classification and if it is related to other pathogenic organisms.
symptoms	Poor Lists only 2 symptoms	Fair Lists only 3 symptoms	Good Lists at least 5 symptoms	Above and Beyond Explain how the organism is causing the symptoms to appear. What cells or tissue is effected by this organism.
Visuals	Poor Only pictures of the organism or individuals suffering from the disease. Not both.	Fair Only 1 picture of the organism and 1 picture of an individual suffering from the disease.	Good Pictures of organism and individuals that are suffering from the disease in black and white.	Above and Beyond Pictures of the organism and individuals that are suffering from the disease in color. High quality.
Methods of Transmission	Poor List only 1 method of transmission	Fair List 2 methods of transmission	Good List 3 methods of transmission	Above and Beyond List at least 4 ways the disease may be transmitted.
Methods of Prevention	Poor List 0-1 method of prevention	Fair List 2 methods of prevention	Good List 3 methods of prevention.	Above and Beyond List at least 4 ways transmission can be prevented
Methods of Treatment	Poor List 1 method of treatment	Fair List 2 methods of treatment.	Good Describe 2 treatments available or being worked on at the present.	Above and Beyond Describe 3 treatments available or being worked on at the present. If no treatments are available, tell why not.
Presentation	Poor Misspelled words. Appears that it was thrown together at the last minute. Poor eye contact when speaking to the audience. No extra information.	Fair Appearance is acceptable. Few if any misspelled words. Maintains eye contact 70% of the time. No mention of interesting information of history of outbreaks	Good Appearance is appealing with no misspelled words. Maintains eye contact 80% of the time. Mentions past outbreak.	Above and Beyond Creative appearance. No misspelled words Maintains eye contact 90% of the time. Give interesting extra information