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iRubric: Mineral Presentation rubric

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Mineral Presentation Mineral Presentation Make a slide presentation for your chosen and approved mineral. Include 3 uses for the mineral, occurrences (where the mineral is found), and how it is mined, and the following facts about the mineral: mineral name, mineral group, hardness, SpG, transparency, color(s), luster, streak, cleavage or fracture and any special identifying properties. Visuals should be included. Site sources at the end or at the bottom of the page in a text box. Rubric Code: BXA52WC By chapmanm Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Geology Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 9-12

Mineral presentation
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Excellent 8 pts
Title page 8 pts Includes mineral name and compostion	Poor Name of mineral present but misspelled	Fair Name of mineral	Excellent Name of mineral, chemical composition
Uses of mineral 8 pts Common uses of the mineral that make it valuable	Poor 1 Use	Fair 2 Uses	Excellent Includes 3 or more uses
Finding mineral and location 8 pts Equipment used to find mineral and the location where most of the mineral is found	Poor A graphic of the mineral's mining locations around the world.	Fair Explanation of how the mineral is found and a graphic of the mineral's mining location around the world.	Excellent Detailed explantation of how the mineral is found, including special equipment used. A graphic of the mineral's mining locations around the world.
Physical Properies 8 pts Steak, color, luster, hardness, specific gravity, cleavage and fracture	Poor Only a few properties given, some properties were incorrect	Fair Most properties were given	Excellent All properties were given clearly and demonstrated understanding Graphics emphasized specific tests
Mining Equipment 8 pts graphics and names of the type of equipment used in the mine	Poor Graphics of a limited number of the equipment needed to extract the mineral.	Fair Graphics of all of the equipment needed to extract the mineral.	Excellent Graphics of all of the equipment needed to extract the mineral and includes the name of the equipment.
Laws Governing the Mining Industry 8 pts A list of permissions and restrictions the country imposes on the mining industry	Poor No or partial list of laws that govern the mining industry in the country where mineral is mined. Should include laws governing water, air, land.	Fair Limited list of laws that govern the mining industry in the country where mineral is mined. Should include laws governing water, air, land.	Excellent Detailed list of laws that govern the mining industry in the country where mineral is mined. Should include laws governing water, air, land.
Safety On the Job 8 pts List personal and environmental hazards	Poor Personal or Environmental Safety Hazards are listed.	Fair Limited list of Personal and Environmental Safety Hazards and Precautions used to minimize risk.	Excellent Detailed list of Personal and Environmental Safety Hazards and Precautions used to minimize risk.
Reclamation 8 pts Processes used to bring mining area back to original state	Poor No procedure is listed for reclamation.	Fair A partial procedure on how the mining industry reconstructs the mining site to its original state.	Excellent A detailed procedure on how the mining industry reconstructs the mining site to its original state.
Transportation of Mineral 8 pts Details how the mineral is moved from the mine to the area of refinement	Poor No description of the transportation of the mineral.	Fair Limited description of how the mineral is moved from the mine to the place where it is refined for consumers.	Excellent Detailed description of how the mineral is moved from the mine to the place where it is refined for consumers.
Refinement Process 8 pts Describes how the mineral is made fit for the consumer	Poor No description of the refinement process	Fair Limited description of the refinement process.	Excellent Completely describes the refinement processes that make the mineral suitable for the consumer.
Visual 8 pts Slides	Poor very little creativity or usefulness in presenting information Slides were hard to read and included misspellings	Fair useful in presenting information Slides were hard to read because of background or font.	Excellent very creative and interesting way of presenting information Slide background and fonts complemented the material.
Presentation 8 pts	Poor very few required topics were addressed verbally and/or the presentation was completely read from the poster	Fair more than two-thirds of the topics were addressed verbally and very little was read from the poster	Excellent all the required info was addressed verbally, only reading was from a note card, some eye contact was made with the audience

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mineral, slides, poster

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