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Soil Diseases Project

Soil Development

Students will create a presentation about a soil based disease that targets row crops.

Rubric Code: BXB866A

By mrsabrown

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Soil Disease Students will create a infographic about the development of soils.
	Advanced (5) (N/A)	Average (3) (N/A)	Below (1) (N/A)
Disease A soil based disease was chosen which effects row crops.	Advanced (5) Disease chosen is soil based and attacks one or more row crops.	Average (3) Disease chosen is soil based but does not attack row crops, instead attacks other crops (i.e. fruit trees, vegetable crops, flower crops, etc)	Below (1) Disease was chosen but is not soil based.
Cause of Disease Is the disease caused by an abiotic or biotic factor.	Advanced (5) Cause of disease identified and explained.	Average (3) Cause of disease identified but it's meaning is not described.	Below (1) Cause of disease is not identified.
Symptoms of Disease Identifies what symptoms look like in row crops impacted by the disease.	Advanced (5) Multiple examples of identifiable symptoms in row crops given for the disease and explained.	Average (3) One or two examples of symptoms of the disease in row crops are given.	Below (1) No examples of symptoms created by the disease are provided for row crops.
How it's spread How the disease is spread is explained.	Advanced (5) How the disease moves or is spread is explained in detail giving examples of how it may move from field to field or crop to crop.	Average (3) Some vague description of how it can spread is given but is not clear or leaves questions about its ability to spread.	Below (1) No explanation or description of how the disease moves or spreads through a field or from field to field.
How to prevent the disease Ways to prevent the disease from occuring in a fields soil to harm a crop.	Advanced (5) Multiple ways to help prevent the soil based disease are covered in detail.	Average (3) One or two examples of what can be done to prevent the soil based disease from occurring is covered in moderate detail.	Below (1) No examples of ways to prevent the disease from occurring in a fields soil to harm a crop is covered.
How to eradicate the disease What can be/must be done to eradicate (get rid of) the disease.	Advanced (5) Multiple ways are explained for eradicating the disease within a field and crop is covered in detail.	Average (3) One or two examples of what can be done to eradicate the disease once it has been introduced/established within a field or crop are covered in moderate detail.	Below (1) No examples of how to eradicate the disease from a field and crop is covered.
Attractiveness Project is appealing to the viewer and has necessary information without being too busy or overcrowded.	Advanced (5) Project is very appealing, easy to read, and not overcrowded for the viewer.	Average (3) Project is quite appealing but some color choices are hard to read for the viewer.	Below (1) Project is appealing to the viewer but is hard to read and has a few areas which are too busy.
Spelling & Grammar Spelling and grammatical errors are not found within the project.	Advanced (5) Project has 0-1 spelling or grammatical errors which do not distract from the project.	Average (3) Project has 1-2 spelling or grammatical errors which take away from the project.	Below (1) Project has 3-4 spelling or grammatical errors that make it hard for a viewer to read.

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