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What is ethical? 
Exploring the pros and cons of various debatable issues in Biology. Students are to provide evidence for both sides of the debate and then form a evidence based opinion of their own. Citations are to be included in APA format.
Rubric Code: D23CWAX
By dbenham
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Subject: Biology  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 9-12

Powered by iRubric Is it ethical?
  Poor

0 pts

Fair

5 pts

Good

10 pts

Excellent

15 pts

evidence for the issue

You are not forming an opinion at this point. You are only collecting evidence that supports the issue you are researching in this section.
Poor

very little evidence of worth is provided (examples include but are not limited to)
-fewer than three statements of evidence in support of the issue
-statements are too vague or do not support of the issue
- are from only one source
Fair

moderate evidence is provided in support of the issue (examples include but are not limited to)
- statements are sometimes too vague to be of supportive value
-only from two sources
-only three to four statements of supporting evidence
Good

-evidence is sufficient in quality and quantity to support the issue
-statements are clearly in support
-from more than four sources
-more than four statements of supporting evidence
Excellent

student has gone above the expectation in choosing and providing quality supporting evidence from several reliable sources
evidence against the issue

You are not forming an opinion at this point. You are only collecting evidence that argues against the issue you are researching in this section.
Poor

very little evidence of worth is provided (examples include but are not limited to)
-fewer than three statements of evidence against the issue
-statements are too vague or do not argue against the issue
- are from only one source
Fair

moderate evidence is provided against the issue (examples include but are not limited to)
- statements are sometimes too vague to be of argumentative value
-only from two sources
-only three to four statements of argumentative evidence
Good

-evidence is sufficient in quality and quantity to argue against the issue
-statements are clearly against the issue
-from more than four sources
-more than four statements of argumentative evidence
Excellent

student has gone above the expectation in choosing and providing quality argumentative evidence from several reliable sources
images provided

images chosen are meant to help the reader of your project better understand the point you are trying to convey. You may want to consider including a caption under the image to explain to the reader what they are seeing.
Poor

-no images
- images that do not provide clarification/understanding (the images do not help the reader of the project understand the topic any better)
-images are too blurry/unclear
-no citations either
Fair

at least one image helps the reader of the project understand the topic better
no citations
Good

both images help the reader understand the topic better and are clearly viewable
citations for the images have been included beneath the image
Excellent

images clearly support the data provided and are of great assistance in understanding the topic (student may also have included a caption along with the citation to aid the reader)
works cited

student can use the site:https://www.scribbr.com/citation/generator/apa/
to build their citations as they work.
Poor

no works cited in APA formatting
Fair

fewer than five sources provided in APA formatting
Good

at least eight sources have been provided in APA formatting
Excellent

all sources are in APA formatting and are of excellent quality and quantity to show extensive research on the topic
your final opinion

Choose a side of the debate here. Write an essay (at least three very solid paragraphs) for OR against the issue while using the collected evidence to prove your point.
Poor

student does not provide a well written (essay form) opinion of either for/against with evidence included to support their side of the argument
Fair

student writes a minimal (essay form) opinion of either for/against with minimal evidence included to support their side of the argument
Good

student provides a well written (essay form) opinion of either for/against with evidence included to support their side of the argument
Excellent

-student does not provide a well written (essay form) opinion of either for/against with evidence included to support their side of the argument
-and the student includes evidence and explanation of the opposing view



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  • debate, ethics, pros and cons, biology

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