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Droughts and Floods

Students need to research one historical flood and one historical drought. Students must state how these disasters affected the local population and the resources available to them.

Rubric Code: F993XC

By candz_gibson

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Subject: Science

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Droughts and Floods
	Poor 2 pts	Fair 4 pts	Good 6 pts
Introduction	Poor Niether droughts or floods are defined or introduced and explained.	Fair Only droughts/ only floods are defined and explained.	Good Both droughts and floods are clearly defined and explained.
Information	Poor Information is vague or irrelevant. Information is uninteresting and not clearly about droughts or floods.	Fair Information is provided that is relevant to the topic. Dates/locations are missing.	Good The information is clear, interesting and provides dates and locations of the disasters.
Writing	Poor Vocabulary is poor. The report has more than 5 grammar/spelling mistakes. The report is not in paragraphs.	Fair The report has no more than 3 spelling/grammar errors. An effort has been made to use correct vocabulary and paragraphs.	Good The report contains no spelling/grammar mistakes. It is written in well formed paragraphs using proper, scientific vocabulary.
Resources	Poor The resources that were used are not cited.	Fair Only one or two resources were used and they have been cited incorrectly.	Good Three or more resources have been used and correctly cited.
Presentation	Poor The report is messy and difficult to read.	Fair The report is neatly written.	Good The report is neatly typed and includes supporting graphics.