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Explain What it Means to be Living.

Create a Children's Book, song, rap, or podcast that explains how all organisms share the basic characteristics of life.

Rubric Code: JX3989C

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Subject: Biology

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: 9-12

Presentation Rubric (40 pts total)
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Decent 3 pts	Good 4 pts	Excellent 5 pts
Organization	Poor Audience cannot understand presentation because there is no sequence of information.	Fair Audience has difficulty following presentation because student jumps around.	Decent Student presents information in a fairly logical sequence which audience can follow.	Good Student presents information in logical sequence which audience can follow.	Excellent Student presents information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow.
Content Knowledge	Poor Student has a poor grasp on information. Student struggles to answer questions about subject.	Fair Student is uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only rudimentary questions.	Decent Student is fairly comfortable with expected answers to all questions, but fails to elaborate.	Good Student is at ease with expected answers to all questions, but fails to elaborate.	Excellent Student demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) by answering all class questions with explanations and elaboration.
Visuals	Poor Student uses superfluous visuals or no visuals	Fair Student occasionally uses visuals that rarely support presentation.	Decent Student's visuals relate to presentation.	Good Student's visuals relate well to presentation.	Excellent Student's visuals explain and reinforce presentation.
Creativity	Poor Presentation includes little creativity.	Fair Presentation involves some innovation or creativity.	Decent Presentation shows a lot of innovation and creativity.	Good Presentation shows considerable innovation and creativity.	Excellent Presentation is remarkably innovative and creative.
Mechanics	Poor Student's presentation has four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors.	Fair Presentation has no more than three misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Decent Presentation has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors.	Good Not available.	Excellent Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.
Timing	Poor Presentation is more than 90 seconds outside of the minimum or maximum.	Fair Presentation is within 90 seconds of the minimum or maximum.	Decent Presentation is within 60 seconds of the minimum or maximum.	Good Presentation is within 30 seconds of the minimum or maximum.	Excellent Presentation is between 3 minutes and 5 minutes in length.
Eye Contact	Poor Student reads presentation with little eye contact.	Fair Student occasionally uses eye contact, but still reads most of the time.	Decent Student makes some eye contact most of the time but frequently returns to notes.	Good Student maintains eye contact most of the time occasionally returning to notes.	Excellent Student maintains eye contact with audience, seldom returning to notes.
Clear & expressive speech	Poor Student mumbles, rushes, incorrectly pronounces terms, and/or speaks too quietly for students in the back of class to hear.	Fair Student's voice is low. Student incorrectly pronounces several terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing presentation.	Decent Student's voice is generally clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. Many audience members can hear presentation.	Good Student's voice is clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. Most audience members can hear presentation.	Excellent Student uses a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms so that all audience members can hear presentation.

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