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Ecology Newsletter

Students will create a newsletter with clearly defined information.

Rubric Code: N43577

By mitchlcci

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Subject: Science

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: (none)

Ecology Newsletter
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 3 pts	Good 5 pts
Climate Conditions	Poor Provided imcomplete information needed on climate/weather conditions and how it affects the animals and plants that live there. Did not include graphs or charts outlining sunshine, rainfall, wind speed, etc.	Fair Provided most of the information needed on climate/weather conditions and how it affects the animals and plants that live there. Included some graphs and charts.	Good Provided all of the information needed on climate/weather conditions and how it affects the animals and plants that live there. Included well done graphs and charts.
Provided a map	Poor Did not provide a map showing where the ecosystem is found.	Fair Provided a map showing where the ecosystem is found, but it is not very clear.	Good Provided a clear map shwoing where the ecosystem is found.
Definitions	Poor Provided 0-3 terms in relations to ecology	Fair Provided 4-5 terms in relations to ecology	Good Provided 6-7 terms in relations to ecology
Plants	Poor Included accurate information about 1 plants that live in the habitat.	Fair Included accurate information about 2-3 plants that live in the habitat.	Good Included accurate information about 4 plants that live in the habitat.
Animals	Poor Included accurate information about 1 animals that live in the habitat.	Fair Included accurate information about 2-3 animals that live in the habitat.	Good Included accurate information about 4 animals that live in the habitat.
Interesting Facts	Poor Provided 1-3 interesting facts.	Fair Provided 4-6 interesting facts.	Good Provided 7-10 interesting facts.
Food Chain	Poor Provided a food chain containing 1-2 steps.	Fair Provided a food chain containing 3-4 steps.	Good Provided a food chain containing 5 steps.
Environmental Threats	Poor Mentioned the environmental threat, but did not elaborate.	Fair Mentioned the environmental threats, and elaborated on them somewhat.	Good Mentioned the environmental threats, and fully elaborated on them.
Resources	Poor Did not provided any resources.	Fair Provided a few resources reserach.	Good Provided resources used during research.
Food Web	Poor Did not provide a food web.	Fair Did not provide a food web.	Good Provided a food web.
Article from the Editor	Poor Letter entitled improperly. Opinion not backed up with facts.	Fair Letter entitled correctly and backed up somewhat with facts.	Good Leter to editor well done and completely backed up with facts.