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Famous Scientists

The student is to write a descriptive essay based on the life of a famous scientist.

Rubric Code: N99587

By Keperr

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Subject: Science

Type: Presentation

Grade Levels: K-5

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	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Childhood	Poor Student does not include information about the scientist's childhood, or information is very minimal.	Fair Student includes very little information about the scientist's childhood, or information is unclear.	Good Student includes basic information about the scientist's childhood.	Excellent Student includes basic information about the scientist's childhood, AND other interesting facts or details about their childhood.
Personal Life/Family	Poor Student does not include information about the scientists family, or information is very minimal.	Fair Student includes very little information about the scientist's family, or information is unclear.	Good Student includes basic information about the scientist's family.	Excellent Student includes basic information about the scientist's family, AND other interesting facts or details about their family.
Schooling	Poor Student does not include information about the scientists schooling, or information is very minimal.	Fair Student includes very little information about the scientist's schooling, or information is unclear.	Good Student includes basic information about the scientist's schooling.	Excellent Student includes basic information about the scientist's schooling, AND other interesting facts or details about their schooling.
Invention/Claim to Fame	Poor Student does not include information about the scientists invention or claim to fame, or information is very minimal.	Fair Student includes very little information about the scientist's invention or claim to fame, or information is unclear.	Good Student includes basic information about the scientist's invention or claim to fame.	Excellent Student includes basic information about the scientist's invention or claim to fame, AND other interesting facts or details about their invention or claim to fame.
Other Interesting Facts	Poor Student does not include interesting facts, or information is very minimal.	Fair Student includes very few interesting facts, or information is unclear.	Good Student includes several interesting facts.	Excellent Student includes many interesting facts.
Conventions	Poor Student's paper contains 15 or more capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage errors.	Fair Student's paper contains 10 or more capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage errors.	Good Student's paper contains 5-10 capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage errors.	Excellent Student's paper contains 5 or fewer capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage errors.
Organization/Overall Presentation	Poor Student's paper is not organized and is very sloppily done.	Fair Student's paper is minimally organized and somewhat sloppy.	Good Student's paper is organized and mostly neat.	Excellent Student's paper is well organized and extremely neat.

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Science

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Presentation

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