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Endangered, threatened and extinct species

Students will write a 1/2 page paper that will consist of defining 3 terms: Endangered, threatened, and extinct and give an example animal of each. Next, students will choose an animal of their choice that fits in one of those three terms. Students will name the animal, where it falls on the endangered species list, where it lives and how it got on the list.

Rubric Code: NXACA4X

By aimenew

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Public Rubric

Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Conservation of Species
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Terms defined	Poor Defined one term and not the other two terms. Did not give examples of each term.	Fair Defined two terms, not three. Gave examples of one but not all three.	Good Defined all terms. Gave examples of 2/3 terms.	Excellent Defined and gave examples of all three terms.
Species Description	Poor Animal was chosen, but did not indicate where on the endangered species list that it fits in. No other information was given. Page was shorter than 1/2 page.	Fair Animal chosen and is indicated where on the endangered species list that it falls. No other information given and not 1/2 page in length.	Good Animal chosen, indicated where on the endangered species list it falls, where it lives and where how it got on the list. Not quite 1/2 page.	Excellent Animal chosen, indicated where on the endangered species list it falls, where it lives and how it got on the list. Paper is 1/2 page long at least.