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Plate Tectonics Drawing

Students will illustrate and describe different types of plate boundaries and their features.

Rubric Code: S2527CX

By Tanyoid

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5, 9-12, Undergraduate

Plate Tectonic Model Enter rubric description
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts
Plate Boundaries Includes illustration of convergent, divergent, and transform boundary	Poor Plate boundaries not properly labeled or not included.	Fair Missing one of the plate boundaries.	Good The 3 different types of plate boundaries are properly labeled. Transform boundary should be separate from the rest of the model.
Illustrations
Plate Movement Must include illustration of the direction of the plate movement	Poor Direction of plate movements are incorrectly labeled.	Fair Missing a few arrow directions.	Good Includes 6 arrows properly showing the direction of the movement of the plate boundaries.
Landmasses & features Must include illustrations of mountains, volcanoes, mid-ocean ridges and earthquakes	Poor Two or more of the features is missing or not properly labeled.	Fair Missing one of the landmasses or features. One is not properly labeled.	Good Includes proper placement of mountains, volcanoes, mid-ocean ridge, and earthquake.
Quality of Model Neatness, color, and legible handwriting.	Poor Quality of model is sloppy, and labels are not legible.	Fair Quality of model is fair.	Good Model is neat and colorful. All labels are easy to read.