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Endangered Species Report

As a Research Scientist for the federal government, you will be conducting research to educate yourself about an animal's habitat, reproduction, future, history, appearance/ behavior, enemies and survival. Each team member will choose between the following roles: Ecologist, Zoologist and Conservationist and complete the individual background research.

Rubric Code: SXA5997

By eseman

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Endangered Species
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Below Satisfactory 1 pts	Not Shown 0 pts
Introduction (1)	Excellent Scientific name, size and physical description, what it eats, how it reproduces, and its life span are all included. Classification hierarchy is identified and supported with evidence.	Good 1-2 pieces of information are missing; but the information that is there is complete. Classification hierarchy is identified.	Satisfactory 3 pieces of information are missing, but the information that is there is complete. Classification hierarchy is identified.	Below Satisfactory 4 pieces of information are missing; but the information that is there is complete. Classification hierarchy is not identified.	Not Shown Incomplete
Questions Answered	Excellent Explanation of why the species is endangered is complete. Current status of species in the wild and captivity are included	Good Explanation of why the species is endangered is complete, along with the level. Status of species in the wild OR in captivity is missing.	Satisfactory Explanation of why the species is endangered is complete, along with the level. Status of the species in the wild and in captivity are missing.	Below Satisfactory Explanation of why the species is endangered is missing information, or doesn't make sense, and current status of species is missing.	Not Shown Incomplete
Thesis Statement	Excellent Food chain is complete, detailed and contains at least one producer and two consumers	Good Food chain is complete, contains at least one producer and at least two consumers but lacks detail.	Satisfactory Food chain is complete with one producer and two consumers. Detail missing.	Below Satisfactory Food chain contains less than one producer or two consumers.	Not Shown Incomplete
	Excellent An important producer is identified and their involvement in the ecosystem and food chain is explained in detail.	Good An important producer is identified and their involvement in the ecosystem and food chain is explained, although detail is missing.	Satisfactory A producer is identified and their involvement in the ecosystem and food chain is explained.	Below Satisfactory A producer is identified, yet their involvement in the ecosystem and food chain is not explained.	Not Shown Incomplete
Impacts	Excellent Impacts of introduced species on endangered species, food chain and ecosystem are clearly identified and explained in detail.	Good Impacts of introduced species on endangered species, food chain and ecosystem are clearly identified but detail is missing.	Satisfactory Impacts of introduced species on endangered species, food chain and ecosystem are identified. No supporting detail.	Below Satisfactory Impacts of introduced species on endangered species, food chain and ecosystem are not suitably identified.	Not Shown Incomplete
Preservation Plan	Excellent Factual information is provided as to why the species should be saved (at least two reasons). Other factors are mentioned, good persuasion techniques utilised.	Good Factual information as to why the speies should be saved (one reason), other factors are mentioned good persuation techniques utilised.	Satisfactory Factual information as to why the species should be saved (one reason). Other factors and good persuation techniques are missing.	Below Satisfactory Persuation is based on emotional reasons and all other information is missing.	Not Shown Incomplete
Recommendations	Excellent Recommendations are made, with clear reasoning and explanation.	Good Recommendations are made, but either reasoning or explanation are missing.	Satisfactory Recommendations are made, but neither reasoning or explanation are included.	Below Satisfactory Recommendations are made, but do not make sense in the real world.	Not Shown Incomplete
Works Cited	Excellent At least three works are cited correctly.	Good All three works are cited, but not correctly.	Satisfactory Only two works are cited correctly	Below Satisfactory One work is cited correctly.	Not Shown Incomplete

Keywords:

Endangered species, ecosystem

Subjects:

Science

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