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Microscope Instructional Brochure

Rubric Code: X28X36

By mmiller28741

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Public Rubric

Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12, Undergraduate

Microscope Brochure Your brochure should describe necessary terms you need to know inorder to correctly use a microscope.
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Title Page Must include title, picture, intro paragraph, name and date.	Poor No title is present. 2 or more other requirements of the title page are missing.	Fair Title present but does not describe brochure. Name and date, picture of microscope, or intro paragraph are missing.	Good Title somewhat describes brochure. Name or date may be missing. Picture of microscope and intro paragraph are present.	Excellent Title clearly describes brochure. Name, date, picture of microscope, and intro paragraph are present.
Introductory Paragraph Must include definition of microscope, main types of microscopes (5), and discovers of first microscopes.	Poor More than 2 main requirements for this section missing.	Fair No more than 2 main requirements for this section missing.	Good No more than 1 main requirement for this section missing.	Excellent Includes clear definition of microscope. Names 3 types of light and 2 electron microscopes. Tells who discovered the first simple and compound light microscopes.
Table of Contents Should have 7 headings.	Poor More than 2 main headings missing.	Fair No more than 2 main headings missing.	Good No more than 1 main heading missing.	Excellent All seven main headings are typed clearly and listed.
Labelled Diagram Must have a labelled diagram of the microscope.	Poor There is no microscope diagram or microscope is not labelled.	Fair Microscope diagram is difficult to see, read, or labelled incorrectly.	Good Microscope diagram is somewhat visible, readable, and labelled correctly.	Excellent Microscope diagram is clearly visible, readable, and labelled correctly.
Vocabualry Terms 24 vocabulary terms should be clearly defined.	Poor Vocabulary terms are missing and/or there are more than 4 errors.	Fair All 24 vocabulary terms have been included having no more than 3-4 errors.	Good All 24 vocabulary terms have been included having no more than 2 errors.	Excellent All 24 vocabulary terms have been included and are defined correctly.
Steps For Using The Microscope Should include a minimum of 4 steps telling how to use the microscope. Refer to page 601 of textbook.	Poor Missing more than 2 important steps. Written in paragraph form instead of listed. Directions for use are difficult to understand.	Fair Missing no more than 2 important steps. Written in paragraph form instead of listed. Directions for use are difficult to understand.	Good No more than 1 main step missing. Wriiten in paragraph instead of list. Directions are somewhat difficult to understand.	Excellent Minimum of 4 steps listed, written clearly, and easy to understand.
How To Determine Total Magnificati Refer to microscope notes or Chapter 3 of your textbook.	Poor Directions are not included.	Fair Directions are typed but incorrect or incomplete.	Good Directions are typed, somewhat correct, and understandable.	Excellent Directions are typed and clearly described.
How To Make A Wet Mount Slide Refer to page 601 of textbook.	Poor Missing more than 2 important steps. Written in paragraph form instead of listed. Directions for use are difficult to understand.	Fair Missing no more than 2 important steps. Written in paragraph form instead of listed. Directions for use are difficult to understand.	Good No more than 1 main step missing. Wriiten in paragraph instead of list. Directions are somewhat difficult to understand.	Excellent Minimum of 4 steps listed, written clearly, and easy to understand.
How To Care For The Microscope Refer to page 601 of textbook.	Poor Missing more than 2 important steps. Written in paragraph form instead of listed. Directions for use are difficult to understand.	Fair Missing no more than 2 important steps. Written in paragraph form instead of listed. Directions for use are difficult to understand.	Good No more than 1 main step missing. Wriiten in paragraph instead of list. Directions are somewhat difficult to understand.	Excellent Minimum of 4 steps listed, written clearly, and easy to understand.
Organization/Appearance	Poor Brochure is not typed, missing appropriate headings or headings do not visually organize information. Sequence of information is not consistent with directions given by teacher. Many spelling or grammar errors are present.	Fair Brochure is not typed, missing some appropriate headings or headings do not visually organize information. Sequence of information is not consistent with directions given by teacher. Several spelling or grammar errors are present.	Good Brochure is not typed, uses appropriate headings that somewhat visually organize information. Sequence of information is somewhat consistent with directions given by teacher. There are few spelling or grammar errors.	Excellent Brochure is typed, uses appropriate headings that visually organize information. Sequence of information is consistent with directions given by teacher. No spelling or grammar errors.
Citations All pictures or information copied from another sources must be given proper bibliographic credit.	Poor Pictures and text gained from other sources have not been properly cited.	Fair Not more than 2 pictures or sets of text has been incorrectly cited.	Good Not more than 1 picture or set of text has been incorrectly cited.	Excellent All pictures and text have been cited appropriately.
Extra Credit This section does not count against your grade. It can only help your grade.	Poor There are no extra pictures or information. (0 points)	Fair Only 1 type of microscope picture or one piece of extra information. (2 points)	Good Only 2 of the 3 types of microscopes are pictured or 2 extra pieces of information. (3 points)	Excellent Included pictures of all 3 types of microscopes or gave 3 or more pieces of extra information. (5 points)

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