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Severe weather event project

Research and explain a severe weather event that interests you. Explain what factors cause the event and what effect the event has on weather in Indiana.

Rubric Code: XAW6WW

By bdikeman

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Public Rubric

Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Severe weather event project
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Outstanding 5 pts
Event choice	Poor Choice given but no explanation of reason for choice. No evidence of preliminary research done to choose topic.	Fair Choice given with an explanation of reason for choice. But no evidence that preliminary research was done to choose topic.	Good Choice given with a clear explanation of reason for choice citing evidence of preliminary research done to choose topic.	Outstanding Choice given with a clear explanation of reason for choice and evidence of preliminary research done to choose topic is given in detail with citation of where information on the topic was found.
Description of event	Poor Description of event given but not thorough. No explanation of what happens during event given. Sources not given.	Fair Description of event given. Some explanation of what happens during event given. Sources not given.	Good Accurate description of event given. Explanation of some of what happens during event given citing sources used in research.	Outstanding Clear and accurate description of event given. Explanation of what happens during event is given citing sources from research.
Causes of event	Poor Causes not explained. Missing citations.	Fair Meteorological causes of the event given but not explained. Missing citations.	Good Meteorological causes of the event given and explained. Missing or incomplete citations.	Outstanding All meteorological causes of the event given and explained thoroughly. Citations included for all references used.
Effect event on local region	Poor Local region effects not included.	Fair Some effects of the event on the local region are suggested but not backed up with citations.	Good Some effects of the event on the local region are given but and some of the effects are backed up with citations.	Outstanding All of the effects of the event on the local region are given and all are backed up with citations.
Effects of event on Indiana	Poor Indiana effects not included.	Fair Some effects of the event on Indiana are suggested but not backed up with citations.	Good Some effects of the event on Indiana are given but and some of the effects are backed up with citations.	Outstanding All of the effects of the event on Indiana are given and all are backed up with citations.
Conclusion	Poor Missing conclusion.	Fair Conclusion (summary) is included but lacks enough information to tie everything together.	Good Conclusion (summary) is included and ties some of the material together but does not pull everything together.	Outstanding Conclusion summarizes everything that was stated in the report in a way that shows how everything ties together.
Citation and reference page	Poor There is no evidence of references/sources being used and paper lacks in text citations and a reference page.	Fair At least two references/sources are used and cited in text and/or on a reference page.	Good At least three references/sources are used and cited in text and/or on a reference page in MLA format.	Outstanding At least three references/sources are used and cited in text and on a reference page in MLA format.

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