iRubric: Grade 7 Geography Task. The Five Themes of Geography. rubric

The student(s) RARELY locate, collect, and/or bring to class information about their tourist destination. The student(s) OFTEN come to class unprepared. Few notes have been gathered. There is very little evidence of research. The bibliography is missing or incomplete. Class time has been used UNproductively. There are many gaps and errors.
0 to 8 points.

The student(s) SOMETIMES locate, collect, and bring to class information about their tourist destination. Notes gathered are not well organized and show little or some evidence of research. A bibliography is included, but is incomplete and/or includes very few sources of information (one or two). Class time has been used adequately, but some class time has been wasted too!
9 to 12 points.

The student(s) locate, collect, and consistently bring to class relevant information about their tourist destination. Notes are organized and updated in s separate duo-tang, which clearly show a bibliography using a variety of sources, and research about the topic in the students own words. (no plagarism!) Class time has been used productively.
13 to 15 points.

The students locate, collect, and consistently bring to class a VARIETY of relevant information (book(s); internet articles, magazine articles, etc.) about their tourist destination. Notes are organized and updated in a separate duo-tang, which very clearly show a bibliography using a wide variety of sources, and research about the topic in the students own words (NO plagarism!). Class times has been used very productively.
16 to 20 points.

The student(s) has applied little knowledge of geographic inquiry for few of the five themes of geography. The visual presentation produced on the selected "wonder of the world" tourist destination is incomplete. The presentation is disorganized and provides the audience with little information about the topic.
0 to 8 points.

The student(s) has applied knowledge of geographic inquiry for some of the five themes of geography to produce an adequate visual presentation incorporating these on a selected "wonder of the world" tourist destination. The presentation is between 2-5 minutes long. The student is somewhat prepared for the presentation, but definitely could have been better prepared.
9 to 12 points.

The student(s) has applied knowledge of geographic inquiry and the five themes of geography to produce a visual presentation incorporating these these on a selected "wonder of the world" tourist destination. The presentation is between 3-5 minutes long and is interesting and engaging (there is likely an interactive element for the audience ; e.g. quiz, game show, etc.)
13 to 15 points.

The student(s) has applied knowledge of geographic inquiry and the five themes of geography in detail to produce a visual presentation incorporating these themes expertly on a selected " wonder of the world" tourist destination. The presentation is between 3-7 minutes long and is very interesting and engaging. There is definitely an interactive element for the audience; e.g. quiz, game show, etc.
16 to 20 points.