iRubric: Climate Change Debate rubric

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Climate Change Debate Students will build an argument over whether they believe that climate change can be fixed in our lifetime. Students will have to prepare opening statements (4-5 minutes), as many rebuttals as needed (3-4 minutes per rebuttal), and a closing statement (as long as needed to wrap up thoughts). Rubric Code: S2X8976 By by974417 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 6-8

Climate Change Debate
	Excellent 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Viewpoint	Excellent Viewpoints are clear and organized	Fair Most viewpoints are clear	Poor Viewpoints are unclear and disorganized
Use of facts and examples	Excellent Arguments are supported with facts and examples. Arguments give credit to where credit is deserved.	Fair Most arguments are supported with facts and examples.	Poor Arguments lack factual support. Many of arguments are based on pseudoscience and conspiracy theories.
Relevance of supporting arguements	Excellent All supporting arguments are relevant.	Fair Many, but not all, supporting arguments are relevant.	Poor Few supporting arguments are relevant.
Strength of arguments	Excellent All arguments are strong and convincing.	Fair Some arguments are convincing	Poor Arguments are not convincing.
Speaking voice	Excellent Voice can always be heard	Fair Voice is heard most of the time	Poor Voice is difficult to hear.
Preparation	Excellent Student is well prepared.	Fair Student needs more preparation.	Poor Student is unprepared to defend argument.
Time Limits	Excellent The student meets all time limits.	Fair The student doesn't quite meet the time limit. (A little bit over or under)	Poor The student does not come close to the time limit.
Time Management during class	Excellent Student contributes to the group's research.	Fair Student could contribute more to the group's research.	Poor Student contributes very little if any to the groups research.