Your task is to investigate renewable and non-renewable energy. Your investigation can take any form – a poster, booklet, pamphlet, poem, role play or even a puppet show. It must show your understanding of:
ü Definition of renewable energy
ü Definition of non-renewable energy
ü Examples of renewable energy
ü Examples of non-renewable energy
ü Advantages and disadvantages of renewable energy
ü Advantages and disadvantages of non-renewable energy
As well as submitting a piece of work, you must also present what you have found out to the class through an oral presentation. Again, this may be a talk, role play or anything else you can think of – but you are limited to three minutes.
This assessment piece will test your science, your communication skills and your thinking skills . The rubric tells you which part assesses which, using the following code:
Science Communicating Thinking
Renewable and Non-renewable Energy Rubric
4 marks (Very High) / 3 marks (High) / 2 marks (Medium) / 1 mark (Low) / 0 marks ( Very Low/Not Shown)Definitions
/ J Both definitions included
J Definitions are accurate and use scientific words to describe them / B Both definitions included
B Definitions are accurate with some detail / C Both definitions included
C Definitions are accurate but with little detail / K Attempted definitions, but they are not correct / L No definitions included
Examples of non-renewable energy
/ J Three examples included
J Very High detail
J Includes a diagram that shows how it works / B Three examples included
B High detail / C Two examples included
C Some detail / K One example included
K Little detail / L No examples included
Examples of renewable energy
/ J Three examples included
J Very High detail
J Includes a diagram that shows how it works / B Three examples included
B High detail / C Two examples included
C Some detail / K One example included
K Little detail / L No examples included
Advantages and Disadvantages of Renewable Energy
/ J Four advantages included
J Four disadvantages included
J Very high detail / B Three advantages included
B Three disadvantages included
B High detail / C Two advantages included
C Two disadvantages included
C Some detail / K One advantage included
K One disadvantage included
K Little detail in either / L No advantages or disadvantages discussed
Advantages and Disadvantages of Non-Renewable Energy
/ J Four advantages included
J Four disadvantages included
J Very high detail / B Three advantages included
B Three disadvantages included
B High detail / C Two advantages included
C Two disadvantages included
C Some detail / K One advantage included
K One disadvantage included
K Little detail in either / L No advantages or disadvantages discussed
Oral Presentation
/ J Very well rehearsed
J Lasts between 2 and 4 minutes
J Speaker listens to other presentations
J Speaker asks a relevant question of another speaker / B Well rehearsed
B Lasts between 2 and 4 minutes
B Speaker listens to other presentations / C Some rehearsal
C Lasts less than 2 minutes or more than 4 minutes
C Speaker mostly listens to other presentations / K No rehearsal
K Lasts less than 1 minute or more than 5 minutes
K Speaker does not listen to other presentations / L No presentation attempted
L Speaker does not listen to other presentations
General Presentation
/ J In own words
J In correct order
J Headings used appropriately
J Correctly written bibliogrpahy / B In own words
B In correct order
B Headings used appropriately
B Detailed bibliography / C In correct order
C Some use of headings
C Attempted bibliography / K In correct order
K Little detail
K No bibliography / L Little attempt at presentation and detail