Exceptional (4) / Good (3) / Fair (3) / Unacceptable (1)
Prepared / Talked to the class, had good posture, made eye contact with all students, and kept audiences attention. / Talked to the class most of the time, had pretty good posture, made eye contact with most of the students, and kept audiences attention most of the time. / Talked to the class some of the time, had fair posture, made eye contact with some of the students, and kept audiences attention some of the time. / Didn’t talk to the class, had poor posture, didn’t make eye contact with the students, and didn’t keep audiences attention.

Power Point

/ Created an effective power point that aided in the presentation of their endangered species. / Created a somewhat effective power point that aided in the presentation of their endangered species. / Created a power point that barely aided in the presentation of their endangered species. / Did not use a power point to aided in the presentation of their endangered species.
Pictures / Student had a wide variety of pictures that help visualize their animal and location. / Student had a few pictures that help visualize their animal and location. / Student had one picture that help visualize their animal and location. / Student didn’t have any pictures that help visualize their animal and location.

Biomes

/ Clearly demonstrated with maps the Continent, and Biome that their species lives in. / Somewhat demonstrated with maps the Continent, and Biome that their species lives in. / Barely demonstrated with maps the Continent, and Biome that their species lives in. / Did not demonstrated with maps the Continent, and Biome that their species lives in.

Geographical Features

/ Correctly labeled at least seven geographical features on their map. / Correctly labeled at least four geographical features on their map. / Correctly labeled at least one geographical feature on their map. / Did not have any geographical features labeled on their map.

Water Cycle

/ Clearly demonstrated how the Water Cycle affects their species. / Somewhat demonstrated how the Water Cycle affects their species. / Barely demonstrated how the Water Cycle affects their species. / Didn’t demonstrate how the Water Cycle affects their species.

Nitrogen Cycle

/ Clearly demonstrated how the Nitrogen Cycle affects their species. / Somewhat demonstrated how the Nitrogen Cycle affects their species. / Barely demonstrated how the Nitrogen Cycle affects their species. / Didn’t demonstrate how the Nitrogen Cycle affects their species.

CO2 O2 Cycle

/ Clearly demonstrated how the CO2 O2 Cycle affects their species. / Somewhat demonstrated how the CO2 O2 Cycle affects their species. / Barely demonstrated how the CO2 O2 Cycle affects their species. / Didn’t demonstrate how the CO2 O2 Cycle affects their species.

Weather/Climate

/ Clearly demonstrates what the weather and climate of their specie’s biome is and how the two differ. / Somewhat demonstrates what the weather and climate of their specie’s biome is and how the two differ. / Barely demonstrates what the weather and climate of their specie’s biome is and how the two differ. / Did not demonstrate what the weather and climate of their specie’s biome is and how the two differ.

Food Chain/Web

/ Clearly demonstrates the food chain of their species. / Somewhat demonstrates the food chain of their species. / Barely demonstrates the food chain of their species. / Does not demonstrate the food chain of their species.

Humans

/ Clearly demonstrated man’s affect on their species. / Somewhat demonstrated man’s affect on their species. / Barely demonstrated man’s affect on their species. / Does not demonstrate man’s affect on their species.

Conclusion

/ Formulated a logical conclusion on the survivability of their species based on their research. / Formulated a semi-logical conclusion on the survivability of their species based on valid research. / Formulated a semi-logical conclusion on the survivability of their species based on valid research. / Did not draw a logical conclusion based on valid research.

Mechanics

/ No spelling or grammar errors. / 1-5 spelling or grammar errors. / 6-10 spelling or grammar errors. / More than 10 spelling or grammar errors.

Bibliography

/ Had a correctly formatted bibliography. / Had a bibliography with some format errors. / Had a bibliography with many format errors. / Didn’t have a bibliography.

Sources

/ Had 3 or more useful sources. / Had 2 useful sources. / Had 1 useful source. / No sources.