Report contains no grammatical errors (spelling, capitalization, Report contains 1-3 grammatical Report contains more than 3 Mechanics punctuation, subject/verb errors grammatical errors. agreement) Individual Oral Presentation Rubric Criteria Proficient Approaching Developing Maintains eye contact with audience 80% or more of the time; Maintains eye contact with fluctuations in volume and inflection audience over 60% of the time (but Eye contact is less than 60%; more are intended to add to clarity of less than 80%); 1-2 non-purposeful than 2 non-purposeful movements; Delivery presentation; no non-purposeful movements; volume is loud enough inaudible in the back of the room movement; volume is loud enough to be heard in the back of the room more than 20% of the time. to be heard in the back of the room 75-89% of the time. 90% or more of the time. Student responds to questions from Student responds to questions from Student failed to answer question members of the audience correctly, members of the audience correctly, Comprehension and Accuracy correctly or could not provide a providing at least 4 accurate providing at least 2 accurate scientific fact. scientific facts. scientific facts. The solution aligns to all but one of The solution fails to align to 2 or Quality of Individual Solution The solution aligns to all conditions the conditions in the group problem more conditions in the group Explanation in the group problem statement. statement. problem statement. Reason given for advocating the Reason given for advocating the Reason given for advocating the Quality of Individual group “best solution” is group “best solution” is not group “best solution” is scientifically Justification Explanation scientifically accurate but not scientifically accurate but may or accurate and fiscally feasible. fiscally feasible. may not be fiscally feasible. Report contains at least 1-2 Report contains 3 relevant informational quotation from informational quotations from Report contains no informational research related to the topic which Quotations research related to the topic which quotations from research related to are accurately used and/or are accurately used and/or portrayed the topic. portrayed in the speech and/or in the speech and/or visual aids. visual aids. No grammatical errors are included 1-3 grammatical errors are included More than 3 grammatical errors are Mechanics in the visual aids. in the visual aids. included in the visual aids.
Mechanics Report contains no grammatical errors (spelling, capitalization, punctuation, subject/verb agreement) Report contains 1-3 grammatical errors Report contains more than 3 grammatical errors. Individual Oral Presentation Rubric Criteria Proficient Approaching Developing Delivery Maintains eye contact with audience 80% or more of the time; fluctuations in volume and inflection are intended to add to clarity of presentation; no non-purposeful movement; volume is loud enough to be heard in the back of the room 90% or more of the time. Maintains eye contact with audience over 60% of the time (but less than 80%); 1-2 non-purposeful movements; volume is loud enough to be heard in the back of the room 75-89% of the time. Eye contact is less than 60%; more than 2 non-purposeful movements; inaudible in the back of the room more than 20% of the time. Comprehension and Accuracy Student responds to questions from members of the audience correctly, providing at least 4 accurate scientific facts. Student responds to questions from members of the audience correctly, providing at least 2 accurate scientific facts. Student failed to answer question correctly or could not provide a scientific fact. Quality of Individual Solution Explanation The solution aligns to all conditions in the group problem statement. The solution aligns to all but one of the conditions in the group problem statement. The solution fails to align to 2 or more conditions in the group problem statement. Quality of Individual Justification Explanation Reason given for advocating the group “best solution” is scientifically accurate and fiscally feasible. Reason given for advocating the group “best solution” is scientifically accurate but not fiscally feasible. Reason given for advocating the group “best solution” is not scientifically accurate but may or may not be fiscally feasible. Quotations Report contains 3 relevant informational quotations from research related to the topic which are accurately used and/or portrayed in the speech and/or visual aids. Report contains at least 1-2 informational quotation from research related to the topic which are accurately used and/or portrayed in the speech and/or visual aids. Report contains no informational quotations from research related to the topic. Mechanics No grammatical errors are included in the visual aids. 1-3 grammatical errors are included in the visual aids. More than 3 grammatical errors are included in the visual aids.