The students will have three weeks to prepare their papers and their presentations. Each student will receive an individual grade for their paper and their role in the presentation. Rubrics: Presentation: Superior Adequate Unacceptable Best Solution for Each person presents 5 justifications A person presents A person presents less Stopping the from their own research (Zoologist, between 3-4 than 3 justifications destruction of the Geographer, Biologist) that supports justifications from from research to rainforest and the best solution. their research to support the best increasing the (20 pts) support the best solution. orangutan population solution. (5 pts.) in the wild. (10 pts) 3 ways that people Each person presents 3 ways on A person 2 A person gives less can stop the their own research that can decrease ways from their than 2 ways from their destruction of the the destruction of the rainforest or own research. own research. rainforest an increase increase the number of orangutans in the number of the wild. (Zoologist would focus on (10 pts) (5 pts) orangutan population the orangutan, Biologist would focus in the wild. on either the rainforest or orangutan, Geographer will focus on the rainforest) (15 pts) Ways people around Each person presents 3 ways people A person presents A person presents 1 the world can help. around the world can help. 2 ways people way people around around the world the world can help. (5 pts) can help. (1 pt) (2 pts) Scale: 40 to 33: A 32 to 25: B 24 to 17: C 16 to 12:D Below 11: F Research Superior Adequate Unacceptable Paper: Length of Paper is four pages in length and contains no Paper is 3 pages in Paper is less than 3 pages paper and errors in spelling or grammar. length or contains or contains more than 3 grammar 1 to 3 errors in errors in spelling or (15 pts) spelling or grammar. grammar. (5 pts) (10 pts) Content Paper contains at 10 facts supported by contains 6 to contains less than 6 research about the subject they were assigned. 9 facts. facts. (Zoologist paper will cover how orangutans are cared for in the zoo, and how the zoo increases (15 pts.) (5 pts.) their orangutan population. Geographer will explain the geography of the rainforest, why the rainforest is being cut down. Biologist will explain how the orangutans live in the wild, eating
The students will have three weeks to prepare their papers and their presentations. Each student will receive an individual grade for their paper and their role in the presentation. Rubrics: Presentation: Superior Adequate Unacceptable Best Solution for Stopping the destruction of the rainforest and increasing the orangutan population in the wild. Each person presents 5 justifications from their own research (Zoologist, Geographer, Biologist) that supports the best solution. (20 pts) A person presents between 3-4 justifications from their research to support the best solution. (10 pts) A person presents less than 3 justifications from research to support the best solution. (5 pts.) 3 ways that people can stop the destruction of the rainforest an increase the number of orangutan population in the wild. Each person presents 3 ways on their own research that can decrease the destruction of the rainforest or increase the number of orangutans in the wild. (Zoologist would focus on the orangutan, Biologist would focus on either the rainforest or orangutan, Geographer will focus on the rainforest) (15 pts) A person 2 ways from their own research. (10 pts) A person gives less than 2 ways from their own research. (5 pts) Ways people around the world can help. Each person presents 3 ways people around the world can help. (5 pts) A person presents 2 ways people around the world can help. (2 pts) A person presents 1 way people around the world can help. (1 pt) Scale: 40 to 33: A 32 to 25: B 24 to 17: C 16 to 12:D Below 11: F Research Paper: Superior Adequate Unacceptable Length of paper and grammar Paper is four pages in length and contains no errors in spelling or grammar. (15 pts) Paper is 3 pages in length or contains 1 to 3 errors in spelling or grammar. (10 pts) Paper is less than 3 pages or contains more than 3 errors in spelling or grammar. (5 pts) Content Paper contains at 10 facts supported by research about the subject they were assigned. (Zoologist paper will cover how orangutans are cared for in the zoo, and how the zoo increases their orangutan population. Geographer will explain the geography of the rainforest, why the rainforest is being cut down. Biologist will explain how the orangutans live in the wild, eating contains 6 to 9 facts. (15 pts.) contains less than 6 facts. (5 pts.)
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