2013 Poster Rubric – 100 points total Category 15 pts 10 pts 5 pts The display teaches a The display teaches a The display does not scientific concept scientific concept but teach a scientific concept. Science through the there was no investigation. investigation. All facts and information Most of the facts and Only a few of the facts Content Facts presented were accurate information presented and information & and complete. were accurate and presented were accurate Information complete. and complete. The display clearly The display only explains The display does not Persuasive explains how the results how the results of the explain how the results Elements of the experiment relate experiment relate to the of the experiment relate to the ocean and humans. ocean or to humans. to the ocean and humans. Category 10 pts 7 pts 5 pts The display clearly The display only The display did not showcases the Rutgers moderately showcases showcase the Rutgers Theme & Ocean Days’ theme and the Rutgers Ocean Days’ Ocean Days’ theme and Objective Ocean Literacy Principle theme and Ocean Ocean Literacy Principle 6. Literacy Principle 6. 6. The poster’s message The poster’s message The poster was poorly was well conceived and was well conceived, but done and showed little or Style & showed good the information could no organization of the Organization organization of the have been more content. content. organized. The poster includes the The poster is missing The poster does not Scientific scientific process. parts of the scientific include the scientific Process process. process. The display includes The display includes The display does not many creative elements some creative elements include any creative Creativity that engage the viewer. that engage the viewer. elements that engage the viewer. Category 5 pts 3 pts 1 pt Submitted the Entry Did not submit a Did not submit the Entry General Form, and fully followed complete Entry Form, or Form and did not follow Requirements formatting instructions. only partly followed formatting instructions. formatting instructions. The poster has been The poster has The poster has many edited carefully. There grammatical errors but it grammatical errors, Punctuation are no grammatical does not make it which makes it confusing & Grammar errors and is easy to confusing or hard to and hard to read. read. read. All titles and credits All the titles and credits Titles and/or credits Titles & were accurate, and were accurate, but some were inaccurate or Credits legible. were not legible. missing.
2013 Poster Rubric – 100 points total Category 15 pts 10 pts 5 pts Science The display teaches a scientific concept through the investigation. The display teaches a scientific concept but there was no investigation. The display does not teach a scientific concept. Content Facts & Information All facts and information presented were accurate and complete. Most of the facts and information presented were accurate and complete. Only a few of the facts and information presented were accurate and complete. Persuasive Elements The display clearly explains how the results of the experiment relate to the ocean and humans. The display only explains how the results of the experiment relate to the ocean or to humans. The display does not explain how the results of the experiment relate to the ocean and humans. Category 10 pts 7 pts 5 pts Theme & Objective The display clearly showcases the Rutgers Ocean Days’ theme and Ocean Literacy Principle 6. The display only moderately showcases the Rutgers Ocean Days’ theme and Ocean Literacy Principle 6. The display did not showcase the Rutgers Ocean Days’ theme and Ocean Literacy Principle 6. Style & Organization The poster’s message was well conceived and showed good organization of the content. The poster’s message was well conceived, but the information could have been more organized. The poster was poorly done and showed little or no organization of the content. Scientific Process The poster includes the scientific process. The poster is missing parts of the scientific process. The poster does not include the scientific process. Creativity The display includes many creative elements that engage the viewer. The display includes some creative elements that engage the viewer. The display does not include any creative elements that engage the viewer. Category 5 pts 3 pts 1 pt General Requirements Submitted the Entry Form, and fully followed formatting instructions. Did not submit a complete Entry Form, or only partly followed formatting instructions. Did not submit the Entry Form and did not follow formatting instructions. Punctuation & Grammar The poster has been edited carefully. There are no grammatical errors and is easy to read. The poster has grammatical errors but it does not make it confusing or hard to read. The poster has many grammatical errors, which makes it confusing and hard to read. Titles & Credits All titles and credits were accurate, and legible. All the titles and credits were accurate, but some were not legible. Titles and/or credits were inaccurate or missing.
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