Evaluation
First and foremost, this lesson is successful if students learn a variety of facts about the rainforests' animals, plants, and locations. Secondly, this project is a success if students work well independently and in a group. Also, researching and writing skills should improve through this project. The following rubric is designed to assign a group grade and requires each student to supply his/her individually completed components.
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Beginning 1 |
Developing 2 |
Accomplished 3 |
Exemplary 4 |
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Brochure
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No more than Dr. Amazon's information displayed. No color, messy.
No written information included.
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Little
creativity. Written information inaccurate and poorly written.
Messy presentation.
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Appropriate pictures and maps. Well written information. Creative
and includes required information.
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Creative and original, Brightly colored, appropriate pictures and maps,
Accurate, well written and required information.
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Model
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Unorganized,
no 3-D models, plants, or features, lack of creativity.
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Little
creativity, model of animal, but no other 3-D models.
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Well
organized, model of animal and few plants, some models are 3-D. Creative
and incldes minimum geological features.
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Well
organized, Colorful, uses materials in a creative and original manner,
includes model of the animal, plants and other geological features, all
objects are 3-D.
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Poster
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No more than Dr. Amazon's information displayed. No color, messy.
No written information included.
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Little
creativity. Written information inaccurate and poorly written.
Messy presentation.
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Appropriate pictures and maps. Well written information. Creative
and includes required information.
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Creative and original, Brightly colored, appropriate pictures and maps,
Accurate, well written and required information.
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