Creating+a+Rubric

 
 * //Volcano Activity Learning Groups //**

**//Volcano Vocabulary Words //**  //Magma Crater Conduit // //Vent Ash Lava // //Base Flank Summit // ||

      **Volcano Activity Rubric **  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Grading Dimensions ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Needs Improvement ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Below Average ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Average ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Above Average ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Excellent ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Little effort to research topic; Findings inaccurate || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Some effort to find and use accurate data || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Adequate effort made to find and use accurate data || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Good effort made to research and find accurate data || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Excellent research, good use of data, and source references || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Accuracy ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Poster and report do not properly reflect basic facts || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Poster and report have some factual inaccuracies || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Poster and report correctly present basic facts || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Basic information accurate with additional information provided || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Basic and extended facts included with complete attention to detail || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Completion ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Major elements of report and poster missing; lack of attention to major points || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Some elements missing; lack of attention to details || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Report and poster include all required elements || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Required elements present with additional information || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Required and extended elements present and detailed || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Presentation ** || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Poor, difficult to read poster or report, messy presentation || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Somewhat difficult to read or poorly presented || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Acceptable presentation on poster and report || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Excellent clarity and some visual aides to assist in understanding || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Excellent workmanship on basic and extended elements ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">For this activity you will work in a group of up to four students. Each group will create a poster showing the parts of a volcano. When you have completed all of the steps below, use the attached rubric to self-assess your group’s work. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">1. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Use Encarta or the Internet to discover what each of your volcano vocabulary words means and where on a volcano they are located. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">2. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Using a sheet of poster board and class art supplies, draw a volcano and clearly label each part. You may also use any art materials to add interest to your poster. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">3. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Word process a one page report using your volcano vocabulary that explains what happens when a volcano erupts. **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; msofareastfontfamily: Arial; msolist: Ignore;">4. ****<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Turn in your research, poster, and report at the Science Center when you are done. **