Vanishing Rainforests - Evaluation

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Name Rubric for Rain Forest Assessment Date
Content

Criteria	Advanced		Proficient	Approaching	Emerging
Identifies change (positive/negative) taking place and causes for this change.	Has identified significant changes taking place and clearly outlines the causes of these changes		Has identified some changes taking place and has outlined the causes of these changes	Has identified a change taking place and has outlined the causes of this change	Has not identified changes taking place or has incorrectly done so
Identifies effects of the changes positive and negative	Has identified significant effects both positive and negative and has clearly explained the impact of these.		Has identified effects both positive and negative changes and given some background information on these.	Has identified some effects but does not explain these clearly.	Does not identify effects of the changes taking place.
Proposes action to be taken		Proposes a meaningful action plan and clearly explains it.	Proposes and action and outlines a plan of implementation.	Proposes an action but plan is limited or confusing.	Does not propose a plan of action.

Presentation

Criteria	Advanced	Proficient	Approaching	Emerging
Organisation	Information is appropriate to topic, interesting and clearly set out.	Information is appropriate to topic, and can be clearly followed	Information is not always relevant to the topic and can be lacking in detail or confusing at times.	Information is not relevant to the topic and difficult to understand
Graphics	Graphics clearly explain the ideas being presented and are always relevant	Graphics relate to the to ideas being presented	Graphics are used but are not always relevant to the ideas being presented	There is little use of appropriate graphics
Engagement	The presenter engaged his/her audience, speaking clearly, maintained eye contact and not reading from notes	The presenter generally spoke clearly, looked at audience and was not overly dependent on notes.	The presenter was difficult to hear at times, only occasionally looked at audience and tended to read from notes	The presenter spoke too softly to be heard, avoided eye contact and read solely from notes.

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