Explore/Explain: Evidence for Change Across Time Rubric: Fossil Find

“Explore/Explain: Evidence for Change across Time” Story Rubric: Fossil Find 39 points Criteria Excellent Pretty Good Needs Improvement Concept: Story provides a detailed and Story provides a general description Story provides a brief description of Showing realistic description of how of how scientists found and then how scientists found and studied the understanding scientists found and then studied studied the skull fossil, but lacks skull fossil. of the big the skull fossil (4 points) detail. (2-3 points) (0-1 points) picture in this activity The presentation IS a story with The presentation is sometimes like a The presentation is not a story. (6 the author’s thoughts and feelings story. (0.5-1 point) (0 points) points/person) obvious. (2 points) Explanation: Author correctly explains and Author generally and correctly Author incorrectly describes the work Explaining the gives specific examples for the describes the work that that Paleogeologist, (0-6 points) evidence for work that Paleogeologist, (9-10 Paleogeologist, Evolutionary and Developmental change across points) Evolutionary and (7-8 points) Evolutionary and Biologist, (0-6 points) time, using Developmental Biologist, (9-10 Developmental Biologist, (7-8 Physical Anthropologist specific points) and points) and Physical (0-6 points) do without referring to evidence to Physical Anthropologist Anthropologist any of the work done in class. support ideas (9-10 points) (7-8 points) do without referring to (20 do using the work that the author all of the work done in class. points/person) did in class.

Author accurately and specifically Author generally describes how the Author poorly or inaccurately describes, using examples, how skull fossil describes how the skull fossil the skull fossil (1) formed and would be dated, (1) formed and would be dated, (1) was formed and would be (7-8 points) Paleogeologist (0-6 points) Paleogeologist dated, in what country it would be found, and how it was found, (2) would be identified using DNA (2) would be identified using DNA, (9-10 points) Paleogeologist and might fit into the scientific (0-6 points) Evolutionary and understanding of human evolution Developmental Biologist (2) would be identified using (idea of common ancestor), DNA and might fit into the (3) would be identified by using scientific understanding of human (7-8 points) Evolutionary and bones and anatomy and might fit into evolution (idea of common Developmental Biologist the scientific understanding of human ancestor), (3) would be identified by using evolution (idea of common ancestor), (9-10 points) Evolutionary and bones and anatomy and might fit into (0-6 points) and Physical Developmental Biologist the scientific understanding of human Anthropologist evolution (idea of common ancestor), (3) would be identified by using (7-8 points) Physical bones and anatomy and might fit Anthropologist into the scientific understanding of human evolution (idea of common ancestor), (9-10 points) Physical Anthropologist Presentation Author uses most of the scientific Author uses some scientific Author uses few scientific terms that (13 terminology learned up to this terminology and uses most scientific were learned in this chapter OR points/person) point in the chapter accurately and terminology correctly, showing a Author uses scientific terminology in ways that communicate clear general understanding. (3 points) from this chapter in an incomplete, understanding of the terms. inaccurate, or unrelated manner. (4 points) (1-2 points)

Author’s ideas are logically Author’s ideas make a good story and Author’s ideas are difficult to organized and easy to read and are usually easy to understand. understand. (0-1/2 point) understand. (2 points) (1 point)

Grammar, spelling, and structure Most grammar, spelling, and structure Grammatical, punctuation, or spelling of the story are all accurate and are correct. (1 point) errors are significant and interfere strong. (2 points) with the story. (0-1/2 point)

A rough draft was turned in on A rough draft was turned in late A rough draft was not turned in. time and complete. (5 points) and/or incomplete. (1-4 points) (0 points)