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Students in Group: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Period: _____________________ Observing Earth
Podcast Rubrics
You will be earning two grades on this project… one for the quality of the content (which will be counted as an Assessment) and a second for the quality of your products (which will be counted in Process). The rubrics for each follow. Grade for Quality Content
(Assessment Grade: 85% of overall grade) Portion of
Expectations (Total Point Value)
Podcast
Convergent • Describe in detail what happens along a convergent boundary (5 points). Boundaries • Identify differences that occur when at least one of the plates involved is oceanic (2 points). • Explain how this would alter the surface of the Earth (5 points). • Provide three examples of convergent boundaries on Earth, including at least two pieces of Grade for this portion = / 28 Divergent Boundaries Grade for this portion = / 27 evidence that exists at each location supporting that it is a convergent boundary (3 points per location – 1 for correctly identifying it as a convergent boundary; 2 points for the 2 pieces of evidence). • Include vocabulary terms: mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, trenches, mega-­‐thrust earthquakes, island arc, subduction (1 point each). • Describe in detail what happens along a divergent boundary (5 points). • Identify differences that occur when a divergent boundary occurs on land as opposed to underwater (2 points). • Explain how this would alter the surface of the Earth (5 points). • Provide three examples of divergent boundaries on Earth, including at least two pieces of evidence that exists at each location supporting that it is a divergent boundary (3 points per location – 1 for correctly identifying it as a divergent boundary; 2 points for the 2 pieces of evidence). • Include vocabulary terms: mountains, volcanoes, earthquakes, rift, ridge, sea-­‐floor spreading (1 point each). Points Earned
0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 Location 1: 0 1 2 3 Location 2: 0 1 2 3 Location 3: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 1 2 3 4 5 0 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 Location 1: 0 1 2 3 Location 2: 0 1 2 3 Location 3: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Transform Boundaries Grade for this portion = / 12 Hotspots Grade for this portion = / 13 • Describe in detail what happens along a transform boundary (5 points), including how this could alter the surface of the Earth. • Provide two examples of transform boundaries on Earth, including at least two pieces of evidence that exists at each location supporting that it is a transform boundary (3 points per location – 1 for correctly identifying it as a transform boundary; 2 points for the 2 pieces of evidence). • Include vocabulary term: earthquakes (1 point). • Describe in detail what a hotspot is (5 points). • Provide two examples of hotspots on Earth, including at least two pieces of evidence that exists at each location supporting that it is a hotspot (3 points per location – 1 for correctly identifying it as a hotspot; 2 points for the 2 pieces of evidence).. • Include vocabulary terms: earthquakes, volcanoes (1 point each); optional: geysers. 0 1 2 3 4 5 Location 1: 0 1 2 3 Location 2: 0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 Location 1: 0 1 2 3 Location 2: 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 Total Grade For Quality of Content = _________________ / 80 points
Grade for Quality Product
(Process Grade: 15% of overall average) Topic
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Con: Di: /9 Con: Tr: /9 Di: /6 Con: /9 Tr: /6 Di: /8 HS: /6 Tr: /8 /9 HS: /6 HS: /8 /8 Total Grade For Quality of Product = _________________ / 92 points