Scoring Rubric

Environmental Fair

Overview: Students work in groups to research, plan and carry out a way to help care for Earth's air, water or land. After they carry out their plan, each group will make a poster to highlight what they did. Then at the Environmental Fair, each group will present their poster and explain the project they did to help care for Earth's resources.

Assessed Items	Points	What to Look For
Complete research on air pollution	3	Students found appropriate interesting and complete information about one air-pollution topic.
	2	Students found some information that was appropriate and interesting about one air-pollution topic.
	1	Students found little information about one air-pollution topic.
Complete research on water pollution	3	Students found appropriate interesting and complete information about one water-pollution topic.
	2	Students found some information that was appropriate and interesting about one water-pollution topic.
	1	Students found little information about one water-pollution topic.
Complete research on land pollution	3	Students found appropriate interesting and complete information about one land-pollution topic.
	2	Students found some information that was appropriate and interesting about one land-pollution topic.
	1	Students found little information about one land-pollution topic.
Presentation of project and posters	3	Excellent preparation for the oral explanation of the project and posters.
	2	Adequate preparation for the oral explanation of the project and posters.
	1	Unprepared presentation of the project and posters
Environmental Fair posters	3	Posters reflect accurate information; students participate in creating the posters.
	2	Posters reflect some accurate information; students participate adequately in creating the posters.
	1	Posters reflect little accurate information; students make few contributions to complete the poster.