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CATEGORY

5

4

3

2

Requirements

All requirements are met and exceeded.

All requirements are met.

One requirement was not completely met.

More than one requirement was not completely met.

Attractiveness

Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.

Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.

Makes use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.

Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentaion content.

Content

Includes facts about at least 5 of the following: physical description, food sources, and/or unique traits of the animals, location, other animals, and/or plant life in the animal's habitat.

Includes facts about at least 4 of the following: physical description, food sources, and/or unique traits of the animals, location, other animals, and/or plant life in the animal's habitat.

Includes facts about at least 3 of the following: physical description, food sources, and/or unique traits of the animals, location, other animals, and/or plant life in the animal's habitat.

Includes facts about at least 2 of the following: physical description, food sources, and/or unique traits of the animals, location, other animals, and/or plant life in the animal's habitat.

Additional Content

Includes facts about all of the following: environmental issues surrounding the animal and it's ecosystem, including how humnas affect it, actions taken to alleciate these environmental issues, and ways we can help limit the negative human impact.

Includes facts about three of the following: environmental issues surrounding the animal and it's ecosystem, including how humnas affect it, actions taken to alleciate these environmental issues, and ways we can help limit the negative human impact.

Includes facts about two of the following: environmental issues surrounding the animal and it's ecosystem, including how humnas affect it, actions taken to alleciate these environmental issues, and ways we can help limit the negative human impact.

Includes facts about one of the following: environmental issues surrounding the animal and it's ecosystem, including how humnas affect it, actions taken to alleciate these environmental issues, and ways we can help limit the negative human impact.

Organization

Content is well organized using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.

Uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.

Content is logically organized for the most part.

There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

Originality

Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive.

Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights.

Uses other people's ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking.

Uses other people's ideas, but does not give them credit.

Workload

The workload is divided and shared equally by all team members.

The workload is divided and shared fairly by all team members, though workloads may vary from person to person.

The workload was divided, but one person in the group is viewed as not doing his/her fair share of the work.

The workload was not divided OR several people in the group are viewed as not doing their fair share of the work.

Mechanics

No misspellings or grammatical errors.

Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors.

Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors.

More than 4 errors in spelling or grammar.