Biology EEp rubric- Due tuesday march 20th

	Exceptional (5)	Good (4)	Satisfactory (3)	Revisit (1)	(0)
Content that should be included in your final product
Taxonomy	All of 4 and: the future organism is given a common name and a Genus species name based on Latin/Greek roots	All of 3 and: Complete taxonomy (K,P,C,O,F, Gs) for the ancestral organism	A complete taxonomy (K,P,C,O,F, Gs & common name) is included for the modern organism	Incomplete/incorrect taxonomy (K,P,C,O,F, Gs & common name) is given for the modern organism
Environmental Factors	All of 4 and: Identify the environmental pressures caused by human activity that the future organism responded to	All of 3 and: Include maps that show the geographic range of the modern organism	Identify the biome (climate & geography) for the ancestral, modern & future organism	Biome information lacking/incorrect for the modern organism
Ecology	All of 4 and: Construct/ Predict a possible food chain for the ancestral organism	All of 3 and: Predict a possible food chain for the future organism	Identify the niche and trophic level for the ancestral, modern & future organism and a food chain for the modern organism	Info. lacking/incorrect for the niche and trophic level for the ancestral, modern & future organism and/or food chain
Morphological & Behavioral Changes	All of 3 and: Describe the significance of these adaptations in terms of fitness	↔	Identify the morphological and behavioral adaptations for ancestral, modern & future organism	Info. lacking/incorrect for morphological & behavioral in ancestral, modern & future
Illustrations	Student makes obvious effort to accurately illustrate ancestral, modern & future organism	Student attempts to accurately illustrate ancestral, modern & future organism	Photocopies/print outs of ancestral, modern & future organism	Illustrations are missing or obviously done with out attention to detail
Presentation should include the following information on the future organism only
Evolutionary Principles	All of 3 and: Explain in detail the evolutionary processes that lead to origin of future organism	All of 3 and: Explain basic evolutionary processes that lead to origin of future organism	Present future organisms scientific name/meaning, biome, ecology and adaptations	Info. lacking/incorrect for future organisms scientific name/meaning, biome, ecology and adaptations
Eye contact	Eye contact good for all	Good eye contact	Eye contact attempted most of the time	Reading off poster etc.
Clarity/pacing	Clarity and pace are good understandable by all	Clarity and pace are good understandable by most	Presenter understandable by most	not understandable