Eliminate Some Requirements for Some Student Groups Or to Fit Your Curriculum

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Eliminate some requirements for some student groups or to fit your curriculum.

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Assignment: a Voicethread (thread) story detailing the life-cycle of a cell, comparing and contrasting the stages with other organisms, told from various perspectives, including that of the cell. (Group project)

Presentation Content / Poor (0-3 pts) / Fair (4-6 pts) / Good (7-9 pts) / Excellent
(10-12 pts) / Your score
Adequate Coverage / Thread lacks required information and has no examples and details / Thread lacks required information and has only a few examples and details / Thread includes all required information, with only a few details and examples / Thread includes all required information, with ample examples and details throughout
Scientific Accuracy / Thread has many factual errors and is missing most/almost all quotations or text explanations / Thread has several factual errors and is missing several quotations or text explanations / Thread contains 1-2 factual errors, but contains quotations and text explanations / Information in thread is factually correct and is supported by quotations and text explanations
Compare & Contrast / Only 1stage of the life-cycle is compared and contrasted with few examples or details / Only 2-3 stages of the life cycle are compared and contrasted with few examples or details. / Most stages of the life-cycle are compared and contrasted with explicit examples and details. / Each stage of the life-cycle is compared and contrasted with other organisms, complete examples and details.
Organization of information / Poor thread organization makes it impossible to tell which information or image goes with which stage. NO apparent organization. / Thread is arranged illogically or skips around. Difficult for a viewer or audience to follow. / Thread shares the information in an arrangement which an audience or viewer can follow to learn and understand / Thread presents the information in a logical and interesting arrangement that can be explored several ways to learn and understand
Multimedia / Thread used no images or other media or incomplete audio. / Project had some images or media, but they did not logically relate to the audio. / Project had multiple images that connected directly to and supported the information and audio. / Project used extensive images and other media that supported the information and audio and enhanced the understanding of the life of a cell.
Research/
Reference Skills / Poor (0-3 pts) / Fair (4-6 pts) / Good (7-8 pts) / Excellent
(9-10 pts) / Your score
Bibliography / Thread does not include a bibliography in the required format or include far fewer than the required sources / Thread includes a bibliography in partially correct format or with only some of the required sources / Thread includes a bibliography in correct format with the required sources / Thread includes a bibliography in correct format with more than the required sources, all clearly used in creating the thread.
Media Credits / No credit given for media used / Few media include credit information / Most media include credit information / All media used includes a credit alongside the image, video, sound, or text.
Creativity Skills
(FFOE) / No evidence yet (0) / Working on it
(1 pt) / Good (2-3 pts) / Excellent
(4-5 pts) / Your score
Fluency / No brainstorm turned in with completed project / Group brainstorm of fewer than 3 possible other organisms or perspectives turned in with project / Group brainstorm of 5 or more different organisms or points of view turned in / Group brainstorms or multiple possible points of view and multiple things each might say turned in with project
Flexibility / One or two text passages or media elements shows a different perspective from the cell’s point of view. / Thread shows the life cycle from the point of view of more than two organisms or things, i.e. the cell itself and another organism, the pond it lives in, etc. / Thread shows the life cycle of a cell from many points of view, including that of the cell and others around it. Thread inspires deep questions and thoughts by its perspective.
Originality / Thread is predictable or parallels class examples very closely / There is a glimpse of an unusual (but accurate) approach, but it is not carried through / Some aspects of the thread are unexpected or highly unusual, while still accurate / Thread presents the life cycle of a cell through a unique and unexpected lens while still accurate.
Elaboration / Thread lacks creative detail of any sort / Some media or information includes creative details. / Most of the information/media include creative details / All media and information include creative details in rich support of the creative ideas and information expressed
Total score

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