Scoring Rubric for the Exploring the Life and Ecology of Mono Lake Field Guide

Beginning /

Developing

/ Accomplished / Exemplary / Points
Field Guide Mechanics and Quality / Possible / Awarded
Grammar, word usage, and punctuation / Contains many errors / Contains a moderate number of errors / Contains a few errors / Contains no errors / 10
Field Guide look & overall quality / Messy, careless, poorly organized. Did not follow directions. / Neat but not well organized. Inconsistently formatted. / Neat and well organized. A few formatting errors. / Neat, well organized and shows creativity. Clear, consistent formatting without errors. / 10

Field Guide Contents

2 Primary Producers / • Missing one or both
• Incomplete description
• Missing images / • Brief descriptions
• Unclear images / • Complete descriptions
• Clear images / • Detailed descriptions
• Several clear images / 15
2 Ciliates / • Missing one or both
• Incomplete description
• Missing images / • Brief descriptions
• Unclear images / • Complete descriptions
• Clear images / • Detailed descriptions
• Several clear images / 15
2 Arthropods / • Missing one or both
• Incomplete description
• Missing images / • Brief descriptions
• Unclear images / • Complete descriptions
• Clear images / • Detailed descriptions
• Several clear images / 15
2 Birds / • Missing one or both
• Incomplete description
• Missing images / • Brief descriptions
• Unclear images / • Complete descriptions
• Clear images / • Detailed descriptions
• Several clear images / 15
Mono Lake food web & ecosystem / Description and/or images missing or very incomplete / • Brief description, missing some important elements
• Few or no clear images / • Complete description with supporting images / • Detailed description
• Regional context
• Several effective images / 20
Total
/ 100