iRubric: Severe weather rubric

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Severe weather Students are teaching a 3-5 minute lesson describing a different type of severe weather. The are to include a description of how each type forms and characteristics of that weather type. Other groups will describe the damage they may cause and how to remain safe. The info is to be given in the form of a newscast that relays an actual event they have researched. Rubric Code: G3B434 By lisabauman Draft Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Presentation Grade Levels: 6-8

Lightning
	10 pts	10 pts	10 pts
Lightning	10 Complete explanation using all key words:electricity, oppositely charged, energy, expand, sound waves, thunder	10 Have a visual aid that aids in the presentation.	10 Explained the process well and included everyone.
Thunderstorms	10 Complete explanation using all key words: wind, rain, lightning, thunder, warm, moist, unstable, colder, hail, flood, tornadoes, dollars, deaths fires	10 Have a visual aid that aids in the presentation.	10 Explained the process well and included everyone.
Tornadoes	10 1%, rotating, low central pressure, funnel cloud, cumulonimbus, surface	10 Have a visual aid that aids in the presentation.	10 Explained the process well and included everyone.
Hurricanes	10 large, rotating, tropical, powerful, typhoons, cyclones, 5 degrees north, 20 degrees south	10 Have a visual aid that aids in the presentation.	10 Explained the process well and included everyone.
Damage and protection against tor.	10 Presents a step by step plan to protect yourself agains tornadoes.	10 Have a visual aid that aids in the presentation such as a tornado safety kit.	10 Explained the process well and included everyone.
Damage & Protection Hurricanes	10 Presents a step by step plan to protect yourself agains tornadoes.	10 Have a visual aid that aids in the presentation.	10 Explained the process well and included everyone.