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Chemistry of Drugs This rubric is used to grade a presentation about the chemical nature of a selected legal or illegal drug. Rubric Code: H7873B By timrek Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Chemistry Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Chemistry of Drugs Enter rubric description
	Distinguished 5 pts	Proficient 4 pts	Limited 3 pts	Attempted 2 pts	Not attempted 0 pts
Drug name The scientific and common name (if appropriate) for your specific drug	Distinguished The scientific and common name (if appropriate) for your specific drug are present, correct, and clearly listed	Proficient The scientific and common name (if appropriate) for your specific drug are present, correct, but not clearly labeled	Limited The scientific and common name (if appropriate) for your specific drug are present, correct, but not labeled	Attempted The scientific and common name (if appropriate) for your specific drug are either missing or incorrect	Not attempted The scientific and common name (if appropriate) for your specific drug are completely missing
Formula The chemical formula of the drug	Distinguished The chemical formula is correct, written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) and clearly identified	Proficient The chemical formula is correct, but not written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) or not clearly identified	Limited The chemical formula is correct, but not written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) and not clearly identified	Attempted The chemical formula contains a minor error (missing parenthesis), is not written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) and not clearly identified	Not attempted The chemical formula is missing or completely incorrect
Structural Formula Enter description	Distinguished The structural formula is correct, written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) and clearly identified	Proficient The structural formula is correct, but is not written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) or is not clearly identified	Limited The structural formula is correct, but is not written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) and is not clearly identified	Attempted The structural formula contains a minor error (missing parenthesis), is not written in the correct form (with subscripts as needed) and not clearly identified	Not attempted The structural formula is missing or completely incorrect
Source Where does the drug come from (natural sources, man-made, etc)?	Distinguished The source of the drug is clearly and correctly identified and explained	Proficient The source of the drug is clearly and correctly identified but is not explained	Limited The source of the drug is not clearly identified or is not correctly identified and the source is not explained	Attempted The source of the drug is not clearly identified or correctly identified and the source is not explained	Not attempted The source of the drug is not mentioned
Uses/Catagory Uses for your particular drug and category the drug belongs to (i.e. what type of condition is this drug prescribed for? or what state are the users tying to achieve?)	Distinguished The use and category of the drug is clearly explained and identified	Proficient The use and category of the drug is not clearly explained or is not identified	Limited The category of the drug is not clearly explained or identified	Attempted The use and category of the drug is not clearly explained and is not identified	Not attempted The use and category of the drug is completely missing
How taken Typical form of administration (i.e. oral, intravenous, smoked, etc.)	Distinguished Typical form of administration (i.e. oral, intravenous, smoked, etc.) of the drug is listed and described	Proficient Typical form of administration (i.e. oral, intravenous, smoked, etc.) of the drug is listed but not described or explained	Limited Typical form of administration (i.e. oral, intravenous, smoked, etc.) of the drug is incompletely listed (ie only one of several administration forms are listed)but not described or explained	Attempted Typical form of administration (i.e. oral, intravenous, smoked, etc.) of the drug is incorrect or not clearly explained	Not attempted Typical form of administration (i.e. oral, intravenous, smoked, etc.) of the drug is not mentioned
Biological action Biochemical mechanism of action (i.e. how does your drug work?)	Distinguished Biochemical mechanism of action (i.e. how does your drug work?) is listed and clearly and completely explained	Proficient Biochemical mechanism of action (i.e. how does your drug work?) is listed but not clearly or completely explained	Limited Biochemical mechanism of action (i.e. how does your drug work?) is listed but not clearly and not completely explained	Attempted Biochemical mechanism of action (i.e. how does your drug work?) is listed but there is the no explanation or the explanation is confusing	Not attempted Biochemical mechanism of action (i.e. how does your drug work?) is not covered in the presentation
Target Specific enzymes/body structures targeted by the drug	Distinguished Specific enzymes/body structures targeted by the drug are clearly identified and explained	Proficient Specific enzymes/body structures targeted by the drug are either not clearly identified or not clearly explained	Limited Specific enzymes/body structures targeted by the drug are not clearly identified and not clearly explained	Attempted Specific enzymes/body structures targeted by the drug are just identified with no explanation	Not attempted Specific enzymes/body structures targeted by the drug are not identified
Side effects	Distinguished The side effects are listed completely and in detail	Proficient The side effects are listed incompletely or with little detail	Limited The side effects are listed incompletely and with little detail	Attempted The side effects are listed incompletely or with no detail	Not attempted The side effects are not listed
Effects of overuse/abuse	Distinguished Effects of overuse/abuse are listed completely and in detail	Proficient The effects of overuse/abuse are listed incompletely or with little detail	Limited The effects of overuse/abuse are listed incompletely and with little detail	Attempted The effects of overuse/abuse are listed incompletely and with no detail	Not attempted The effects of overuse/abuse are not listed
Chronic effects The long term consequences of using this drug	Distinguished The long term consequences of using this drug are listed completely and in detail	Proficient The long term consequences of using this drug are listed incompletely or with little detail	Limited The long term consequences of using this drug are listed incompletely and with little detail	Attempted The long term consequences of using this drug are listed incompletely and with no detail	Not attempted The long term consequences of using this drug are not listed
Addiction risk Is the drug addictive? How or why?	Distinguished The addictiveness of the drug is clearly discussed in detail	Proficient The addictiveness of the drug is not clearly discussed or not in detail	Limited The addictiveness of the drug is not clearly discussed and not in detail	Attempted The addictiveness of the drug is not clearly discussed and with no detail	Not attempted The addictiveness of the drug is not discussed
Behavior effects How do people act when they are addicted to this drug?	Distinguished The behavior effects of the drug are clearly discussed in detail	Proficient The behavior effects of the drug are not clearly discussed or not in detail	Limited The behavior effects of the drug are not clearly discussed and not in detail	Attempted The behavior effects of the drug are not clearly discussed and with no detail	Not attempted The behavior effects of the drug are not discussed
References REQUIRED!	Distinguished All references are clearly and completely listed	Proficient All references are clearly listed but are not complete	Limited All references are listed but are not complete	Attempted All references are not listed and are not complete	Not attempted The references are missing
Quiz A 5-10 question quiz for the audience to complete after your presentation along with a key	Distinguished A 5-10 question quiz for the audience is included, clearly worded, and based on the presentation and a correct key is included	Proficient A 5-10 question quiz for the audience is included, but is not clearly worded, or is not completely based on the presentation and a correct key is included	Limited A 5-10 question quiz for the audience is included, but is not clearly worded, and is not completely based on the presentation or a correct key is not included	Attempted A 5-10 question quiz for the audience is included, but is not clearly worded, and is not completely based on the presentation and a correct key is not included	Not attempted A 5-10 question quiz for the audience is not included
Length Minimum of 10 slides + title slide + reference slide	Distinguished The presentation includes a minimum of 10 slides + title slide + reference slide	Proficient The presentation is missing 1 slide	Limited The presentation is missing 2 slides	Attempted The presentation is missing 3 slides	Not attempted The presentation is missing 4 or more slides
Content - Accuracy	Distinguished All content is accurate, relevant to chemistry and concise. No factual errors.	Proficient Most of the content is accurate, there is one minor error. All content is relevant to the topic.	Limited Most of the content is accurate, there are 2-3 minor errors. All content is relevant to the topic.	Attempted Most of the content is accurate, there are 2-3 minor errors. Some of the content is not relevant to the topic.	Not attempted The content contains one or more serious errors.
Effectiveness	Distinguished The project does a good job of presenting the information in a clear, appealing, and engaging manner.	Proficient The project presents the information, but is not clear, or not appealing and engaging.	Limited The project presents the information, but is somewhat confusing and is not appealing and engaging.	Attempted The project presents the information, but is very confusing and is not appealing and engaging.	Not attempted The project presents the information, but is very confusing, unattractive, and boring.
Spelling and Grammar	Distinguished There are no spelling or grammar errors.	Proficient There are 1-2 minor spelling or grammar errors.	Limited There are 3-4 minor spelling or grammar errors.	Attempted There are 1-2 major spelling or grammar errors.	Not attempted There are 3 or more major spelling or grammar errors.

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