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Science Current Events Rubric Current Events Rubric Rubric Code: N334CW By keroack Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Assignment Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Current Events
	Poor: Almost No Effort (N/A)	Fair: Too Little Effort (N/A)	Good: Good Effort (N/A)	Excellent: Great Effort (N/A)
Article Choice	Poor: Almost No Effort 10 Points Article is neither current nor relevant to class material. Event source was not verifiable and not referenced.	Fair: Too Little Effort 20 Points Article is not relevant and/or weak. Event source was not verifiable or not referenced.	Good: Good Effort 30 Points Article is relevant to class material.	Excellent: Great Effort 40 Points Article is relevant to class material and adds new information for learning and/or discussion.
Who	Poor: Almost No Effort 1 Point Did not detail any of the people/animals affected by this news.	Fair: Too Little Effort 5 Points Detailed some of the people/parties affected by this news.	Good: Good Effort 10 Points Detailed most of the people/parties affected by this news.	Excellent: Great Effort 15 Points Detailed all of the people/parties that were affected by this news.
What	Poor: Almost No Effort 1 Point Did not identify any major facts of the article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 5 Points Identified some of the major facts of the article.	Good: Good Effort 10 Points Identified most of the major facts of the article.	Excellent: Great Effort 15 Points Identified all of the major facts of the article accurately and completely.
When	Poor: Almost No Effort 1 Point Did not identify the major dates/time frame relative to this article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 5 Points Identified some of the major dates/times relative to this article.	Good: Good Effort 10 Points Identified most of the major dates/times relative to this article.	Excellent: Great Effort 15 Points Identified all of the major date/times with accuracy that are relevant to this article.
Where	Poor: Almost No Effort 1 Point Did not identify any major locations relative to this article.	Fair: Too Little Effort 5 Points Identified some of the major locations relative to this article.	Good: Good Effort 10 Points Identified most of the major locations relative to this article.	Excellent: Great Effort 15 Points Identified all of the major locations accurately that are relevant to this article.