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Ocean Animal Report Ocean Animal Report Students are selecting an ocean animal, researching, and writing a report about their animal and designing a poster to aid them in their presentation. The presentation should tell about where their animal lives, what their animal eats, what their animal looks like, and what the adaptations to the habitat are. Students may write their report notes on index cards, or use their posters to help them remember the important facts about their animal during their presentation. Rubric Code: T575BW By rMontel Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: K-5

Animal Oral Report
	Beginning 1 pts	Developing 2 pts	Complete 3 pts
Preparedness for Presentation	Beginning Student does not seem prepared and probably did not practice.	Developing Student seems mostly prepared but needed a bit more practice.	Complete Student is prepared for the report and has obviously practiced.
What the Animal Looks Like	Beginning Description of animal is inaccurate or does not give any important details. No picture of animal,or picture was very small.	Developing Gives a description of animal but leaves out a few important features. Picture is present but not labeled.	Complete Gives an accurate description of how the animal looks, and has detailed pictures with important parts labeled.
About the Animal's Habitat	Beginning Gives little or no details about where the animal is found and includes very few facts about the animal's habitiat.	Developing Gives some details about where the animal is found in the ocean,but only includes some facts about the animal's habitat.	Complete Details about where in the ocean the animal is found are given, science words learned in class are used, and many facts are given about this specific habitat.
About Animal Adaptation.	Beginning Inaccurate and incomplete information is given about the adaptation to its habitat.	Developing Information is correct but not complete about the adaptations to its habitat.	Complete Accurate and complete information about the animal's adaptation to its specific habitat.
About the Animal's Needs	Beginning Does not list any items that the animal eats or how it eats.	Developing Lists one item that the animal eats and explains how it gets to its food.	Complete Gives list of items that animal eats, how it gets to its prey, and includes pictures or additional description of the food scources.
Project on Posterboard	Beginning No pictures, or pictures are too small to see, many of the important facts are not included on the poster.	Developing Pictures are okay, somewhat clearly labeled, and most of the important facts are included on the poster.	Complete Pictures are large enough to see clearly and are labeled, it has a visible title, and all the important facts are included on the poster.
Neatness of Posterboard	Beginning There is no structure on the board. it looks very sloppy and cluttered.	Developing The board has some structure, work is done neatly.	Complete The board looks very structured with bullet points and is easy to oversee. Work is done very neatly
Listen to other presentators	Beginning Sometimes is not listening and is being disruptive	Developing Sometimes is not listening, but is not being disruptive.	Complete Listens intently. Does not make distracting noises or movements.

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