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What Happened to Robin?  Presentation Rubric

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Content and Understanding	Collects, organizes, and interprets data accurately and thoughtfully. Understands and is able to clearly articulate several causes of wildlife injury. Understands and is able to clearly articulate several preventative measures for wildlife injury. Displays in-depth knowledge of bird injury.	Collects, organizes, and interprets data accurately. Understands and is able to articulate a few causes of wildlife injury. Understands and is able to articulate some preventative measures for wildlife injury. Displays general knowledge of bird injury.	Collects, organizes, and interprets data, with some mistakes and little interpretation. Understands and is able to articulate one or two causes of wildlife injury. Understands and is able to articulate one or two preventative measures for wildlife injury. Displays some knowledge of bird injury.	Collects data, but does not organize or interpret it in a clear way. Lacks understanding or is unable to articulate causes of wildlife injury. Lacks understanding or is unable to articulate preventative measures for wildlife injury. Displays minimal knowledge of bird injury.
Presentation	Explains results of data collection with knowledge and expertise, and offers reasonable and accurate interpretations and implications. Develops effective and appropriate visual representation of data—graph, chart, or table. Presents in a manner that is extremely clear, focused, and well-suited to the audience and purpose. Includes main ideas that significantly draw the audience’s attention and are developed by strong and compelling supporting details. Elicits feedback from an engaged and enthusiastic audience.	Explains results of data collection with knowledge and offers reasonable interpretations and implications. Develops appropriate visual representation of data—graph, chart, or table. Presents in a manner that is generally clear, focused, and suited to the audience and purpose. Includes main ideas that draw the audience’s attention and are developed by clear supporting details. Elicits some feedback from an engaged audience.	Explains results of data collection with basic knowledge, but offers little interpretation. Develops visual representation of data—graph, chart, or table. Presents in manner that is somewhat unclear, needs focus, or could be better suited to the audience and purpose. Includes main ideas that are not clearly developed by supporting details. Elicits very little feedback from an audience that does not seem engaged.	Does not explain results of data collection or offers an unclear analysis. Develops an incomplete visual representation—graph, chart, or table. Presents in a manner that is unclear. Includes main ideas that are not clearly developed or are missing supporting details. Elicits no feedback from the audience.
Organization and Mechanics	Organizes the presentation in a way that strongly enhances and develops the main ideas. Presents information in order, using a strong structure that supports the audience’s understanding and encourages involvement. Uses a strong, creative introduction that brings the audience into the topic and creates a desire to hear more. Shows evidence that details are carefully selected and strategically placed for optimum impact. Matches the structure to the content and purpose of the presentation effectively. Includes no errors.	Organizes the presentation in a way that consistently enhances and develops the main ideas. Presents information in order, using a structure that supports the audience’s understanding and encourages some involvement. Uses an introduction that brings the audience into the topic. Shows evidence that details are placed for optimum impact. Matches the structure to the content and purpose of the presentation. Includes one or two errors that do not detract from the presentation.	Organizes the presentation in a way that somewhat enhances the main ideas. Presents some of the information out of order or does not encourage audience involvement. Uses an introduction that does not to bring the audience into the topic or does not create a desire to hear more. Shows evidence that some details are missing, or, if present, details are misplaced for optimum impact. Matches the structure to the content and purpose of the presentation at times. Includes some errors that detract from the presentation at times.	Organizes the presentation in a way that does not enhance the main ideas. Presents information out of order, making the presentation difficult to understand. Does not use an introduction. Shows evidence that details are lacking. Does not match the structure to the content and purpose of the presentation. Includes many errors that make the presentation difficult to understand.

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