Rubric Continental Map Rubric
Date: _______ Class: _______
Name: _____________________________________
NI = Needs Improvement,
G = Good,
E = Excellent
15
points
Description of Alfred
Wegener and what did he
theorize included on poster.
15 (E)
10 (G)
5 (NI)
15
points
Examples of the kind of
information or items he use
to support his theory are
included on poster.
15 (E)
10 (G)
5 (NI)
6
points
Description of what Pangaea
was included.
6 (E)
4 (G)
2(NI)
15
points
Description of the main
mineral type that Continental
plates and the main mineral
type that Oceanic plates are 15 (E)
made up of included.
10 (G)
5 (NI)
4 (G)
2 (NI)
10 (E)
7 (G)
5 (NI)
15 (E)
10 (G)
5 (NI)
6
points
Explanation of what causes
6 (E)
the plates to move and what
layer of the Earth make up
these plates and what layer
are the continents sliding on?
10
points
Personal idea about why you
think our planets continents
look the way they do today?
15
points
- Map Layout
- Neatness
- Legend / labeled / colored
- Spelling/ Grammar
Totals
Total Score _____/82