Dynamic Earth Flipchart Rubric
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Item
Core 1
Expectations
Points
Available
10
Cover and
Overall Appearance/
Neatness /
Effort
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uses all 50 vocab terms for plate tectonics and Earth's
interior
neatness
use of color to help with explanations
originality in design and layout
clear evidence of care and effort
Plate Tectonic Theory
Evidence
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Alfred Wegener's evidence
problems with acceptance of theory
answering the question: How does drift occur?
10
Volcanoes
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3 magma types explained
3 volcano types with drawings/ info boxes
names and locations of example volcanoes
10
Earthquakes
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3 types of waves explained clearly
explanation of how seismic data gave clues about crust,
mantle, outer core & inner core
Richter Scale
Modified Mercalli Scale
seismograph & seismometers
explains one major earthquake in terms of impacts
(such as 1906 San Francisco or 2010 Haiti or other)
10
explanation of sea-floor spreading w/ example
explanation of magnetic symmetry
explanation of isochrons
drawings with info boxes
(one of divergent and one of transform)
explanation of transform boundaries w/ example
10
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Divergent &
Transform Boundary
Types
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Convergent
Boundaries
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explanation & diagrams for each of type
c-c, c-o, o-o
10
Interior of the Earth
Diagram
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10
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correctly identifies each of the 4 layers of the Earth
diagram with info boxes that explains what happens in
each layer
explains what each layer of the Earth is composed of
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correctly shows major boundaries
in color that makes it easy to see each plate
shows direction of movement of each boundary
10
Map of Plate
Boundaries
TOTAL
Information Sources:
80
Class Notes & Textbooks
Suggested Websites:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/world/historical.php/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/kids/
http://www.ideers.bris.ac.uk/earth/earth_home.html
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Your
Points
4