Group Requirements
Each group needs to create and PRESENT a presentation about their topic, including a visual aide.
Each group should have:
 ALL group members with an equal presentation role
 Create a technology-based visual aid (powerpoint, prezi, video, etc.), including pictures of your
topic.
 Make sure all information is correct and complete
 Present with a loud, clear speaking voice, making eye contact with the audience.
 Make sure your key words are clearly presented so people understand you.
 Turn in visual aid by saving it Name_topic in the following folder
o V:// drive
o STUDENT DROP FOLDER
o Ms. D’Ambrosia
o Period ___
**Once it is in the drop folder, you cannot edit anymore!!
Continental Drift Rubric
Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _______ Class: _______
10 points Correct Information
- Key terms explained (5 pts)
- All information presented clearly and completely (3 pts)
- answered any questions from the audience (2 pts)
10 points Visual Aid
- Neatness (2 pts)
- Spelling/ Grammar (2 pts)
- Completeness (2 pts)
- Helpful to the audience (2 pts)
- Titles/headings (1 pts)
- Turned in and saved correctly (1 pt)
10 points Presentation
- eye contact (2 pts)
- clear diction (2 pts)
- all members participating (5 pts)
10 points Peer Evaluation
TOTAL /40
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Group 1: Who is Alfred Wegener?
1. What is his background? Give an abbreviated story of his life.
a. Where did he go to school?
b. When did he make his hypothesis on continental drift?
c. Was he working on anything else? What else did he do?
d. How did he die?
2. What did he hypothesize?
3. How did he respond to not being accepted?
4. Key Words: Wegener, Continental Drift
Group 2: What is Pangaea? Where did it go?
1. What is Pangaea?
2. Show us predicted maps of what the world looked like (or close to) 65 mya, 145 mya, 200 mya, 250
mya
3. Explain how the plates are moving
4. Key Words: Continental Drift, Pangaea, Gondwanaland, Laurasia
Group 3: Evidence from Land Features
1. How do land features prove anything?
2. Show pictures of Earth now, and Earth back when land features were connected.
3. Give at least 2 examples of land features that prove Wegener’s point.
4. Key Words: Continental Drift, Wegener
Group 4: Evidence from fossils
1. Show a map of where fossils were found for the animals listed in the book.
2. How does the fossil evidence prove anything? Explain.
3. What are Mesosaurus, Lystrosaurus and Glossopertis (pictures included).
4. Key Words: Mesosaurus, fossil, Glossopteris
Group 5: Evidence from climate
1. What is climate change?
2. Why did Wegener think climate proved anything?
3. Give at least 2 examples of climate change evidence.
4. Key Words: Spitsbergen, continental drift.
Group 6: Evidence Rejected
1. Why was Wegener’s hypothesis rejected?
2. Was it ever accepted? If so, when and why?
3. What was Wegener’s idea about how mountains were created?
4. Key Words: Wegener
Group 7: Future
1. If the plates keep moving as they are, where should the continents be in the future?
2. What evidence may people of the future use to figure out about our current planet? Think of patterns
and fossils we might create that others would use to find out information.
3. Describe the world in another 200 million years? Which climates would change the most? Be creative
but use accurate predictions.
4. Key Words: Continental drift