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NCRTEC Professional Development Planning and Evaluation Teaching and Learning

Assessment

A variety of assessment tools have been incorporated with the lessons. Students are assessed through teacher observation, peer assessment, and project rubrics.

Activity Two: Example rubric.

Students will be assessed on the accuracy of the information represented by the model and their speaking skills during the presentation.

 Points Earned
Model Assessment 
Major landforms are represented accurately (15)____________
Animal life represented accurately (15)____________
Plant life represented accurately (15)____________
Model is colorful and interesting (5)____________
Model is neat and well organized (5)____________
Speaking Skills: 
All students contribute to the oral presentation (15)____________
Students maintain eye contact with the audience (5)____________
Students speak loudly and clearly (5)____________
Students maintain appropriate posture (5)____________
Oral information presented is accurate (15)____________

Activity Two: Listener Evaluation Form (to be filled out by students listening to the presentations).

  1. What biome is being represented?

  2. How do you know?

  3. What are the major factors that contributed to the development of this biome?

  4. What animals and plants are represented in this biome?

  5. What landforms are represented in this biome?

  6. What else did you learn from the model of the biome?

  7. What suggestions do you have for improvement of the project?

  8. What suggestions do you have for improvement of the presentation?

Activity Three: Example Research Guide.

Please address the following categories in your report. You may want to organize your work so that specific team members are responsible for one or two areas. Please design one slide (card, etc.) to address each question.

  1. Definition of the biome you are investigating. (What is a desert?)

  2. Is there more than one type of the biome you are investigating? (What are the various types of deserts?)

  3. What causes the biome you are investigating to develop? (What causes a desert?)

  4. Where is the biome you are investigating located?

  5. What plants grow in the biome you are investigating?

  6. What animals live in the biome you are investigating?

  7. What unusual or interesting facts did you discover?

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