Evaluation

The rubric below outlines how each student will be graded. Your goal is to strive for the Exemplary column to impress the Discovery Channel producers.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4
Individual Questions for Certificate of Expertise	Not all questions are answered. Many mistakes in spelling and grammar.	All questions are answered, but some are incomplete. Work quality needs improvement in neatness, spelling, and/or grammar.	All questions have acceptable answers. Work is neat and few, if any, mistakes.	All questions are answered completely and thoroughly. Work is exceptionally neat, grammatically correct, with no spelling errors.
Visual Aid for Individual Roles	Work is incomplete, not visually pleasing, neat or legible.	Work is lacking in content and not put together well.	Work is a good visual aid but is lacking in some content or contains mistakes.	Work is an exemplary visual aid (neat, legible, and visually appealing).
Group Preparation	Limited group participation and negative attitude.	Sometimes contributes to group and a positive attitude.	Has a positive attitude and participates.	Has a positive attitude, active in group and consistent.
Oral Presentation	No eye contact, soft spoken, presentation not well thought out.	Has eye contact, soft spoken, presentation is organized.	Has eye contact, good speaking voice and presentation is organized.	Gives a professional presentation, good eye contact and speaking voice.