8-4 Project Part Two: Presentation

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SCI 200 Project Part Two Rubric (SA) Activity: 8-4 Project Part Two: Presentation

Course: SCI-200-R6528 Applied Natural Sciences 22EW6

Name: Jennifer Moore

Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Not Evident Criterion Score

Scientific

Background

0 / 15.8

Criterion Feedback

Your presentation does not provide a brief overview of the scientific background of the issue

and question and does not explain how the issue relates to the natural sciences. Did you run

into trouble completing this introductory slide? Please contact me if I can answer any

questions.

15.8 points

Meets

“Proficient”

criteria, and

response

expertly

balances

necessary

detail with

brevity

13.43 points

Provides brief

overview of

scientific

background of

issue and

question, and

explains how

issue relates to

natural

sciences

8.69 points

Provides brief

overview of

scientific

background of

issue and

question, and

explains how

issue relates to

natural

sciences, but

with gaps in

detail or clarity

0 points

Does not

provide brief

overview of

scientific

background of

issue and

question, and

does not

explain how

issue relates

to natural

sciences

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Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Not Evident Criterion Score

Audience 0 / 15.8

Criterion Feedback

Your presentation does not explain how your issue impacts your audience. Your response

should be clear and detailed and should be supported with examples from the research

investigation. If you have encountered any challenges working to describe how your issue

impacts your audience, contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions.

Empirical

Evidence

0 / 15.8

15.8 points

Meets

“Proficient”

criteria, and

explanation

demonstrates

sophisticated

understanding

of relationship

between issue

and audience

13.43 points

Explains how

issue impacts

audience,

supporting

response with

examples from

research

investigation

8.69 points

Explains how

issue impacts

audience but

with gaps in

clarity, detail,

or support

0 points

Does not

explain how

issue impacts

audience

15.8 points

Meets

“Proficient”

criteria, and

response

demonstrates

strong

understanding

of how to use

empirical

evidence in

drawing

conclusions

about the

impact of

contemporary

scientific

issues

13.43 points

Describes

empirical

evidence that

supports

conclusions

about impact

of issues on

self and

audience,

supporting

response with

examples from

research

investigation

8.69 points

Describes

empirical

evidence that

supports

conclusions

about impact

of issues on

self and

audience, but

with gaps in

clarity, detail,

or support

0 points

Does not

describe

empirical

evidence that

supports

conclusions

about impact

of issues on

self and

audience

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Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Not Evident Criterion Score

Criterion Feedback

You did not describe any empirical evidence that supports your conclusions about the issue or

the impact of the issue on yourself and your audience. To improve your work, you needed to

gather evidence you shared in your planning document based on your research. For example,

consider evidence that has led you to draw conclusions about the impact of your issue on you

and your audience. You might have also more clearly presented the information from your

sources to show you have a strong understanding of how to use empirical evidence in drawing

conclusions about the impact of contemporary scientific issues. Let me know if you had any

questions about this critical element.

Personally 0 / 15.8

Criterion Feedback

For this part of the presentation, students were to share why their issue is important to them

personally and why they chose their issue. If you had trouble completing this, please email me

for clarification. Your presentation does not explain why the issue is important to you

personally. You needed to explain why your issue holds personal importance for you and why

you chose it. Developing an understanding of how personal values relate to different disciplines

(like the natural sciences) or to local or global communities is part of developing global learning

skills to see the interrelationships between our lives, community, and world. This makes us

more aware of the impact of our choices and behaviors. It also helps us to see how other

people might be related to their own communities and how we might work cooperatively with

people who are different from us to solve problems and share knowledge.

15.8 points

Meets

“Proficient”

criteria, and

explanation

demonstrates

keen insight

into impact of

natural

sciences on

personal

experiences

13.43 points

Explains why

issue is

important

personally

8.69 points

Explains why

issue is

important

personally but

with gaps in

clarity or detail

0 points

Does not

explain why

issue is

important

personally

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Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Not Evident Criterion Score

Investigation 0 / 15.8

Criterion Feedback

This critical element gave students an opportunity to consider why studying science and

thinking like a scientist to research, develop a question, and formulate a hypothesis affect what

they think about their selected issue and how scientific thinking changes the lens through

which students viewed their issue. Your presentation does not illustrate how the investigation

of the issue impacted your thinking on the issue. If you ran into any problems completing this

section, please let me know if I can clarify these concepts. To improve your work, you needed

to expand your ideas here in order to illustrate how your investigation of your issue impacts the

way you think about your issue, leveraging what you have learned through your research to

demonstrate that you can apply scientific thinking in investigating contemporary science issues.

Message 0 / 15.8

15.8 points

Meets

“Proficient”

criteria, and

response

demonstrates

insight into

relationship

between issue

and scientific

thinking

13.43 points

Illustrates how

investigation

of issue

impacted

thinking on the

issue,

supporting

response with

examples from

research

investigation

8.69 points

Illustrates how

investigation

of issue

impacted

thinking on the

issue but with

gaps in clarity,

detail, or

support

0 points

Does not

illustrate how

investigation

of issue

impacted

thinking on

the issue

15.8 points

Meets

“Proficient”

criteria, and

presentation

demonstrates

understanding

of effectively

communicating

with specific

audiences by

tailoring

message

13.43 points

Communicates

message

effectively in a

way that is

tailored to

specific

audience

8.69 points

Communicates

message to

audience, but

communication

is not effective

or is not

tailored to

specific

audience

0 points

Does not

communicate

message to

audience

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Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Not Evident Criterion Score

Criterion Feedback

Your presentation does not communicate your message to any particular audience. If you had

questions about this, please get in touch with me. In the presentation, students are assessed on

how well they communicated to their audience, like their vocabulary, their audience’s potential

knowledge of current natural science (or lack thereof), and what is specifically important to the

audience. This tailoring or effective communication is not demonstrated in your presentation. I

encourage you to continue working on this. Being able to recognize the perspective of others

and adjust how we communicate shows empathy, intercultural knowledge, and the ability to

adapt our communications for different individuals. These skills help us to more effectively

problem solve by seeing more perspectives and knowing how to interact with members of a

diverse workforce.

Articulation

of Response

0 / 5.25.2 points

Submission is

free of errors

related to

citations,

grammar,

spelling,

syntax, and

organization

and is

presented in a

professional

and easy-to-

read format

4.42 points

Submission has

no major errors

related to

citations,

grammar,

spelling,

syntax, or

organization

2.86 points

Submission has

major errors

related to

citations,

grammar,

spelling,

syntax, or

organization

that negatively

impact

readability and

articulation of

main ideas

0 points

Submission

has critical

errors related

to citations,

grammar,

spelling,

syntax, or

organization

that prevent

understanding

of ideas

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Total 0 / 100

Overall Score

Criteria Exemplary Proficient Needs Improvement

Not Evident Criterion Score

Criterion Feedback

Your presentation has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or

organization that prevent understanding of your ideas. Did you know that we have SNHU

resources for all students right in Brightspace? In our class under Content, the final module is

called Academic Support. If you click there, you can get help with your schoolwork, meet with

academic coaches or peer tutors, or even use the 24-7 drop-in tutoring or live chat for on-

demand help. These are resources for all students and are there to support your success; the

people there are friendly and helpful. Remember, links are available in the Content area below

the modules. Check them out when you have a chance.

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