Assessment

Product || All students have created a Travel Guide with considerable help. Each Travel Guide includes research findings/data collection sheets of 2 countries and of the continent in general. || All students have created, with some help, a Travel Guide. Each Travel Guide includes research findings/data collection sheets of 2 countries and of the continent in general || All students have independently created a Travel Guide. Each Travel Guide includes research findings/data collection sheets of 2 countries and of the continent in general. || All students have independently created a complete and detailed Travel Guide. Each group's Travel Guide includes research findings/data collection sheets on interesting facts from each continent and a picture/drawing of a typical feature of such a country. ||  ||
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 * Ideas/Research questions || Students worked cooperatively to identify, with considerable adult help. || Students worked cooperatively to identify, with some adult help || Students worked cooperatively to identify almost things about continents || Students worked cooperatively to identify all things about continets ||   ||
 * Plan for oganizing || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Students haven’t got a clear plan to organize the information and/or the students in the group cannot explain their research findings. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Students have developed a clear plan to organize the information as it is gathered. All students can independently explain most of the research findings. || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Students have developed a clear plan to organize the information in the final Travel Guide research product. All students can independently explain the research findings || <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Studentss have developed a clear plan to organize the information as it is gathered and in the final Travel Guide research product. All students can independently explain the research findings. ||  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Research
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Presentation || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #101010; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Students are unable to present their reseach findings to their peers. Students are unable to answer basic questions to enhance understanding for their audience. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #101010; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Students are able to present their reseach findings to their peers. Students are unable to answer basic questions to enhance understanding for their audience. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #101010; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Students are able to independently present their reseach findings to their peers. Students are able to answer basic questions to enhance understanding for their audience. || <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #101010; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">Students are able to independently present their reseach findings to their peers. Students are able to independently and effectively answer complex questions to enhance understanding for their audience. ||  ||