| Grade | 2/1 | 3 | 4 | 6/5 |
| Connection to Content | Student makes no connections to programme areas | Student makes few connections to programme areas | Student makes some connections to programme areas | Student makes exceptional connections to programme areas |
| Content | Student does not seem to understand the topic very well. | Students shows a good understanding of parts the topic | Student shows a good understanding of the topic | Student shows a full understanding of the topic |
| Originality | Uses other people’s ideas, but does not give them credit | Uses other people’s ideas (giving them credit), but there is little evidence of original thinking | Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights | Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative and inventive. You show that you can think outside the box |
| Quality of research (what I found out) | Little information given / is difficult to understand
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Some information given /web articles only
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Good information that answers most of the question
Student does not design a form/ make an interview or experiment/reach out to experts |
Excellent information that answers the question fully and in a logical order
Student reaches out to experts using social media networking sites/ uses different research methods |
| Quality of presentation (how well I shared what I found out) | Oral presentation not
presented clearly
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Some of oral presentation articulated clearly | Oral presentation mostly articulated clearly | Oral presentation articulated clearly in my own words, with correct posture, clear speaking (not reading) and good volume |
| Visual work not presented/Blog | Some of visual work/Blog | Visual work mostly presented clearly/Blog | Visual presentation gives information in my own words, is neat, legible, attractive with correct spelling/Blog | |
| Multimedia work not presented clearly | Some of multimedia work presented clearly | Multimedia work mostly presented clearly | Multimedia presentation given in my own words, easy to view with clear information, correct spelling and attractive layout | |
| Enthusiasm/Audience Awareness | Shows no enthusiasm about the topic
Fails to increase audience understanding of the topic |
Shows little or mixed feelings about the topic
Raises audience understanding to some extent
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Shows some enthusiastic feelings about the topic
Raises audience understanding and knowledge of some points |
Demonstrates strong enthusiasm about the topic during entire presentation
Significantly increases audience understanding and knowledge of the topic |
| How I used ‘extras’ to make my presentation richer | Sequence and layout used poorly / hasn’t added to the quality of the presentation | Sequence and layout need improvement in some areas
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Sequence and layout mostly used well
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Sequence and layout (headings / sub headings / diagrams / props / pictures / labels / extras) add to the quality of the presentation
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| Resources I used | No bibliography presented | Bibliography shows few sources used/ Less than 5 | Bibliography shows some sources have been used/At least 8 sources | Bibliography shows that information comes from a variety of sources/ All the sources have been cited in the APA citation style/At least 10 sources |
| WOW factor | Nothing extra that could be called ‘wow’ | Nothing extra that could be called ‘wow’ | Just a little bit of a WOW factor | You’ve surprised us by adding something extra that makes us go ‘WOW!’ |