[National Parks Rubric]{.underline}

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  CATEGORY                  **3**             **2**            **1**

  **Internet Skills**       Successfully      Successfully     Needs assistance
                            finds and uses    uses suggested   or supervision
                            internet links to internet links   to use suggested
                            find information  to find          internet links
                            and navigates     information and  and/or to
                            within these      navigates within navigate within
                            sites easily      these sites      these sites.
                            without           easily without   
                            assistance.       assistance.      

  **Landforms/Resources**   Independently     Independently    Successfully
                            identifies at     identifies 2 or  identifies 1
                            least 4 landforms 3 landforms and  landform and
                            and 4 resources   resources in one resources in one
                            in one National   National Park.   National Park.
                            Park.                              

  **Endangered Parks**      Identifies at     Identifies at    Identifies at
                            least 3 National  least 2 National least 1 National
                            Parks that are    Parks that are   Park that is
                            endangered and    endangered and   endangered and
                            list 2 reasons    list at least 1  at least 1
                            why.              reason why.      reason why.

  **Pros/Cons**             Identifies at     Identifies 3 or  Identifies 1 or
                            least 5 pros and  4 pros and 3 or  2 pros and cons
                            5 cons for        4 cons for       for depleting
                            depleting         depleting        landforms to
                            landforms to      landforms to     acquire natural
                            acquire natural   acquire natural  resources.
                            resources.        resources.       

  **Email**                 Sends an email    Sends an email   Sends an email
                            with at least 4   with 2 or 3      with 1 question
                            insightful        insightful       for an expert to
                            questions for an  questions for an help them with
                            expert to help    expert to help   their research.
                            them with their   them with their  
                            research.         research.        

  **Letters**               Composes a letter Composes a       Composes a
                            to a senator      letter to a      letter to a
                            voicing their     senator voicing  senator voicing
                            opinions and      their opinions   their opinion
                            stating at least  and stating 2 or and stating few
                            4 clear, decisive 3 clear,         or unclear
                            reasons behind    decisive reasons reasons.
                            it.               behind it.       

  **Presentation**          Well-rehearsed,   Rehearsed fairly Delivery not
                            content well      well,            smooth, but able
                            organized.        organization     to hold
                            Subject knowledge appears flawed.  attention of
                            is excellent.     Subject          audience.
                                              knowledge        Content is
                                              appears to be    logical but
                                              good.            contains factual
                                                               errors.
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