How do attain the level, “Exceeding Expectations” for your project?
1 Knowledge and skills application
a) Process (gathering and processing information): Group Project File
• Your group acquires relevant information from a variety of reliable sources.
• Your group identifies essential guiding questions regarding global warming, climate change and alternative sources of clean energy.
• Your group shows competence in analysing the information and making personal convincing and perceptive inferences about the consequences to the earth and creating a product with applied knowledge.
• Your group generates and selects ideas on how to present the information effectively in the report.
• Your group shows considerable evidence of evaluating and improving the inferences made, making checks on the accuracy of information, so that your reports are useful and relevant to readers.
1 Knowledge and skills application
b) Product (The news articles)
• Your articles show your group has made thorough use of knowledge and skills from Science, Geography and providing useful and relevant information to potential environmentalists and leaders.
• The articles show a high level of creativity and thoughtfulness in other relevant subjects to complete the articles.
• Your group is highly successful in applying knowledge to create a product for the theme.
• The main ideas in your articles are consistently clear and presented with depth, effectively supported with facts, vivid details and appropriate examples.
• The articles are well organised and coherent.
2 Oral Communication
a) Presentation as a group
• The group presentation is very well organised as a whole; each member’s part is very well linked to another.
• The overall presentation is highly effective because your group has taken into consideration the audience’s needs and interests. The visual aids or IT you use are effective.
• Your group is able to answer the questions raised by the audience well, showing excellent understanding of the project.
2 Oral Communication
b) Individual presentation
• Your delivery is clear and fluent.
• You show confidence when speaking to the audience and do not need to depend much on your notes.
• You are able to keep the audience‘s attention most of the time.
3 Collaboration
a) Teamwork
• All members make the effort to work cooperatively.
• Your group manages time very well, meeting most if not all of your targets.
3 Collaboration
b) Individual Contribution
• You have made every effort to make a significant contribution to the project.
• You have made every effort to carry out your individual duties well and on time.
4 Independent Learning (Individual)
• You know your strengths and your weak areas and how to improve yourself.
• You are positive and responsible towards learning and work.