Plant Web Page Evaluation Rubric
Student Name(s):		Self-evaluation Score:
Date & Class period:
This analytic rubric is used to verify specific tasks performed when producing this assignment. Points will be awarded in each target area according to the quality with which each area was completed by the student.
Category	Scoring Criteria	Points	Student Evaluation	Teacher Evaluation
Web page look 30 pts	Professional looking, organized (Title, font easy to read, easy to follow, items well placed on page)	10
	Two pictures of plant	10
	Plant information is not cut and pasted (summarize and quote information)	10
Resources 30 points	At least two links to other web pages about plants (linked by word or picture)	10
	At least two sources are cited on web page (cite sources on bottom of web page)	10
	Expert contacted (Name, title, method of contact, information obtained) (If information is used throughout web page indicate areas with quotations)	10
Plant information 50 points	Names and classification (lists common name, scientific name, all other taxonomic names and other similar species)	10
	Physical description of plant (tissue types, root type, stems, leaf type and pattern, vascular/nonvascular, flower, etc)	10
	Means of reproduction (seeds, spores, seed dispersal, pollination, reproductive process, diagram of life cycle.)	10
	Region and environment plant is found (where would this plant be found)	10
	Method of obtaining nutrients (Explain – heterotrophic, autotrophic, both, how, show diagram	10
Fact 10 points	Interesting facts are listed about plant (adaptations, human uses, poison’s, growing features, etc)	10
Score	Total Points	120
Self-evaluation	Students are expected to honestly evaluate their own work. If the difference between the student evaluation and the teacher evaluation is more than 10 points, 5 points will be deducted from the teacher's score when the grade is recorded.