10/23/14

There is no formal homework - continue to prepare for the second part of the exam and also be sure to finish up the Earth Systems and Resources Exam Warm-Up so that it can be submitted tomorrow.

Earth Systems and Resources Exam Warm-Up

Why is Earth habitable?

Use your notes and accumulated knowledge to develop and support a claim as to why the Earth is able to serve as a home and support life as we know it. NOTE: Your claim itself is not being assessed nor should you posit a counterclaim.

	Mastery – 4	Proficient – 3	Satisfactory – 2	Needs Revision – 1
Support of claim	Thoroughly supports claim(s) with several detailed, convincing, specific reasons/pieces of evidence	Supports claim(s) with multiple detailed, specific reasons/pieces of evidence	Supports claim(s) with multiple reasons/pieces of evidence but they are lacking in detail or specificity	Supports claim(s) with reasons/ evidence that are not convincing due to lack of detail, specificity, or clarity OR not having enough pieces of evidence to support each claim
Demonstrates knowledge	Consistently demonstrates deep knowledge of material in readings by constantly: using vocabulary, explaining examples clearly, incorporating statistics, etc.	Consistently demonstrates knowledge of material in readings by: using vocabulary, explaining examples clearly, incorporating statistics, etc and minor errors or occasions for further explanation may be present	Demonstrates knowledge of material in readings by using vocabulary, etc. but with multiple errors, a glaring error, or lack of detail	Does not demonstrate sufficient knowledge of material from readings through errors or lack of usage/explanation.