Criteria

World
Distribution of
Biome and
Animal
Climate and
Weather

Plants and
Animals

Physical
Characteristics
of Animal
Description of
Habitat
Adaptations and
Behaviors

World Map

Biome Worksheet Rubric

1
2
3
Location of biome
and animal is not
stated at all

Location of biome
and/or animal is
incorrect

Location of biome
Location of biome
and animal is not
and animal is
clearly stated (only
clearly stated
continent or
(continent AND
country, but not
country)
both)
Includes
Includes 1
Includes
Includes
description of
sentence or less of
description of
description of
climate but not in
climate
climate in 2-3
climate in 2-3
sentence form and
description and
sentences and does
sentences and
does not state
does not state
not state amount of
states amount of
amount of
amount of
precipitation
precipitation
precipitation
precipitation
Includes 1 or less Includes less than Includes 3 different Includes 3 different
different species 3 different species
species of plants
species of plants
of plants and 1 or of plants and less
and 3 different
and 3 different
less different
than 3 species but species of animals species of animals
species of animals
animals are not
but animals are not (animals--labeled
with no labels
labeled
labeled
as predator or prey
AND omnivore,
carnivore, or
herbivore)
Includes 1 or less Includes less than
Includes 3-4
Includes at least 5
physical
3 physical
physical
physical
characteristic and
characteristics
characteristics and characteristics and
is not described at
and is not
is described in less is clearly described
all
described in
than 3-5 sentences
in 3-5 sentences
sentence form
Includes 1 or less Includes less than
Includes 3 key
Includes at least 3
key features and is 3 key features and
features and is
key features and is
not described at is not described in
described in less clearly described in
all
sentence form
than 3-5 sentences
3-5 sentences
Includes 1 or less Includes 1-2 types Includes two types
Includes at least
adaptation or
of adaptations or
of adaptations or
two types of
behavior and is
behaviors and are behaviors and are
adaptations or
not explained at
not explained in
explained in less
behaviors and is
all
sentence form
than 3-5 sentences clearly explained in
3-5 sentences
Location of animal
Even though
Location of animal Location of animal
is not marked and correctly labeled,
is not clearly
is accurately
its biome is not
the location of
marked with a star marked with a star
shaded
animal and biome
and its biome is
in pen and its
is not accurate
not noticeably
biome is shaded in
shaded (or is
neatly with colored
incorrectly shaded
pencil
in with pen or
marker)