Food+Ingredient+Grading+Rubric

Grading for part one of the Food Ingredient Information Project will be as follows:
= = =* Zero page edits will count as a 0 for all categories.... or 0/25 points for the project.=
 * || **Unacceptable (1/5 points)** || **Marginal (3/5 points)** || **Target (5/5 points)** || **Exemplary (6/5 points)** ||
 * **Content** || Answers less than 1/2 of the questions posted on the Food Ingredient Information page. Doesn't include one link per contributor. Numerous grammar and spelling errors. || Answers more than 1/2 of the questions posted on the Food Ingredient Information page, but not all. Includes a minimum of one link per contributor. Minimal grammar or spelling errors. || Provides information about each of the questions posted on the Food Ingredient Information page. Includes a minimum of one link per contributor. There are not any grammar or spelling errors. || Fulfills the Target objective as well as provides a substantial quantity of additional information. ||
 * **Design** || No attempt was made at formatting the page. Page has broken links or missing images. Page includes copyrighted images. || Page is formatted with headings and font styles and doesn't include copyrighted material. || Page is formatted with headings, font styles, lists, and includes proper formatting for chemical formulas. No copyrighted material is included. || Fulfills Target objective as well as includes advanced style elements (non-copyrighted photos or graphics, other html formatting elements, etc...) ||
 * **Participation*** || 1-2 page edits. Responsible for modifying or appending to answers to 1 or 2 of the required questions on the Food Ingredient Information page. || More than 2 page edits. Responsible for modifying or appending to answers to less than 1/3 of the required questions on the Food Ingredient Information page. || More than 2 page edits. Responsible for modifying or appending to approximately 1/2 of the required questions on the Food Ingredient Information page. || Fulfills the Target objective as well as makes numerous edits to the page to edit or discuss with their partner methods to improve the page. ||
 * **Source Citation** || Sources are not cited by posting the website URL where the information was found. || URL is posted, but only one resource is cited per contributor. || 2-3 URL's are cited per contributor. || Fulfills the Target objective as well as includes some form of footnote annotation indicating where each piece of data was retrieved. ||
 * **Synopsis Quality** || Majority of content appears to be copied directly from source. || Content appears to be a synopsis of original source, but still uses grammar and vocabulary not typical of a high school student (other than scientific terminology). || Content is clearly a summary of the original source and is written in the student's own words (other than scientific terminology). || Fulfills the Target objective as well as includes definitions for all scientific and unfamiliar terms. ||