Introduction
Florida is home to a wide variety of turtles. We have sea turtles, land turtles, freshwater turtles and brackish water turtles. Some of these turtles are native to Florida and some of them are not. Your quest is to find out who these turtles are.
Task
Your task is to find out how many turtles are native to Florida and which turtles found in the wild are invasive species. You also must determine which turtles are endangered or protected.
Process
Your questionaire asks you to find information on three different turtles in Florida. Use the links below to explore Florida's turtles and find out more about them.
http://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/amphibians-reptiles/alligator-snappe…
http://myfwc.com/research/wildlife/amphibians-reptiles/
https://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herpetology/florida-amphibians-reptiles/turtl…
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Evaluation
| Research Report : Florida's Turtles | ||||
| Teacher Name: Mrs. Hopkins | Alma Hopkins | |||
| Student Name: ________________________________________ | ||||
| CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Amount of Information | All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 2 sentences about each. | All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with 1 sentence about each. | One or more topics were not addressed. |
| Quality of Information | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It includes several supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples. | Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given. | Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic. |
| Internet Use | Successfully uses suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Usually able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Occasionally able to use suggested internet links to find information and navigates within these sites easily without assistance. | Needs assistance or supervision to use suggested internet links and/or to navigate within these sites. |
| Paragraph Construction | All paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Most paragraphs include introductory sentence, explanations or details, and concluding sentence. | Paragraphs included related information but were typically not constructed well. | Paragraphing structure was not clear and sentences were not typically related within the paragraphs. |
| Date Created: Oct 22, 2014 11:00 pm (CDT) |