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Students will communicate their GLOBE findings and investigations through informal and formal, written, visual, and oral presentations. The criteria below represent features of persuasive and informational writing commonly employed in rubrics for assessing written work. brief, informal communications through such vehicles as email may provide limited evidence of the components.

Focus/Main Point -- The report states and maintains a main point or conclusion.
Scientific Evidence, Procedures, and Explanations--The report presents appropriate/accurate and sufficient evidence, including GLOBE data, to support the main point or conclusion. The report describes the investigation problem, data collection procedures, analyses, interpretations, and conclusions.
Representation of Data and Analyses -- The report presents GLOBE data in graphic or other representation formats that appropriately summarize data and analyses. Representational formats are appropriate and contribute to the reader's understanding of the evidence and conclusions.
Coherence -- Evidence, including GLOBE data, tables, and analyses and explanations are logically connected, sequenced, and in support of the conclusion.
Scientific Terminology -- The report uses science terminology that is appropriate.
Conventions --The report employs the conventions of standard written English (sentence structure, usage, spelling, punctuation/capitalization).
Quality Levels -- Rubrics may be developed on scales of 1-4 or 1-6, ranging from absent or underdeveloped responses to partially, adequately, and fully developed.