Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT- PERFORMANCE TASK 4
BIOLOGY GRADE 10- QUARTER 3

Competency: Explain how species diversity increases the probability of adaptation and survival of organisms in
changing environments (ST10LT-IIIh-41); Explain the relationship between population growth and carrying capacity
(ST10LT-IIIi-42)

GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE (Position Paper)

After learning about biodiversity and the different factors that affect it, construct an argument,
supported by evidence that shows how the physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect
populations.

Choose a position; if you believe or do not believe in Global Warming that is supported by
evidence and debate. Your debate must be organized by arranging your arguments and evidence so they
are clearly understood and easily flow from one argument to the next.

Scoring will be based on the Rubric below.

 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT- PERFORMANCE TASK 4
BIOLOGY GRADE 10- QUARTER 3

RUBRICS FOR SCORING

Weight 10 7 5 3
Arguments Strong Confident with Marginal Lack of
confidence with material confidence with confidence with
material presented while material material
presented while utilizing some presented and presented and
utilizing facts, facts, research, few facts, facts, research,
research, and/or and/or artifacts research, and/or and/or artifacts
artifacts to to substantiate artifacts used to to substantiate
substantiate claims and substantiate claims and
claims and reasoning claims and reasoning.
reasoning reasoning
Evidences Information Most Some information Little
presented in the information presented in the information
debate was presented in the debate was presented in the
thorough, accurate debate was accurate and debate was
and supported by accurate and supported by accurate and
facts, which supported by facts, which supported by
answered the facts, which answered the facts, which
guiding questions. answered the guiding questions. answered the
guiding questions guiding questions
Presentation The presenters The presenters The presenters The presenters
make excellent make good use make some use make little use
use of eye of eye contact, of eye contact, of eye contact,
contact, articulation, articulation, articulation,
articulation, and enthusiasm and enthusiasm and enthusiasm
and enthusiasm to keep the to keep the to keep the
to keep the audience audience audience
audience engaged engaged. engaged engaged
Organizations Exceptional flow of Good flow The information The information
information, information, has flows poorly,
which leads to, which leads to some flow, which leads to a
the presentation the presentation which leads to convoluted
of logical of logical the presentation presentation of
arguments arguments of somewhat logical
brought forth in brought forth in logical arguments
a clear manner a clear manner. arguments
brought forth
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT- PERFORMANCE TASK 4
BIOLOGY GRADE 10- QUARTER 3