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Lunar Lander Project Lunar Lander Project Students design a lunar lander that will survive impact on the moons surface. Rubric Code: PXC9X89 By musickenty Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Performance
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Satisfactory 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Build criteria	Excellent Project is smaller or matches the accepted dimensions and ALL materials are listed in the criteria. A good amount of materials are used - and used imaginatively.	Good Project matches the accepted dimensions and ALL materials are listed in the criteria. A selection of materials are used.	Satisfactory Lunar Lander is satisfactorily built within the correct dimensions and/or uses permitted materials.	Poor Lunar lander exceeds the accepted dimensions and/or 1 or more materials do not come from the approved list.
Lander is intact!	Excellent The Lander stays intact, undamaged and stays upright. landing is very smooth and controlled using very good shock absorbing design. May have other design features to assist speed/landing.	Good Lander stays intact and lands in a smooth and controlled manner staying upright using good shock absorbing design.	Satisfactory Lander stays intact and lands satisfactorily staying upright. May suffer slight damage.	Poor The lander breaks or has structural damage on more than one side or corner but still together. Lander could not be safely reused.
Design and build	Excellent Design features meet the requirements to an excellent degree. Build quality is detailed and complete - very robust and shows attention to detail/design considerations. Extra design features may be included.	Good Design features clearly meet the requirements. Build quality is complete and suitably robust.	Satisfactory Design features satisfactorily meet the requirements. Build quality is complete and satisfactorily robust.	Poor Design features do not meet the requirements. Build quality is poor and unstable/rushed/incomplete
Cabin effectiveness	Excellent Astronauts stay safely in cabin with some extra protection/shock absorption	Good Cabin features keep Astronauts contained securely/safely in cabin.	Satisfactory Astronauts stay satisfactorily safely in cabin.	Poor Astronauts do not stay safely in cabin.
Score/ % / Grade	Excellent	Good	Satisfactory	Poor