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Technology & Enterprise - Boat Making Challenge 
Technology & Enterprise - Boat Making Challenge
Students are expected to make a boat of appropriate, accessible and home, materials. The boat must float, move through the water independently and carry a small weight.
Rubric Code: RX82XCA
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Subject: Science  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: K-5

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Students are expected to make a boat of appropriate, accessible and home, materials. The boat must float, move independently and carry a small weight.
  Poor

5 pts

Fair

10 pts

Satisfactory

15 pts

Excellent

20 pts

Materials
20 pts

Used materials that are buoyant.
Poor

Did not use materials that repell water.
Fair

Use some materials that repell water.
Satisfactory

Use mostly materials that repell water.
Excellent

Used all materials that repell water.
Finished Boat
20 pts

Floats, holds weight and moves through the water independently
Poor

The boat did not float, hold the weight or move through the water independently.
Fair

The boat floated without any weight, but did not move and sunk when weight was added.
Satisfactory

The boat floated well and was able to move through the water independently, but sunk just a little when the weight was added.
Excellent

The boat floated very well with and without the weight. The boat was able to move through the water, with or without weight.
Procedure
20 pts

Written procedure.
Poor

Steps for making the boat are unclear and lack important details.
Fair

Some steps for making the boat are somewhat clear, but important steps are left out.
Satisfactory

Steps for making the boat are clearly written.
Excellent

Steps for making the boat are precise and clearly written.
Evaluation / Make Changes
20 pts

Able to evaluate project and suggest or make changes that need to be made for improving boat design
Poor

Did not evaluate boat design or make any changes or improvements.
Fair

Evaluated boat design and made some changes to improve the boat, but did not make the boat more buoyant move independently.
Satisfactory

Evaluated boat design and made changes that improved the buoyancy of the boat and the ability for the boat to move independently.
Excellent

Evaluated boat design and made significant changes to the boat that enabled the boat to move independently through the water and greatly increased the buoyancy of the boat.
Technology - Engineering Principles
20 pts

Create movement by combining materials and using forces
Poor

Did not combine materials to create a boat that could move.
Fair

Combined some materials, but boat could not move independently.
Satisfactory

Combined some materials to make the boat move independently through the water.
Excellent

Combined appropriate materials to make the boat move independently through the water for a period of time.



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  • materials, weight, buoyant, carry, procedure

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