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Biological Sciences 
Designing a boat that floats and holds dice without sinking
Rubric Code: AXBWXXX
By jobarton
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Subject: Science  
Type: Assessment  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric Design a boat that floats
  Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Excellent

4 pts

Design including materials

Poor

Chooses materials without considering if they are buoyant or not.
Fair

Thinks about buoyancy when choosing materials. No thought to holding the dice on the boat.
Good

Thinks carefully about buoyancy when choosing materials and has attempted to consider the holding of dice on the boat.
Excellent

Accurately chooses appropriate materials to make a bouyant boat including how to hold dice.
Boat floating and dice filling

Poor

Boat has no sides and no consideration given to a way of holding dice. No balance.
Fair

Made a boat with small sides and has attempted to include a way of holding the dice. Boat didn't balance.
Good

Made a boat with high sides and a way of holding dice. Boat was balanced for most of the experiment.
Excellent

Made a boat that had high sides and a successful container to hold the dice. Boat was balanced at all times.
Boat design reflection/improvement

Poor

Limited reflection on problems with design and no ideas for improvement.
Fair

Basic reflection on design and simple idea for improvement.
Good

Detailed reflection on problems with design and more complex ideas for improvement.
Excellent

Detailed reflection on causes of the problems and detailed improvement ideas to eradicate the problems.




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