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Balloon car Racer Project Updated

Design a vehicle which will be the fastest over a 5m distance on the ground using balloons.

Rubric Code: CXBW6CB

By tjiaggie

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Balloon Car Race
	Unsuccessful 0 pts	Fair 1 pts	Good 2 pts	Very Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Physical Rationale	Unsuccessful Vehicle design had no basis on physical principles.	Fair Vehicle design some basis on physical principles.	Good Vehicle design sound basis on physical principles.	Very Good Vehicle design was clearly based on physical principles.	Excellent Vehicle design was extremely well designed using physical principles.
Balloon Racer Performance (In accordance with Constraints)	Unsuccessful Unsatisfactory. Traveled less than 5 meters	Fair The vehicle was much slower than average. Challenge completed with few details explaining problems/difficulties encountered.	Good The vehicle had average race times. Challenge completed with adequate details explaining problems/difficulties encountered.	Very Good The vehicle was faster than average. Challenge completed with good attention to detail in describing problems or difficulties encountered.	Excellent The vehicle was one of the fastest in class. Challenge completed with excellent attention to detail in describing problems or difficulties encountered.
Design,Procedure, and Construction	Unsuccessful Did not design or construct a vehicle/Procedure and/or materials list is incomplete.	Fair Attempted to build a vehicle, but was not successful. Procedure is completed with few directions and drawings included.	Good Design was fair and effort was made to build vehicle. Procedure was completed with adequate directions and drawings included.	Very Good Design was good and a great deal of thought was clearly put into vehicle. Procedure was completed with great attention to detail in written directions and drawings.	Excellent Design was creative and effort was excellent. Procedure was completed with excellent attention to detail in written directions and drawings.
Experiment Execution	Unsuccessful Did not participate in the experiment.	Fair Was not very cooperative during experiment.	Good Was somewhat uncooperative and made little effort.	Very Good Did a good job during the experiment.	Excellent Took a leadership role during the experiment.
Report / Data Analysis	Unsuccessful Did not submit a report/Data analysis was not done.	Fair Report/Data analysis was incomplete.	Good Data analysis/Report was insufficient in effort and quality.	Very Good Data analysis was well done and Report was well written.	Excellent Data Analysis and Report were excellent.