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House Model

Build a model of a house that is sustainable, uses renewable fuel, has a zero carbon and water footprint, and composts waste, or reforms it into something useable.

Rubric Code: D2W79XX

By kathy_snyder

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Subject: Engineering

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8

Criteria Criteria for each column
	Poor Show very little effort or no effort and very little or no correct criteria 0 pts	Fair Could show more effort but for the most part was good 5 pts	Good Shows great effort and outstanding criteria 10 pts
Measurements Measurements for each part of the blueprint (floorplan and pseudo-architectural drawings to scale.)	Poor No measurements on the blueprint, so you don't know the length, width, and the height of the house.	Fair Some measurements are shown on the blueprint, but some are missing.	Good All parts of the blueprint have measurements.
Color Blueprints that have color for each part of the house	Poor No color provided on the blueprint, so the house would be all white.	Fair Some color on the blueprint, but there could be more.	Good All parts of the blueprint have color for the house.
Scale factor Create a reasonable scale factor and build to match it.	Poor No scale factor was used.	Fair Scale was used however, the model was not built to the scale on the blueprints.	Good Model was built to scale.
Rooms/Levels Blueprints must have more than one room	Poor Only one or no rooms in the blueprint/house, or only one level in the blueprint/house.	Fair Only has two or three rooms in the blueprint/house, and only 1 level in the blueprint/house. (Level can be below ground - either crawl space or basement.)	Good The blueprint has four or more rooms in the house and 2 or more levels in the blueprint/house. (Level can be below ground - either crawl space or basement.)
Research Research focused on climate change atmospheric challenges.	Poor Less than 3 of the areas in "good category" were studied and included in the design presentation.	Fair Between 4 and 6 of the areas in "good category" were studied and included in the design presentation.	Good More than 5 of the following were included in the design and presentation. 1) Albedo effect 2) carbon footprint 3) water footprint 4) renewable fuel 5) temperature regulation 6) composting 7) grey water or rain water capture
Intermediate deadlines met. 1) blue print 2) materials list 3) cutting and gluing 4) construction issues 5) presentation	Poor Fewer than 3 deadlines were met.	Fair 3 or 4 deadlines were met.	Good All deadlines were met.
Respect: materials, classmates Clean up, set up, productive work during class	Poor Student consistently failed to clean up, replace materials, and manage model and disrupted the work of other students.	Fair Student consistently failed to clean up, replace materials, and manage model or disrupted the work of other students.	Good Student consistently cleaned up, replaced materials, and managed model and worked well with other students.
Tests on head loss Model will be tested for heat loss	Poor Massive loss of heat at the roofline, edges, windows, and ground floor.	Fair Minimal loss of heat along the roofline, sides and ground floor. Evidence of planning.	Good Almost no loss of heat anywhere.
Presentation of model	Poor Few slides, little evidence of research, no references documented. Images of the model were not included.	Fair Acceptable number of slides, needs more evidence of research and comprehension of the essentials of building a sustainable house. Several	Good Over the top in all aspects.
Select one One area of sustainability should be chosen to expand with more details.	Poor Student's presentation showed little evidence, contained no diagrams, and was too short.	Fair Student's presentation included evidence, however it was not presented clearly and was of improper length (or was read.)	Good Excellent research-based presentation that was presented and not read from the power point.

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sustainable, albedo, renewable energy, compost, carbon footprint, water footprint, model

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