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Engineering Design Process: Puffmobiles

This rubric is used to assess the students' use of the engineering design process for designing a puffmobile (air powered car)

Rubric Code: DX76WB3

By bradsherr

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Subject: Engineering

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Engineering Design Process
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Ask	Poor There is no evidence that there was discussion of the problem, what others have done, or determined the contraints of the project before beginning.	Fair Little evidence supporting you defined the problem, researched what others have done, and determined the contraints before starting your design.	Good Some evidence supporting you defined the problem, researched what others have done, and determined the contraints before starting your design.	Excellent An appropriate amount of evidence to show you defined the problem, researched what others have done, and determined the contraints before starting your design.
Imagine	Poor Little or No evidence of imagine was seen as they worked in a group.	Fair Some evidence of imagine was observed.	Good Good evidence of the group thinking and brainstorming about what they were going to build.	Excellent They really got together as a group and imagined/ brainstormed what they were going to build.
Plan	Poor Little or no evidence was planned out. They did not plan what they were going to build nor plan on what materials to use in the building.	Fair Some evidence of a plan. There was some thought to materials/building, but not really thought out.	Good Good evidence of planning done. Materials were listed and thought out, but the plan wasn't quite complete.	Excellent I can really see what you are going to be building. All materials were listed and well thought out.
Create/ Design	Poor Your design lacked materials that were needed. It was really hard for me to tell what you built or were building.	Fair Some materials were used correctly.	Good Good use of the materials and plan. The puffmobile was nice and well put together, but there were parts that weren't well made.	Excellent Great use of materials! You maximized your use of materials and created an effective puffmobile.
Improve	Poor No attempt to change puffmobile to improve its performance. The team gave up.	Fair Some changes made to improve the perfomance of the puffmobile, but team gave up after several tries.	Good Several attempts made to improve performance of puffmobile. Even if failure, team was determined to try their best.	Excellent You made the necessary improvements to your puffmobile so that it met the criteria for successful performance. Your team did not give up on your design.
Criteria - Straight Flight	Poor Puffmobile did not roll straight or go at least 2 meters.	Fair Puffmobile rolled somewhat straight but did not go at least 2 meters.	Good Puffmobile rolled straight, but only went 1 meter or less.	Excellent Puffmobile rolled straight and went at least 2 meters.
Time Management	Poor Did not use time well. Time was wasted during the imagine, plan, and design phase of engineering.	Fair Sometimes used time well. There were times when the group got off task during the imagine, plan, and design phase.	Good Good use of time, there were a few times when the group got off task, but for the majority of the task time was well spent.	Excellent Great use of time. The group stayed on task during each phase of the process.
Participation	Poor All or Some group members had to be reminded several times to stay on task.	Fair Most group members participated during the building process. The group had to be redirected a few times.	Good The majority of the group members worked together and didn't have to be redirected that much at all.	Excellent All group members worked together flawlessly and got the job done. The group never had to be redirected.

Keywords:

Puffmobile

Subjects:

Engineering

Types:

Project

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