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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Bridges are made out of popsicle sticks & hot glue. The bridge must contain the following: the name of truss bridge, a well drawn design Bridge structure is neatly built & the bridge structure must reflect the type of truss bridge named. Rubric Code: E23A642 By aaurilio Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Forces Acting on Structures: Popsicle Stick Bridge using 50 popsicle sticks
	Poor 6 pts	Fair 9 pts	Good 12 pts	Excellent 15 pts
Appearance	Poor Not aesthetically pleasing Work is sloppy throughout. Design is unattractive and/or plain.	Fair Limited aesthetics (shapes, patterns, etc.) Design and use of glue is messy at times. Some visual appeal.	Good Overall, an attractive bridge (shapes, patterns, etc.) Tidy work most of the time. Visually appealing.	Excellent Extremely aesthetic in design (shapes, patterns, etc.) All construction is clean and attractive. Visually appealing.
Structure	Poor Bridge with no real design. Does not contain all the components of their type of Truss Bridge Did not maximize use of materials.	Fair Bridge with limited creative design. Contains 50% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge Limited use of materials.	Good Bridge designed with good creativity. Contains 75% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge Good use of materials.	Excellent Bridge designed with excellent creativity. Contains 100% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge. Excellent use of materials.
Blueprint - brainstorming - pre-writing description - post building reflection	Poor Bridge design does not match the design of the brainstorming and changes were not explained.	Fair Bridge design somewhat matches the design of the blueprint. If any changes were made during building, they were explained a little upon reflection.	Good Bridge blueprint mostly matches the design of the finished product. If any changes were made during building, they were sufficiently explained upon reflection.	Excellent Bridge blueprint matches the design of the finished product. If any changes were made during building, they were thoroughly explained upon reflection.
Durability	Poor Truss Bridge design could not hold even a small amount of weight	Fair Truss Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight	Good Truss Bridge design held a lot of weight	Excellent Truss Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held a great deal of weight
Materials	Poor Used more glue and popsicle sticks than allowed.	Fair	Good	Excellent Used the appropriate amount of popsicle sticks allowed 50 sticks or less. Used appropriate amounts of hot glue.