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Spaghetti Bridge Building Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Bridges are made out of spaghetti & 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: FXA6458 By jlperalc Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Forces Acting on Structures:
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 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 meet span length. Does not contain all the components of their type of Bridge. Did not maximize use of materials.	Fair Bridge with limited creative design. Spans less than 10 inches. Contains 50% of the components of their type of Bridge. Limited use of materials.	Good Bridge designed with good creativity. Spans less than 14 inches. Contains 75% of the components of their type of Bridge. Good use of materials.	Excellent Bridge designed with excellent creativity. Spans more than 14 inches. Contains 100% of the components of their type of Bridge. Excellent use of materials.
Blueprint	Poor Bridge design does not match the design of the blueprint 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 (rocks)	Fair Truss Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight (rocks)	Good Truss Bridge design held a lot of weight (rocks)	Excellent Truss Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held a great deal of weight (rocks)
Materials	Poor Used more glue and spaghetti than allowed.	Fair	Good	Excellent Used the appropriate amount of spaghetti. Used appropriate amounts of hot glue.