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Paper Tower Team Building

Build the highest possible tower that can withstand the most wind using the lease possible amount of material. Please note: You can only use paper and masking tape and will have a limited time (1 period) to build the tower.

Rubric Code: GXCB2X2

By morgang421

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Subject: Science

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Paper Towers
	Level 1 (N/A)	Level 2 (N/A)	Level 3 (N/A)	level 4 (N/A)
Tower Planning Process	Level 1 Students did not use active problem solving skills to plan the tower build	Level 2 Students used problem solving skills to help them determine a design but struggled applying skills to the build.	Level 3 Students used problem solving skills to help them determine a design and applied the skills to building the tower with limited struggling or help from instructor.	level 4 Students used problem solving skills to help them determine a design. The students were able to apply the problem solving skills used to build the structure without aid from others.
Participation	Level 1 Did not participate	Level 2 Participated in less then 1/3 of activity	Level 3 Participated in 3/4 or more of activity	level 4 All group members were actively engaged in the activity.
Group work - Class time use	Level 1 Group did not work well together. Members did their own thing and did not cooperate in the design and construction of the tower. Classtime was not well spent working on the project.	Level 2 Group worked well together most days. Each member contributed to the design and construction of the tower most days. Class time was mostly well spent working on the project	Level 3 Group worked well together daily. Each member contributed to the design and construction of the tower daily. Class time was well spent working on the project.	level 4 Group worked well together daily. Each member contributed to the design and construction of the tower daily. Class time was well spent working on the project.