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Making a car move with magnets!

Students are to design a car and construct it. Then make it move using magnets. Students will have to complete a planning page, and final write up about their car.

Rubric Code: KX67A5

By jvaudan

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: K-5

Magnets Moving Cars Students will design a car out of everyday materials and make it move effectively with magnets.
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Satisfactory 3 pts	Below Expectations 2 pts	Insufficient/Incomplete 1 pts
Title-Name Name given to the project/ car that is made	Excellent Name is creative and original. Spelling is correct.	Good Name is creative but not original. Spelling is correct.	Satisfactory Name is there. No creativity or originality. Spelling is correct.	Below Expectations There is a name given to the car. Spelling errors or messy work makes it hard to read.	Insufficient/Incomplete There is no name given to the car.
Planning Page Pre-plans are kept to show where students started from and how they followed or improvised along the way.	Excellent Excellent planning. Very detailed and specific. Includes materials needed, steps to make the car, and how it should look like when it is finished.	Good Good planning. Detailed and specific. Includes most of all necessary information.	Satisfactory Satisfactory planning. Detailed but not specific. Includes brief steps for making the car.	Below Expectations Below expectations planning. Not detailed or specific. Plans are very brief and unable to follow or read.	Insufficient/Incomplete Little or no planning done.
Car The finished car moving with magnets.	Excellent Moves effectively with the magnet. Very creative and interesting. Lots of detail.	Good Moves with the magnet. Creative and interesting.	Satisfactory Moves a little bit with the magnet. May need improvements to detail.	Below Expectations Does not work. Looks like it was thrown together.	Insufficient/Incomplete Incompleted or unfinished.
Materials Used	Excellent Very precise and specific materials used. All materials are listed. Spelling is correct.	Good Most materials are listed. Spelling is correct.	Satisfactory Some materials are listed. Few spelling errors.	Below Expectations One or two materials are listed. Many spelling mistakes.	Insufficient/Incomplete No materials are listed. Incomplete
Directions on how the toy was built	Excellent Very precise and specific in describing how the car was built. Spelling is correct.	Good Fairly precise in describing how the car was built. Spelling is correct.	Satisfactory Brief description of how the car was built. Few spelling mistakes.	Below Expectations Limited description of how the car was built. Few Spelling mistakes.	Insufficient/Incomplete Not completed.
Magnet making the car move Write up	Excellent Indepth discription on how the magnet makes the car move. Used full sentences. Makes sense to the reader. No spelling mistakes.	Good Fairly indepth description on how the magnet makes the car move. Used full sentences. Makes sense. No spelling mistakes.	Satisfactory Brief description on how the magnet makes the car move. Used a few good sentences. Few spelling mistakes.	Below Expectations Limited description of how the magnet makes the car move. Many spelling mistakes.	Insufficient/Incomplete Not completed.
Diagram/Labels	Excellent Excellent detailed drawing and clear labels on all the parts. Beautiful and neat.	Good Good detailed drawing and clear labels on most of the parts. Neat.	Satisfactory Satisfactory drawing and somewhat clear labels on most of the parts. Could use more care next time.	Below Expectations Limited drawing. very messy, unclear to the reader. Parts are not all labelled.	Insufficient/Incomplete Not completed.
Team Work	Excellent Students cooperated with their partner. Always on task.	Good Students sometimes cooperated with partner. Always on task.	Satisfactory Students sometimes cooperated with partner. Not always on task.	Below Expectations Students not cooperating with partner. Not always on task. Distracting others.	Insufficient/Incomplete N/A

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