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Cake Boss (Volume & Surface Area) Design Project

Students will design and calculate both surface area and volume for an original cake design that they are “entering into a contest”.

Rubric Code: L22A3C7

By kgraves829

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Subject: Math

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Cake Boss Design Challenge
	Level 4 (N/A)	Level 3 (N/A)	Level 2 (N/A)	Level 1 (N/A)
Design Concept	Level 4 Design fully demonstrates an understanding of how shape and dimensions affect surface area.	Level 3 Design demonstrates how shape and dimensions affect surface area but details are left out	Level 2 Design demonstrates how shape or dimensions affect surface area but not both.	Level 1 Design does not demonstrate how shape or dimensions affect surface area.
Math Operations	Level 4 Numbers, operations, and formulas are clear, correct and logical, computations match the diagram.	Level 3 Numbers, operations, and formulas are clear and most are correct with some order shown.	Level 2 Numbers, operations and formulas are attempted but out of order	Level 1 Numbers, operations, and formulas are not clear or correct
Knowledge & Understanding	Level 4 - Skillfully solves problems involving the estimation and calculation of the circumference and the area of a circle; - Thoroughly solves problems involving the surface area and the volume of cylinders & rectangular prisms, using a variety of strategies	Level 3 - Thoughtfully solves problems involving the estimation and calculation of the circumference and the area of a circle with a few errors; - Skillfully solves problems involving the surface area and the volume of cylinders & rectangular prisms, using some strategies	Level 2 - Attempts to solve problems involving the estimation and calculation of the circumference and the area of a circle with some errors; - Attempts to solve problems involving the surface area and the volume of cylinders & rectangular prisms, using a few strategies	Level 1 - Attempts to solves problems involving the estimation and calculation of the circumference and the area of a circle with many errors; - Attempts to solve problems involving the surface area and the volume of cylinders & rectangular prisms, using very few strategies
In Class Work Effort	Level 4 Used all time effectively in class and completed work diligently.	Level 3 Used some of their time effectively, but required a few reminders to stay on task.	Level 2 Used time somewhat effectively, but required frequent reminders to stay on task.	Level 1 Did not use time effectively in class