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Truss Bridge Building Project

Truss-inspired bridge must be designed and constructed out of supplied materials only.

Rubric Code: M253X4W

By pcadenas

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Subject: Math

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Score
	Needs Revision (N/A)	Competent (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Outstanding (N/A)
Use of Materials	Needs Revision Not aesthetically pleasing (shapes, patterns, color, etc.) Work is sloppy throughout. Design is unattractive and/or plain.	Competent Limited aesthetics (shapes, patterns, color, etc.) Design and use of glue is messy at times. Some visual appeal.	Good Overall, an attractive bridge (shapes, patterns, color, etc.) Tidy work most of the time. Visually appealing.	Outstanding Extremely aesthetic in design (shapes, patterns, color, etc.) All constuction is clean and attractive. Visually appealing.
Structure	Needs Revision Truss in INCOMPLETE (no real design).	Competent Truss is primarily incomplete.	Good Truss is mostly complete.	Outstanding Truss is complete.
Design	Needs Revision Bridge design does not match the design of the blueprint.	Competent Bridge design somewhat matches the design of the blueprint and meets limited guidelines of the truss bridge.	Good Bridge blueprint mostly matches the design of the finished product and somewhat meets the guidelines of the truss bridge.	Outstanding Bridge blueprint matches the design of the finished product and meets all of the guidelines of the truss bridge.
Teamwork	Needs Revision Participates in less than half the days' planned activities. Usually carries on conversations not pertaining to building bridges. Mostly poor attitude, little work; effort	Competent Participates in only half of the days' planned activities. Work effort is lacking at times; not always cooperative.	Good Participates in most of the days' planned activities. Work effort is good.	Outstanding Participates in all days' planned activities. Work effort is exceptional.
Materials	Needs Revision Ran out of materials -- did not plan structure according to supplied pieces.	Competent Ran out of materials didn't plan structure according to supplied pieces, but did get material in time with the correct lengths	Good Had enough material but had to splice pieces together here and there. Poor planning.	Outstanding Planned design according to supplied material quantity and lengths.