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SCORING RUBRIC for Bridge Design Project

Bridges are made out of balsa wood and wood or hot glue. The bridge must contain the following: the name of bridge, a well drawn design Bridge structure is neatly built & the bridge structure must reflect the type of truss bridge named.

Rubric Code: MXBAX8W

By richmonda3

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Subject: Engineering

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Forces Acting on Structures: Balsa wood bridge-8in by 4in
	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 contain all the components of their type of Bridge Did not maximize use of materials.	Fair Bridge with limited creative design. Contains 50% of the components of their type of Bridge Limited use of materials.	Good Bridge designed with good creativity. Contains 75% of the components of their type of Bridge Good use of materials.	Excellent Bridge designed with excellent creativity. Contains 100% of the components of their type of Bridge. Excellent use of materials.
Teamwork	Poor Partners ..no team work.. one person ran the show! No respect shown.	Fair Partners ..some team work. Some respect shown.	Good Partners worked together, but occasionally distracted from their project in some way. Respect was observed most of the time.	Excellent Each person was actively involved in the building process. All partners were treated with respect.
Blueprint - sketch - pre-writing description	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.
Materials	Poor Did not have enough sticks of balsa wood to complete bridge	Fair	Good	Excellent Used the appropriate amount of balsa.