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Candle Carousel

Rubber Band Cars

This rubric is used to assess the students' use of the engineering design process for designing a rubber band car.

Rubric Code: N24CA86

By anasarmiento

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Subject: Engineering

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Candle Carousel
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Planning	Poor Little or no materials are listed or the steps are poorly written in your planning.	Fair Some materials are not well listed and part of the steps are missing.	Good Good evidence of planning done. Materials were listed and thought out, but the steps weren't quite complete.	Excellent I can really see what you are going to be building. All materials were listed and well thought out. I can't wait to see how you build your candle carousel.
Design	Poor Your design lacked materials that were needed. It was really hard for me to tell what you built or were building.	Fair Some materials were used correctly.	Good Good use of the materials and plan. The carousel was nice and well put together, but there were parts that weren't well made.	Excellent Great use of materials! You maximized your use of materials and created a great candle carousel.
Criteria - Testable	Poor Rotors didn't turn.	Fair Not all rotors work well.	Good The rotors work well but difficult to spin.	Excellent The rotors worked well and the carousel spun correctly.
Time Management	Poor Did not use time well. Time was wasted during the imagine, plan, and design phase of engineering.	Fair Sometimes used time well. There were times when the group got off task during the imagine, plan, and design phase.	Good Good use of time, there were a few times when the group got off task, but for the majority of the task time was well spent.	Excellent Great use of time. The group stayed on task during each phase of the process.
Participation	Poor All or Some group members had to be reminded several times to stay on task.	Fair Most group members participated during the building process. The group had to be redirected a few times.	Good The majority of the group members worked together and didn't have to be redirected that much at all.	Excellent All group members worked together flawlessly and got the job done. The group never had to be redirected.