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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building 
Popsicle Stick Bridge Building
Bridges are made out of popsicle sticks & 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 bridge named.
Rubric Code: P224479
By jenniferliguori
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Subject: Engineering  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 9-12

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Popsicle Stick Bridge using popsicle sticks
  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 does not follow the design of bridge type.
Does not contain all the components of their type of Bridge
Did not maximize use of materials.
Beams designed poorly and not following given example.
Fair

Bridge with limited creative design.
Contains some of the components of their type of Bridge
Limited use of materials.
Beams designed poorly and not following given example.
Good

Bridge designed with good creativity.
Contains all of the components of their type of Bridge
Good use of materials.
Beams are designed correctly.
Excellent

Bridge designed with excellent creativity.

Contains 100% of the components of their type of Bridge.
Excellent use of materials.
Beams are designed correctly.
Load plate is effectively designed.
Strength to Weight Ratio

Poor

Broke quickly with a small amount of weight.
Fair

Below the top 20% in class for strength to weight ratio
Good

Top 20% in class for strength to weight ratio
Excellent

Best in class for strength to weight ratio!
Blueprint

- sketch
- pre-writing
description
- post building
reflection
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.
Durability

Poor

Bridge design could not hold even a small amount of weight.

Sheer or breakage due to poor design.
Fair

Truss Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight (rocks)
Good

Bridge design held a lot of weight

Designed to reduce sheer using cross bracing, opposing seams and vertical sticks.
Excellent

Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held top 20% of weight

Designed to reduce sheer using cross bracing, opposing seams and vertical sticks.
Time Usage

Poor

Blueprint was late.

Did not use class time effectively.

Did not clean up materials.
Fair

Blueprint was late.

Used time somewhat effectively.

Cleaned up materials.
Good

Blueprint was on time.

Worked consistently without getting distracted.

Cleaned up materials.
Excellent

Blue print was on time and well done.

Worked diligently on the design ensuring it matched the blueprint.

Work was neat and materials were cleaned up.



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