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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building

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

Rubric Code: P25WA56

By tarlaleeson

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Subject: Engineering

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 9-12

Criteria
	Poor 5 pts	Fair 10 pts	Good 15 pts	Excellent 20 pts	TOTAL (N/A)
Appearance Did the students show effort and creativity in the building process?	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.	TOTAL
Structure Was the bridge type and design researched beforehand?	Poor Bridge with no real design. Did not maximize use of materials.	Fair Bridge with limited creativety. Limited use of materials.	Good Bridge designed with good creativity. Good use of materials.	Excellent Bridge designed with excellent creativity. Excellent use of materials.	TOTAL
Teamwork Did the students work together cooperatively? Did they take advantage of the time given to work?	Poor Members ..no team work.. one person ran the show! No respect shown. Did not follow Golden Rules.	Fair Members ..some team work. Some respect shown. Sometimes followed the Golden Rules.	Good Members worked together, but occasionally distracted from their project in some way. Most of the time followed the Golden Rules. Respect was observed most of the time.	Excellent Each person was actively involved in the building process. All partners were treated with respect. Regularly followed the Golden Rules.	TOTAL
Durability Was the bridge able to hold the required weight of 5 lbs or 2.27 kg?	Poor Truss Bridge design could not hold even a small amount of weight	Fair Truss Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight (metal weight)	Good Truss Bridge design held a lot of weight.	Excellent Truss Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held a great deal of weight.	TOTAL
Materials Did the students use the required materials to build the bridge?	Poor Used more than the allowed materials. Over 200 popsicle sticks than allowed.	Fair	Good	Excellent Used the appropriate amount of popsicle sticks allowed: 200 sticks or less.	TOTAL
Project Questions Did the students complete the Engineering Design questions?	Poor Students did not complete the project question sheet.	Fair Students completed some of the project questions	Good Students completed most of the project questions	Excellent The students completed all of the project questions	TOTAL

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bridge, structures, forces, science

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