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Balsa Glider Balsa Glider Student's demonstrate their understanding of flight by designing and building a Balsa wood glider. Rubric Code: P2W49A7 By colewixo1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Vocational Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Balsa Glider
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Outstanding 4 pts
Principles of Flight	Poor Design does not take into account the basic principles of flight.	Fair Design takes into account some basic principles of flight.	Good Design takes into account several basic principles of flight.	Outstanding Design considerations for the principles of flight are obvious.
Model based on scaled drawing	Poor Model does not match with the scaled drawing	Fair Two parts do not match with the scaled drawing	Good One part did not match with scaled drawing	Outstanding The model matches exactly to the scaled drawing
Creativity and Originality	Poor Model is a copy of somebody else's design	Fair There is some creativity in the design but students did not perform a flight test before competition	Good Students were creative in their design and performed several test flights.	Outstanding Students were original in their design and modified their design based on the flight test
Materials Used	Poor Poor choice of materials and much wasted.	Fair Good choice of some materials, but could have been thought through a little more carefully.	Good Good choice and use of materials.	Outstanding Very creative use of materials.
Data Documentation	Poor No journal documentation	Fair Some journal documentation, but not done in real time	Good Some journal documentation done in the real time	Outstanding All flight test data documented including changes done to the glider
Competition	Poor Glider is not flying	Fair Glider is somewhat flying but broke during the first flight	Good Glider is flying well but some braking is happening	Outstanding Glider is flying well and will survive several flights