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Rube Goldberg Project 
Students will design a rube goldberg machine that performs a simple everyday task.
Rubric Code: Q2388W2
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Subject: Science  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: K-5, 6-8

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Design/Planning

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No effort to make a plan.
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No design drawings for your Rube Goldberg Machine exist.
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There exists only one draft of your design planning.
There is a Rube Goldberg Machine that is similar to the drawings you provide.
3

First and Final Drafts handed in with project. Both are labelled, indicating the simple machines used. Rube Goldberg Machine is very similar to your final draft.
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First and Final Drafts handed in with project. They are neat, detailed & correctly labelled. Changes made from First Draft and Final Draft are noted. Rube Goldberg Machine matches your Final Draft.
Simple Machines Used

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Project uses 0 simple machines.
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Project uses at least 1 simple machine and it works.
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Project uses at least 2 simple machines and they work.
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Project uses 3 simple machines and they work.
4

Project use 4 or more simple machines and they work.
Stability and Function

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Rube Goldberg Machine
is unstable or incomplete and does not function properly.
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Rube Goldberg Machine is
stable and complete but displays more than 7 malfunctions during the presentation.
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Rube Goldberg Machine is
stable and complete but displays more than 5-6 malfunctions during presentation
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Rube Goldberg Machine is
stable and complete and has only 3-4 malfunctions during presentation.
4

Rube Goldberg Machine is
stable and complete and functions without any problems consistently.
(has less than 2 malfunctions during presentation)
Task completion

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Rube Goldberg does not complete a simple task.
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Rube Goldberg makes it 1/4 of the way to complete a simple task.
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Rube Goldberg makes it 1/2 of the way to complete a simple task.
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Rube Goldberg makes it 3/4 of the way to complete a simple task.
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Rube Goldberg completes a simple task.
Group Work

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You did nothing to contribute to your group's project and were a distraction to your group and the entire class.
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You are off task often and need to be corrected more than 3-5 times.
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You were kind of on task often and need to be corrected more than 2 times.
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You are on task but needed to be corrected at least once.
4

You were on task the entire project.





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