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Fluids Unit Task

Students will design a toy that moves in one of three ways: on land, through or over water, or through air. Students will use their knowledge of the properties of fluids to explain how their toy will move.

Rubric Code: Q4B62C

By whitbread

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Fluids Unit Task
	0 pts	1 pts	2 pts	3 pts	4 pts
Toy Diagram	0 No diagram included	1 Diagram messy, no labels, no colour.	2 Diagram is either poorly labeled, lacks colour, or is too small	3 Large, well-labeled, and neatly coloured diagram of toy	4 Large, labeled, artistically drawn and coloured diagram of toy; drawn to scale and includes measurements
Application of Properties of Fluids	0 No properties of fluids included	1 Brief explanation of properties of fluids, does not explain how toy uses these properties to move	2 Explains how the toy applies one property of fluids; may be vague	3 Explains how the toy applies the properties of fluids; easy to follow and understand	4 Explains how the toy applies the properties of fluids with great detail; very easy to follow and understand
Use of Fluid Unit Vocabulary	0 No fluid vocabulary or terminology used	1 Uses very little fluid vocabulary and terminology, may have several inaccurate uses of key fluid terms.\	2 Uses some fluid vocabulary and terminology, may have one or two inaccuracies	3 Uses vocabulary and terminology of fluids with considerable accuracy	4 Uses and explains important fluid vocabulary and terminology
Supplies	0 No list of supplies included	1 lists less than half of the required materials to build toy	2 lists most of the required materials to build toy	3 lists the required materials to build toy	4 lists required materials and explains how each of the materials will be used
Name	0 No name of toy or student included on the front of the poster	1 Has toy name OR student name on front	2 Toy and student name clearly included on front of poster	3 n/a	4 n/a
Presentation	0 Illegible, incomplete	1 Messy, poorly organized, lacks colour. Student may have run out of time to finish.	2 Somewhat neat, may need better organization. Student may have rushed to finish.	3 Neat, organized, colourful. It is obvious that student put in a good deal of effort to complete quality work.	4 Neat, well-organized, colourful, creative. It is obvious that student put a lot of effort into getting everything "just right".