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Physics Roller Coaster

Paper Roller Coaster Project

students create a roller coaster from tubes Appearance

Rubric Code: R23476W

By dcwsharp

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Roller Coaster Project
	Needs Improvement 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Appearance Track must be labeled with group name and be neat and well thought out.	Needs Improvement looks ok, not neat, no name	Fair looks ok, neat, has name	Good looks good, neat, has name	Excellent looks great, neat, has name
Marble Run Marble must make it from the beginning of the track to the end .	Needs Improvement marble stays on track, completes at least 1/4 of the track	Fair marble stays on track completes at least 1/2 of the track	Good marble stays on track, completes at least 3/4 of the track	Excellent marble stays on track, completes entire track, is brought to a stop
Building The roller coaster must be secured on the board without falling down. Roller coaster must be able to stand without students holding it up.	Needs Improvement needs a lot of secondary support	Fair needs a small amount of secondary support	Good needs minimal secondary support	Excellent needs no secondary support:stable
Team Work Teams must work together on this project. Each student must work equally with the other students	Needs Improvement none of the time	Fair some of the time	Good most of the time	Excellent all of the time
Question Each student will answer a physics question based on their roller coaster	Needs Improvement could not answer	Fair could identify the question only	Good could answer the question only	Excellent answered correctly and identify the answer on their coaster
Paper Format The student used correct font, font size, spacing, and length.	Needs Improvement one of the criteria present	Fair two of the criteria present	Good three of the criteria present	Excellent all four criteria present
Paper Content The paper contains, Newton's 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Laws, acceleration, inertia, speed, force, friction, momentum and an explanation for the design and materials used.	Needs Improvement 1-4 terms and 1 explanation	Fair 5-8 terms and 1 explanation	Good 9-12 terms and design and materials explained	Excellent all terms and design and materials explained
Time Trial
	Time Trial #1 (N/A)	Time Trial #2 (N/A)	Time Trial #3 (N/A)	Time Trial #4 all twelve present (N/A)
Testing After you’re done building, your teacher will test your Paper Roller Coaster by placing one marble at a time on it. Record the amount of time that it takes for each marble to reach the bucket at the end of the track. If the marble gets stuck or falls off of the track, write N/A for that trial	Time Trial #1	Time Trial #2	Time Trial #3	Time Trial #4
Questions: Students must be able to answer these questions as a group. 1. What would you have to do in order for your marble to travel faster down the track? 2. What would cause your marble to travel slower down the track? 3. Compare your track to the other groups. Did their marble travel faster or slower? Why?

Keywords:

paper, roller coaster

Subjects:

Math
Science

Types:

Project

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