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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building

Bridges are made out of popsicle sticks & hot glue. The bridge must contain the following: a well drawn design, the Bridge structure is neatly built & the bridge structure must reflect the type(s) of bridges discussed in class.

Rubric Code: X24CW37

By Sam1416

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Subject: Engineering

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Forces Acting on Structures: Popsicle Stick Bridge using 200 popsicle sticks
	Excellent 4 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Appearance	Excellent Extremely aesthetic in design (shapes, patterns, etc.) All construction is clean and attractive. Visually appealing.	Good Overall, an attractive bridge (shapes, patterns, etc.) Tidy work most of the time. Visually appealing.	Fair Limited aesthetics (shapes, patterns, etc.) Design and use of glue is messy at times. Some visual appeal.	Poor Not aesthetically pleasing Work is sloppy throughout. Design is unattractive and/or plain.
Structure	Excellent Bridge designed with excellent creativity. Contains 100% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge. Excellent use of materials.	Good Bridge designed with good creativity. Contains 75% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge Good use of materials.	Fair Bridge with limited creative design. Contains 50% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge Limited use of materials.	Poor Bridge with no real design. Does not contain all the components of their type of Truss Bridge Did not maximize use of materials.
Teamwork	Excellent Each person was actively involved in the building process. All partners were treated with respect. Regularly followed the CHAMPS RULES.	Good Partners worked together, but occasionally distracted from their project in some way. Most of the time followed the CHAMPS RULES. Respect was observed most of the time.	Fair Partners ..some team work. Some respect shown. Sometimes followed the CHAMPS RULES.	Poor Partners ..no team work.. one person ran the show! No respect shown. Did not follow CHAMPS RULES.
Blueprint - sketch - pre-writing description - post building reflection	Excellent Bridge blueprint matches the design of the finished product. If any changes were made during building, they were thoroughly explained upon reflection.	Good Bridge blueprint mostly matches the design of the finished product. If any changes were made during building, they were sufficiently explained upon reflection.	Fair Bridge design somewhat matches the design of the blueprint. If any changes were made during building, they were explained a little upon reflection.	Poor Bridge design does not match the design of the blueprint and changes were not explained.
Durability	Excellent Truss Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held a great deal of weight (rocks)	Good Truss Bridge design held a lot of weight (rocks)	Fair Truss Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight (rocks)	Poor Truss Bridge design could not hold even a small amount of weight (rocks)
Materials	Excellent Used the appropriate amount of popsicle sticks allowed 200 sticks or less. Used appropriate amounts of hot glue.	Good	Fair	Poor Used more glue and popsicle sticks than allowed.

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