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Mousetrap Car Mousetrap Car The student's mousetrap car construction will be graded in accordance with the catagories below Rubric Code: Z2262X8 By grillom Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Car check
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 3 pts	Fair 2 pts	Poor 1 pts
Car Construction/ Design	Excellent Excellent application of design, construction, and assembly.	Good Good construction and assembly and very good attention to detail.	Fair Fair construction and assembly. Minimal attention to detail.	Poor Last minute project. No attention to detail.
Check points (2) Including prototype drawing 10 points total	Excellent All required checkpoint work completed	Good	Fair	Poor Less than all work accomplished at checkpoint.
Neatness of assembly	Excellent All pieces fit together well and there is no excess glue.	Good Most pieces fit together well and there is little excess glue.	Fair Some pieces fit together well and there is little excess glue.	Poor Few pieces fit together well and there is excess glue.
Successful mousetrap car Car performance ( 15 points)	Excellent Mousetrap car travels a straight line at least 15 feet.	Good Mousetrap car travels a straight line at least 10 feet.	Fair Mousetrap car travels a straight line at least 5 feet.	Poor Mousetrap car does not go straight but does reach a 5 foot distance.
Physics Analysis ESSAY ( 30 points possible)	Excellent Demonstrates EXCELLENT conceptual understanding of the physics principles behind a mousetrap car. Applies this understanding in conducting an excellent, meaningful investigation. 26-30 points	Good Demonstrates GOOD conceptual understanding of the physics principles behind a mousetrap car. Applies this understanding in conducting an good investigation. 21-25 points	Fair Demonstrates minimal understanding of the physics principles behind a mousetrap car. Conducts a basic investigation. 15-20 points	Poor Demonstrates poor conceptual understanding of the physics principles behind a mousetrap car. Does not fully apply this understanding in conducting a meaningful investigation. 0-14 points