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Cardboard Boat Challenge Cardboard Boat Challenge Students will design and construct a cardboard boat. The boat must be designed and constructed using acceptable construction practices, and specified materials. Areas to be judged will be design, principles of construction, buoyancy/displacement physics, and team spirit. Rubric Code: ZXC5C7W By damiand09 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Physics Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Cardboard Boat Challenge
	Excellent 20 pts	Acceptable 15 pts	Poor 10 pts	Nothing 0 pts
Design/Research	Excellent Creative, workmanship neat, evidence of research regarding boat design and flotation. Formal design drawn to scale.	Acceptable Suitable boat structure; no apparent research or creativity in design. Rough sketch drawn.	Poor Presentation lacking creativity or neatness. No design drawn.	Nothing No Boat.
Principles of Construction	Excellent Bridge structure reflects the distribution of weight/forces by applying elasticity, tension and compression principles.	Acceptable Construction demonstrates good strength and rigidity, semi-water tight infrastructure.	Poor Construction demonstrates poor strength and rigidity, evidence of leaks and collapse of infrastructure.	Nothing No Boat.
Buoyancy/Displacement Physics	Excellent Evidence in design and construction of buoyancy and flotation principles. Includes displacement calculations. Accurate Prediction of waterline. Passes the flotation test (entire team seated in boat for minimum of 1 minute)	Acceptable Evidence in design and construction of buoyancy and flotation principles. Includes attempt at displacement calculations, though they may be inaccurate. Inaccurate Prediction of waterline. Passes the flotation test (entire team seated in boat for minimum of 1 minute)	Poor No evidence in design and construction of buoyancy and flotation principles. No calculations or waterline prediction Passes the flotation test (entire team seated in boat for minimum of 1 minute)	Nothing No Boat.
Team Spirit * Must interview team regarding design and construction responsibilities	Excellent Demonstrates all team members had input in design and construction of boat; team members are dressed to represent unity or theme of their boat	Acceptable Demonstrates some team members had input in design and construction of boat; team members are dressed tor represent unity or theme	Poor Demonstrates lack of team effort in design/construction of the boat OR Team is not dressed up to signify unity or theme	Nothing No Boat.
Boat Float	Excellent Boat can hold 20lbs or more	Acceptable Boat can hold 15lbs.	Poor Boat can hold 10lbs.	Nothing No boat or boat sinks at 5lbs.