Quality Rubric Excellent Good Sound Poor Image, Plan & Students had a Students had a Students had a Students did not Improve detailed design design plan that rough design plan. have a design plan. plan that included included at least at least one one drawing and a Students tested, but Students did not drawing with written description. did not make test. labelled parts. changes based on Students tested the the tests. Students design solution and performed at least altered design two sets of tests based on the tests. and altered their design based on the tests. Create Great care taken in Construction was Construction was Construction construction careful and careful and appears careless or process so that the accurately somewhat haphazard. Many structure follows followed the plans. followed the plans. details need plans accurately. refinement for a strong product. The hydraulic arm The hydraulic arm The hydraulic arm The hydraulic arm Mechanism meets challenge lifts the bottle and can grab the bottle can grab the bottle. cannot grab the is able to place it and lift it of the bottle. somewhere else. ground. Vocabulary/Definitions Involving hydraulics: or moved by fluid under pressure. A working prototype: model of a new product or new version of a product. the mechanical properties of air and other gases. Safety Factor(N): A number used to describe how much more force
Quality Rubric Excellent Good Sound Poor Image, Plan & Improve Students had a detailed design plan that included at least one drawing with labelled parts. Students performed at least two sets of tests and altered their design based on the tests. Students had a design plan that included at least one drawing and a written description. Students tested the design solution and altered design based on the tests. Students had a rough design plan. Students tested, but did not make changes based on the tests. Students did not have a design plan. Students did not test. Create Great care taken in construction process so that the structure follows plans accurately. Construction was careful and accurately followed the plans. Construction was careful and somewhat followed the plans. Construction appears careless or haphazard. Many details need refinement for a strong product. Mechanism meets challenge The hydraulic arm lifts the bottle and is able to place it somewhere else. The hydraulic arm can grab the bottle and lift it of the ground. The hydraulic arm can grab the bottle. The hydraulic arm cannot grab the bottle. Vocabulary/Definitions hydraulics: Involving or moved by fluid under pressure. prototype: A working model of a new product or new version of a product. the mechanical properties of air and other gases. Safety Factor(N): A number used to describe how much more force
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