4 3 2 1 CATEGORY Structure Bridge spans a gap of Bridge spans a gap of 40 Bridge spans a gap of 30 Bridge does not span 45+ centimeters is centimeters, is complete centimeters, but remains a gap of 20 complete and stable. and stable. Good use of unstable or incomplete in centimetres. Did not Excellent use of materials. some way. Limited use of maximize use of materials. materials. materials. Appearance Extremely aesthetic in Overall, an attractive Limited aesthetics Not aesthetically design (shapes, patterns, bridge (shapes, patterns, (shapes, patterns, colour, pleasing (shapes, colour, etc.) All colour, etc.) Tidy work etc.) Design and use of patterns, colour, etc.) constuction is clean and most of the time. Visually glue is messy at times. Work is sloppy attractive. Visually appealing. Some visual appeal. throughout. Design is appealing. unattractive and/or plain. Weight Held Bridge did not fail or Failed with a weight Failed with a weight Failed with less than failed with a weight between 1.6 and 3 kg. between 600 grams and 500 grams. exceeding 3 kg. 1.5 kg. Blueprint / Bridge blueprint matches Bridge blueprint mostly Bridge design somewhat Bridge design does the design of the finished matches the design of the matches the design of the not match the design Design product. If any changes finished product. If any blueprint. If any changes of the blueprint and were made during changes were made during were made during changes were not building, they were building, they were building, they were explained. thoroughly explained sufficiently explained upon explained a little upon upon reflection. reflection. reflection. Use of Class Used time well during Used time well during each Used some of the time Did not use class time each class period. class period. Usually well during each class to focus on the project Time Focused on getting the focused on getting the period. There was some OR often distracted project done. Never project done and never focus on getting the others. distracted others. distracted others. project done but occasionally distracted others. Creativity of The design used to build The design used to build The design of the bridge The design of the the bridge reflects an the bridge reflects some was made by the student, bridge was not created Design exceptional degree of degree of student creativity but is based on the by the student, it was student creativity in their in their creation and/or designs or ideas of from an external creation and/or display. display. others. source.
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1 Structure Bridge spans a gap of 45+ centimeters is complete and stable. Excellent use of materials. Bridge spans a gap of 40 centimeters, is complete and stable. Good use of materials. Bridge spans a gap of 30 centimeters, but remains unstable or incomplete in some way. Limited use of materials. Bridge does not span a gap of 20 centimetres. Did not maximize use of materials. Appearance Extremely aesthetic in design (shapes, patterns, colour, etc.) All constuction is clean and attractive. Visually appealing. Overall, an attractive bridge (shapes, patterns, colour, etc.) Tidy work most of the time. Visually appealing. Limited aesthetics (shapes, patterns, colour, etc.) Design and use of glue is messy at times. Some visual appeal. Not aesthetically pleasing (shapes, patterns, colour, etc.) Work is sloppy throughout. Design is unattractive and/or plain. Weight Held Bridge did not fail or failed with a weight exceeding 3 kg. Failed with a weight between 1.6 and 3 kg. Failed with a weight between 600 grams and 1.5 kg. Failed with less than 500 grams. Blueprint / Design Bridge blueprint matches the design of the finished product. If any changes were made during building, they were thoroughly explained upon reflection. Bridge blueprint mostly matches the design of the finished product. If any changes were made during building, they were sufficiently explained upon reflection. Bridge design somewhat matches the design of the blueprint. If any changes were made during building, they were explained a little upon reflection. Bridge design does not match the design of the blueprint and changes were not explained. Use of Class Time Used time well during each class period. Focused on getting the project done. Never distracted others. Used time well during each class period. Usually focused on getting the project done and never distracted others. Used some of the time well during each class period. There was some focus on getting the project done but occasionally distracted others. Did not use class time to focus on the project OR often distracted others. Creativity of Design The design used to build the bridge reflects an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and/or display. The design used to build the bridge reflects some degree of student creativity in their creation and/or display. The design of the bridge was made by the student, but is based on the designs or ideas of others. The design of the bridge was not created by the student, it was from an external source.
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