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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Bridges are made out of popsicle sticks & wood glue. Rubric Code: A24B6CW By ctopete Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: (none)

Forces Acting on Structures: Popsicle Stick Bridge using 150 popsicle sticks
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Appearance	Poor Not aesthetically pleasing Work is sloppy throughout. Design is unattractive and/or plain.	Fair Limited aesthetics (shapes, patterns, etc.) Design and use of glue is messy at times. Some visual appeal.	Good Overall, an attractive bridge (shapes, patterns, etc.) Tidy work most of the time. Visually appealing.	Excellent Extremely aesthetic in design (shapes, patterns, etc.) All construction is clean and attractive. Visually appealing.
Structure	Poor Bridge with no real design. Did not maximize use of materials.	Fair Bridge with limited creative design. Limited use of materials.	Good Bridge designed with good creativity. Good use of materials.	Excellent Bridge designed with excellent creativity. Excellent use of materials.
Teamwork	Poor Partners ..no team work.. one person ran the show! No respect shown.	Fair Partners ..some team work. Some respect shown.	Good Partners worked together, but occasionally distracted from their project in some way. Respect was observed most of the time.	Excellent Each person was actively involved in the building process. All partners were treated with respect.
Blueprint - sketch - pre-writing description - post building reflection	Poor Bridge design does not match the design of the blueprint and changes were not explained.	Fair Bridge design somewhat matches the design of the blueprint. If any changes were made during building, they were explained a little 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.	Excellent Bridge blueprint matches the design of the finished product. If any changes were made during building, they were thoroughly explained upon reflection.
Durability	Poor Bridge design could not hold even a small amount of weight.	Fair Truss Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight (rocks)	Good Bridge design held a lot of weight.	Excellent Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held a great deal of weight.
Materials	Poor Used more glue and popsicle sticks than allowed.	Fair	Good	Excellent Used the appropriate amount of popsicle sticks allowed 165 sticks or less. Used appropriate amounts of wood glue.