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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Build a bridge to withstand at least 5 pounds of weight without collapsing, using less than 5 different kinds of materials. Rubric Code: C24B6BB By ctopete Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: (none)

Forces Acting on Structures: Design a bridge to withstand at least 5 pounds of weight without collapsing, using less than 5 different kinds of materials.
	Poor 20 pts	Fair 30 pts	Good 40 pts	Excellent 50 pts
Appearance Did the student show effort and creativity in the building process?	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 Was the bridge type and design researched before hand?	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 Did the students work cooperatively? Did they take advantage of time given to work?	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. or Student chose to work independently on project.
Durability Was the bridge able to hold the required weight?	Poor Truss Bridge design could not hold even a small amount of weight (rocks)	Fair Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight.	Good Truss Bridge design held a lot of weight (rocks)	Excellent Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held a great deal of weight.
Materials Did the student use the required materials to build the bridge?	Poor Used more than the allowed materials.	Fair	Good	Excellent Used the appropriate amount materials.
Project Write-Up Did the student complete the Engineering Design Write up?	Poor Student did not completed the project write up.	Fair Student completed some of the project write up.	Good Student completed most of the project write up.	Excellent The student completed and finished the project write up.