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Rube Goldberg Grading Sheet Rube Goldberg Grading Sheet Student must design and engineer a Rube Goldberg structure that utilizes the simple machines to perform a simple everyday task Rubric Code: QXX97A3 By MrsCKees Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8

Rube Goldberg
	Impressive 12 pts	Good 10 pts	Fair 8 pts	Below Standard 6 pts	Unacceptable 4 pts
Structurally Sound	Impressive Structure is solid, sturdy, andvdurable. Well built	Good Structure is somewhat sturdy, durable, and well built.	Fair Structure is not very sturdy or durable.	Below Standard Structure is shaky and not durable.	Unacceptable Structure is broken.
Machines present	Impressive Five types of simple machines are present.	Good Four of the six simple machines are present.	Fair Three of the simple machines are present	Below Standard Two of the simple machines are present	Unacceptable 1 - 0 of the simple machines are present
Achieves tasks	Impressive Rube is designed to achieve two tasks, and completes at least one task	Good Rube is designed to achieve two tasks but doesn't complete either	Fair Rube is designed to achieve one of the two tasks and completes the task	Below Standard Rube is designed to achievethe task but does not complete it	Unacceptable Rube was not designed to achieve the assigned tasks
Reliability	Impressive Rube achieves desired results on the first try.	Good Rube achieves desired results on the second try.	Fair Rube achieves desired results on the third try.	Below Standard Rube achieves desired results on the fourth try.	Unacceptable Rube doesn't achieve results after five tries.
Creativity	Impressive 4 common household items are used in unusual ways creatively in the Rube.	Good 3 common household items are used in unusual ways in the Rube OR 5 household items are used, but not in unusual ways.	Fair 2 common household items are used	Below Standard 1 common household items are used	Unacceptable No household items are used
Poster	Impressive Poster contains:name of Rube Goldberg machine, description of the simple machines used, drawing of the Rube pointing out the location of the machines, list of the household items used, *poster is attractive and neat	Good Poster is missing one of the five criteria	Fair Poster is missing two of the five criteria	Below Standard Poster is missing three of the five criteria	Unacceptable No poster or poster is present but missing the criteria
Verbal Presentation	Impressive Student shows a clear understanding of their Rube and can explain it clearly to the audience. Student can answer questions completely.	Good Student shows a basic understanding of their Rube and can explain it to the audience. They can answer most questions about it.	Fair Student shows a basic understanding of their Rube and can somewhat explain it to the audience. The student struggles to answer questions about it.	Below Standard Student shows little understanding of their Rube - gives a poor explanation of it to the audience and cannot answer questions about it.	Unacceptable Student shows no understanding of their Rube, cannot explain it, and cannot answer questions about it.

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