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Hot Air Balloon Design Team Name: _______________________________ Group Members: ________________________________ Rubric Code: RX3WC77 By emmafettes Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Chemistry Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Engineer Design
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Background Information	Poor Background section includes little to no History of the Hot Air Balloon, little to no Design aspects of the Hot Air Balloon, little to no Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Law, Archimedes principle, etc.	Fair Background section includes little History of the Hot Air Balloon, little Design aspects of the Hot Air Balloon, little Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Law, Archimedes principle, etc.	Good Background section includes some History of the Hot Air Balloon, some Design aspects of the Hot Air Balloon, some Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Law, Archimedes principle, etc.	Excellent Background section includes History of the Hot Air Balloon, Design aspects of the Hot Air Balloon, Gas Laws, Ideal Gas Law, Archimedes principle, etc.
Calculations	Poor 1 of the required calculations. Show all work.	Fair 2 of the required calculations. Show all work.	Good 3-4 of the required calculations. Show all work.	Excellent Volume of air inside balloon, number of moles of gas inside balloon at 85C, Mass of gas inside the balloon, Overall density of the balloon and Density of the Air at 20C. Show all work.
Design Plans	Poor Incomplete, unclear drawings with no dimensions of Hot Air Balloon to be built	Fair Drawings are not neat with very few dimensions of Hot Air Balloon to be built	Good Completed, neat drawings with vague dimensions of Hot Air Balloon to be built	Excellent Completed, neat drawings with dimensions of Hot Air Balloon to be built
Materials	Poor	Fair Incomplete list of materials used	Good	Excellent Complete list of materials used
Procedures	Poor Very vague Step by Step list of procedures that are not organized and cannot be replicated.	Fair Vague Step by Step list of procedures that are hard to follow and replicate your design and testing of Hot Air Balloon.	Good Step by Step list of procedures that could be followed to replicate your design and testing of Hot Air Balloon.	Excellent Detailed Step by Step list of procedures that could be followed to replicate your design and testing of Hot Air Balloon.
Test Data & Final Flight Data	Poor Very little information relaying test flights, data, and redesign. Very little data entered for final flight.	Fair Test flights and unorganized data with vague redesign and recalculations to improve performance. Vague data for final flight (afloat time and payload)	Good Test flights and data with vague redesign and recalculations to improve performance. Data for final flight (afloat time and payload)	Excellent Detailed test flights and data with redesign and recalculations to improve performance. Data for final flight (afloat time and payload)
Summary/Conclusion	Poor Very vague summary discussing the Experimental Design process (what worked/didn't work; how did you overcome this). Very vague summary on final Launch and did you meet your goal? Very vague comparison to other groups designs. What could you do differently/better?	Fair Summary discussing the Experimental Design process (what worked/didn't work; how did you overcome this). Some summary on final Launch and did you meet your goal? Some comparison to other groups designs. What could you do differently/better?	Good Summary discussing the Experimental Design process (what worked/didn't work; how did you overcome this). Some summary on final Launch and did you meet your goal? Some comparison to other groups designs. What could you do differently/better?	Excellent Detailed summary discussing the Experimental Design process (what worked/didn't work; how did you overcome this), Final Launch and did you meet your goal? Comparison to other groups designs. What could you do differently/better?
References	Poor Incomplete list of references/resources.	Fair Incomplete list of references of resources used to complete your project, with not proper citation format.	Good List of references of resources used to complete your project, using some citation format.	Excellent Detailed list of references of resources used to complete your project, using proper citation format.
Balloon Performance
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts
Afloat time	Poor Balloon stayed afloat for 0 - 4 seconds	Fair Balloon stayed afloat for 5 - 8 seconds	Good Balloon stayed afloat for 9 - 11 seconds	Excellent Balloon stayed afloat for a minimum of 12 seconds
Payload	Poor Balloon was able to carry up to 0 peppermints	Fair Balloon was able to carry up to 1 peppermint	Good Balloon was able to carry up to 2 peppermints	Excellent Balloon was able to carry up to 3 peppermints
Creativity	Poor Very little color or creativity in the balloon design.	Fair Balloon is colorful or creatively designed.	Good Balloon was creatively designed. Balloon is attractive and colorful.	Excellent Balloon was creatively designed using recycled materials. Balloon is attractive and colorful.

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