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Designing an Energy-Efficient Dog House 
The student will design and build a model of a dog house.
Rubric Code: TXC6B82
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Subject: Science  
Type: Project  
Grade Levels: 6-8

Powered by iRubric Energy-EfficientDog House
  Level One

1 pts

Level 2

2 pts

Level 3

3 pts

Level 4

4 pts

Scale drawing

-measurements
-materials identified
-neat and easy to follow

Level One

Drawing confusing with no measurements or materials identified
Level 2

Drawing is easy to follow with some measurements but no material identified
Level 3

Drawing is easy to follow. Materials and measurements are given
Two dimensional.
Level 4

Drawing is complete. Three dimensional with all materials measurements
Procedure for building dog house

procedure is step-by-step
clear and organized
easily followed so a a duplicate dog house could be built

Level One

Several critical steps are missing and/or out of order
Difficult to follow
Unlikely that a duplicate dog house could be built following the procedure
Level 2

A few critical steps are missing and/or out of order
Easy to follow
With some reading between the lines a duplicate dog house could be built following the procedure
Level 3

All critical steps are present and in the correct order
Easy to follow
A duplicate dog house could easily be built following the procedure
Level 4

All critical steps are present and in the correct order
Steps are consice but simple
Easy to follow
A duplicate dog house could easily be built following the procedure
Dog House Model

-use real materials -plywood, shingles, insulation, foam insulation, nails etc
-stable
-15 cm by 15 cm excluding roof
-

Level One

Dog house is built but uses other materials to represent actual materials identifiedin scale drawing
Construction lacks stability.
Dogt house edges, corners are uneven.
Gaps are not sealed
Measurements are over or under by 10 cm or more
-no insulative materials used
Level 2

Dog house is built and uses some real and some representations of materials.
.Construction is somewhat stable
Several dog house edges and corners are uneven
Some gaps are sealed
Measurements are over or under by 5-9 cm
-structure is insulated in one are only - ie. walls, roof.
Level 3

Dog house is built and uses all real materials
Construction is solid and stable
All dog house edges and corners are even
All gaps are sealed
measurements are within 5 mm of the required dimensions .
Structures roof and walls and floor are insulated.
Level 4

Dob house is built using all real materials.
All dog house edges and corners are even
All gaps are sealed
measurements are exactly 15cm by 15cm
Structures roof, walls, floor and door are insulated
Student has incorporated extra features into their dog house that contribute to it effectiveness
Insulative Ability of Dog House

-maintains an internal temperature within five degrees of staring temperature when exposed to hot and cold conditions

Level One

Temperature of dog house dropped/increased by 10 or more degrees Celcius.
Level 2

Temperature of dog house dropped/increased by 5-9 degrees Celcius.
Level 3

Temperature of dog house dropped/increased by 1-5 degrees Celcius.
Level 4

Temperature of dog house did not change



Keywords:
  • blueprint, dog house







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