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Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Popsicle Stick Bridge Building Bridges are made out of popsicle sticks & carpenter's wood glue. Competitors were tasked with buidling the lightest bridge that holds the most weight. Additionally, the bridge need to be build efficiently, elegantly, and creatively. Rubric Code: U2469X9 By KOPA24 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Forces Acting on Structures: Popsicle Stick Bridge using 70 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. Does not contain all the components of their type of Truss Bridge Did not maximize use of materials.	Fair Bridge with limited creative design. Contains 50% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge Limited use of materials.	Good Bridge designed with good creativity. Contains 75% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge Good use of materials.	Excellent Bridge designed with excellent creativity. Contains 100% of the components of their type of Truss Bridge. Excellent use of materials.
Teamwork Please ask teams about their teamwork.	Poor Partners ..no team work.. one person ran the show! No respect shown. Did not follow CHAMPS RULES.	Fair Partners ..some team work. Some respect shown. Sometimes followed the CHAMPS RULES.	Good Partners worked together, but occasionally distracted from their project in some way. Most of the time followed the CHAMPS RULES. Respect was observed most of the time.	Excellent Each person was actively involved in the building process. All partners were treated with respect. Regularly followed the CHAMPS RULES.
Durability	Poor Truss Bridge design could not hold even a small amount of weight (rocks)	Fair Truss Bridge design could hold a small amount of weight (rocks)	Good Truss Bridge design held a lot of weight (rocks)	Excellent Truss Bridge design was strong and sturdy. It held a great deal of weight (rocks)