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Solar Car Activity Solar Car Activity Students build a solar vehicle and race to see who has designed and built the most effective car. Rubric Code: U248BW2 By Roper70 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Engineering Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12

Solar Car
	Unsatisfactory 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Exceptional 4 pts
Explanation of Car Performance C.E.R.	Unsatisfactory Student made no attempt to explain how the motion of their car relates to Newton's 3rd Law of Motion.	Fair Student had a solid claim but no evidence or reasoning to explain how the motion of their car relates to Newton's 3rd Law of Motion.	Good Student had a solid claim and relevant evidence but no reasoning to explain how the motion of their car relates to Newton's 3rd Law of Motion.	Exceptional Student had a solid claim, relevant evidence, and detailed reasoning to explain how the motion of their car relates to Newton's 3rd Law of Motion.
Initial Build	Unsatisfactory No solar car chassis, axles, wheels, and bearings installed.	Fair Some progress on the solar car chassis, axles, wheels, and bearings installed.	Good Adequate progress on the solar car chassis, axles, wheels, and bearings installed.	Exceptional Outstanding progress on the solar car chassis, axles, wheels, and bearings installed.
Solar Car Construction	Unsatisfactory Solar car was not built.	Fair Solar car construction not finished.	Good Solar car construction was complete but not fully functional - like too much turn.	Exceptional Solar car construction complete and built carefully, efficiently, and fully functional with minimal turning.
Solar Car Testing	Unsatisfactory Solar car was not tested.	Fair Solar car was tested but failed to move.	Good Solar car was tested but did not cross the finish line.	Exceptional Solar car was tested and was able to complete the race on at least 2 occasions.
Perseverance/Problem Solving	Unsatisfactory Student completely gave up when encountering obstacles to overcome.	Fair Student tried once when encountering obstacles to overcome. (more than 3 teacher interventions) to overcome obstacles .	Good Student was problem solving for the most part. (less than 2 teacher interventions) to overcome obstacles .	Exceptional Student had little trouble solving problems and shared their solutions. (0-1 teacher intervention) to overcome obstacles .