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Catapult Rubric

Criteria

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Team Selection

 

·          Two or three members in the group work together negatively

·          Two or three members in the group are placed together by the teacher

·          Two or three members in the group are asked to work together

·          Two or three members in the group agree to work together

Design

·          The group has trouble planning the design and/or no sketch is available from which to build

·          One member of the group plans the catapult design and/or a rough sketch is developed

·          The group plans the catapult but only one or two members are developing the design. 

·          A sketch is on paper. 

·          The catapult is well planned and agreed upon by all members of the group. 

·          The design is sketched and well thought out

Construction

·          The catapult has little or nothing to do with the sketch if it exists and only one member of the group worked on the construction

·          The catapult has little to do with the original sketch if it exists. 

·          All members of the group worked on the construction

·          The catapult is a good representation of the sketch

·          All members of the group are instrumental in the construction

·          The catapult is constructed as an exact reproduction of the sketch

·          All members of the group are instrumental in the construction

Operation

·          I does not work

·          It works

·          It works well

·          It works great

Cooperation

·          The group did not work well during any phase of the process:  planning, construction, operation and the final tournament

·          The group had some difficulty during the process:  planning construction, operation and the final tournament

·          The group worked well during the entire process:  planning, construction, operation and the final tournament

·          The group worked flawlessly during the entire process:  planning, construction, operation and the final tournament

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