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Rubric
for the Home Roller Coaster Criteria & Scoring
The home roller coaster project is a performance assessment in
both math and science. A handout for students (and parents) defines
criteria and scoring for completing the project at home and includes
questions that will be completed during the assessment in class.
Roller Coaster
Project Criteria, Scoring Rubric, and In-Class Assesment
Name:___________________
Partner(s):_________________________________
(Include parent of family members if they helped)
- Design a 3-element marble roller coaster (may use other car type).
- Work in groups of up to three people.
- Deliver to school by May 10th.
- Keep a journal of the process. Record in composition book.
- Get parent signature.
- Fill out scoring rubric below before bringing the roller coaster
to school. Explain your score (meets mastery, needs redesign) by writing
comments in the box. See example below.
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Example
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Meets Mastery
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Needs Redesign
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Force
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Marble only made it through
the first two elements - too many elements |
| Design elements |
Spiral, loop, two camel backs,
and an inversion |
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Scoring Rubric for Home Roller
Coaster
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Meets Mastery
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Redesign Needed
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Material Design:
Made from scratch, open-topped, sturdy
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Force:
Marble stays on track entire time, only gravitational
force used, marble completes the circuit
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Design Elements:
Has three or more elements |
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Size:
Minimum of 75 cm in length, width, and height |
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Journal-
Description of the process: includes date, time
and money spent, and where materials were acquired. Describes problems
and solutions. |
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Checklist for Bonus Points:
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Included setting, surroundings
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Included more than 3 elements |
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| Designed continuous circuit |
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other |
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****Parent Signature:___________________
I have seen my son/daughter's project and read their
comments on the Scoring Rubric.
Performance Assessment Conducted During Class:
- My roller coaster's top speed is ___________. Record
on class chart.
- The average speed is ___________. Record on class
chart.
- My roller coaster's top height is ___________. Record
on class chart.
- Mass of marble is ___________. Record on class chart.
- I used the photogates for acceleration. It recorded
______. Record on class chart.
- Calculate the angle of the first drop ___________.
Record on class chart.
- Below are the results of the experiments that I tried
with different weights of marbles (use scientific explanation):
Sketch the design of your roller coaster below.
What materials did you use?
Describe what was good and bad about the materials
you chose?
Pick a segment of your journal to share.
Be prepared to answer any of these questions orally
in class:
- How does the ride demonstrate the law of inertia?
- How does the ride demonstrate the law of unbalanced
forces? (Newton's 2nd, mass x acceleration = force)
- How does the ride demonstrate action-reaction pairs
of forces?
- What transformations of energy are taking place in
the ride? (forms and types of energy)
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