Rubric for Build a Chair

Student Name _______________________

Category 4 3 2 1
Brainstorm Student brainstormed Student brainstormed Student brainstormed Student only came up
several chair designs several chair designs, several ideas, but with one idea.
and then explained but could vaguely could not explain the
their positive or describe positive and positive and negative
negative negative characteristics characteristics of their
of their designs.
characteristics. designs.
Imagine, Plan Student had a detailed Student had a design Student had a rough Student did not have a
& Improve design plan that included plan that included at design plan. design plan.
at least one drawing with least one drawing and a
labeled parts. written description. Student tested, but did Student did not test.
not make changes based
Student performed at Student tested the chair on the tests.
least two sets of tests and altered their design
and altered their design based on the tests.
based on the tests.
Create Great care was taken Construction was Construction was Construction appears
in the construction careful and the student careful and followed careless or haphazard.
process. accurately followed the plans somewhat. Many details need
the plans. refinement for a strong
product.
Share Written: Journal Written: Several Written: Several Written: Few entries
provides a complete entries are made. The entries have been are made AND/OR
Sharing can be written record of planning, journal provides quite made and most of the many entries are not
and/or oral. construction, testing, a bit of detail about entries are dated and dated or very difficult
modifications, and planning, construction, neatly entered. to read. The journal
reasons for testing, and provides very little
modifications. modifications. Oral: Student was able detail about the design

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 to describe one feature process.
Oral: Student was Written: Several of their chair or their
able to describe entries have been design process. Oral: No sharing was
several of their chair’s made and most of the done.
features and/or their entries are dated and
design process. neatly entered.

Oral: Student was able

to describe several of
their chair’s features
and/or their design
process.
Mechanism The chair is sturdy and Chair is complete and Chair is complete, but The chair was not
Meets the is able to support the meets one of the does meet any of the complete.
Challenges stuffed animal or challenges. challenges.
model.
Challenges
- The chair is
sturdy.
- The chair
supports the
stuffed animal.

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