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Judging Criteria Prototype and Design

Students will design and build small-scale boat prototypes to test principles of buoyancy, stability, and water resistance. They will create initial drawings and then construct prototypes scaled down by half or a third using materials like cardboard and tape. Students will test their prototypes and modify their designs based on the results. Finally, they will evaluate their work and how it demonstrates knowledge of key boat design concepts.

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Judging Criteria Prototype and Design

Students will design and build small-scale boat prototypes to test principles of buoyancy, stability, and water resistance. They will create initial drawings and then construct prototypes scaled down by half or a third using materials like cardboard and tape. Students will test their prototypes and modify their designs based on the results. Finally, they will evaluate their work and how it demonstrates knowledge of key boat design concepts.

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Title: Float Your Boat

Objectives:
3.2 Explore the benefits and limitations of design
4.1 Develop ways to evaluate creative processes and projects
4.2 Use the metamorphic and analogical thinking to create insights and build
understanding about structures
4.3 Design and construct objects
4.6 Imagine and manipulate objects and ideas
Supportive Resources: student notes, their journals, all learnings and resources
that they have collected, and the materials below to build a prototype to scale for
EACH boat:
Prototype materials: 1exacto knife; 2 pencils, roll of masking tape, 2 sheets of
Bristol board, 2 meters of string, one paper clip, roll of duct tape, scissors.
Materials: provide students with a variety of materials to build their boats.
Suggested is cardboard, Bristol board, tape, etc, on a small scale to match those
that will be provided at the race site.
Procedures:
1) Have students create small scale prototypes of their boats. Using their
drawings from the previous lesson, students will build a prototype that is based
on a scale of 1:2 or a scale of 1:3. Their boat should be twice as large or (three
times as large) as the drawings that they designed in the previous lesson.
Ensure that they understand the element of scale and its use in this application.
2) Have the students test their prototypes and revert back to the drawing board
when necessary.
Follow-up Activities/Assignment:
Using their design and prototype, have the students answer the following
questions:
1) What elements of your design reflect your knowledge of the following:
a) boat terms
b) buoyancy
c) density
d) water displacement
e) water resistance
f) center of gravity
2) How can your design be improved to account for proper structure, buoyancy
and stability of your boat?
Assessment: Using the rubric for science projects, have the students assess
their work, and assess them as well.

Boat
Prototype Building

Evaluation Rubric

Student Name:

Title: ______________
Score:

Both students and teachers assess the research report. All points are awarded to a specific category if the
listed criteria are met, while partial points are awarded if partial criteria are met.
Category

Scoring Criteria

Points

Design
20 points

The design of the boat appears to be sound


and well thought out. The design reflects
elements discussed in the unit.

10

An effort is visible in the design to use


knowledge gathered from the unit.

10

The prototype is constructed accurately


from the design.

10

The prototype is neat and put together


according to scale.

10

The prototype is tested for stability.

The prototype is tested for buoyancy with


different loads.

The prototype is tested for maneuverability.

The boats construction is sound in at least


one category.

Areas of weakness are identified.

10

Areas for change are discussed.

The design is modified and submitted to


account for required changes.

15

All team members contributed


appropriately.

All team members can relate to the terms


and knowledge learned from the unit.

Construction
30 points

Testing
15 points
Outcome of Testing
5 points
Design Changes
15 points

Conduct
15 points
Score

Total Points

100

Student
Evaluation

Teacher
Evaluation

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