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Boat Building
Rubric
Contributed by: Kentucky Department of Education (KDE)

SCORING GUIDE
KIRIS Performance Event, Grade 12
1992-93
Task: S2 - Boat Building



Group Activity for this event is not scored.

Individual Activity


Question 7
SCORE DESCRIPTION
4 (Does not apply.)
3 All data is present in a chart, graph, or table and is displayed in a clearly labeled, well-organized manner.
2 Data is present but poorly organized or unclear. Labeling may be incomplete.
1 Data is incomplete and unlabeled.
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Question 8
SCORE DESCRIPTION
4 Response describes, in detail, some variables that would influence how boat floats. Response does not contain flaws.
3 Response describes some variables that would influence how boat floats. Response may contain minor flaws or omissions, or may lack specific detail.
2 Response describes variables, but does not include details; may contain major flaws in reasoning.
1 Response merely lists variables, or descriptions are vague and poor.
0 BLANK

Examples of possible variables:
  • area of bottom
  • type of solution
  • shape of bottom (keel or bottom weight)
  • strength of side walls
  • volume of inside the boat
  • design for holding steel balls in place

Question 9
SCORE DESCRIPTION
4 Student recognizes density differences in three solutions and makes an analytical comparison of density differences (e.g., solution 3 held 60 balls, solution 1 held 20 balls, therefore solution 3 is 3 times more dense than solution 1).
3 Student recognizes and describes the density differences among the solutions, and their effects on the boat's floating ability.
2 Student recognizes that the solutions are different but fails to describe the density differences in a clear manner, or does not identify density as the differences.
OR
Student attributes the difference in floating to a cause other than the solution (e.g., the boat hit the water differently when I put it in the water).
1 The statement relates to the task but is clearly incorrect (e.g., the boats were all different).
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Question 10
SCORE DESCRIPTION
4 Student designs a clay boat that increases the surface area of the clay as much as possible (e.g., rolls clay very thin).
3 Student designs a clay boat like the aluminum boat (e.g., flat bottom, low sides, etc.)
2 Student shows understanding of boat design but not of surface area/density relationship, or fails to apply it to the clay.
1 Student creates poor design; design is very impractical or would not work.
0 BLANK



Question 11
SCORE DESCRIPTION
4 Student acknowledges need to discuss the proper placement of the marbles; may describe design using displacement formula or Archimedes principle. Also uses information learned from this activity to explain and design structural changes that accommodate increased load size (e.g., ma use bulkheads).
3 Student uses information learned from this activity to explain and design structural changes that accommodate increased load size.
OR
Student develops logical, reasonable rationale for retaining structure without changes.
2 Student does not use data to support rationale for change or does not develop rationale regarding structural change.
1 Student's design change is unsupported, sketchy, or illogical.
0 BLANK


 


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