CIRCUS MACHINE RUBRIC
The Circus Arts Conservatory
2 Points
1 point
0 points
CAUSE AND
EFFECT
The machine moved
through all four cause
and effects.
The machine
successfully moved
through two cause and
effects.
The machine did not
successfully create one
cause and effect.
DID THE
CONTRAPTION
PERFORM THE
TASK?
The contraption
successfully performed
the task the machine
was set up to do.
The contraption
partially performed the
task the machine was
set up to do.
The contraption was
not able to complete
the task the machine
was set up to do
IS THE MACHINE
STABLE AND ABLE
TO STAND ON ITS
OWN?
The machine was able
to stand on its own and
in the allotted space.
The machine mostly
stood by itself.
The machine was not
stable.
BLUEPRINT
Blue print includes a
drawing of the proposed
machine, materials list
and arrows showing
direction of force, start
and stop and kinetic and
potential energy labeled.
Blueprint is missing
drawing of proposed
machine or any of the
following: materials list,
arrows showing direction
of force, start and stop,
kinetic and potential
energy labeled.
Blueprint does not include
a model drawing or any of
the following: materials
list, arrows showing
direction of force, start
and stop, kinetic and
potential energy labeled.
SET UP IN 10
MINUTES
Machine was set up in
or under 10 minutes.
Machine was set up just
over 10 minutes.
The machine took much
longer than 10 minutes
to set up.
PRESENTATION
Presentation included:
description of path of
force, 4 causes and 4
effects, a description of
problems and solutions
the team encountered.
Presentation included
some of the following but
not all: description of path
of force, 4 causes and 4
effects, a description of
problems and solutions
the team encountered.
Presentation did not
include any of the
following: description of
path of force, 4 causes and
4 effects, a description of
problems and solutions
the team encountered