Roller Coaster Designer | Project Rubric
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1 initiating progress
2 approaching expectations
3 meeting expectations
4 exceeding expectations
Math 8.4.A
Use similar right triangles to develop
an understanding that slope, m, given
as the rate comparing the change in yvalues to the change in x-values, (y2 y1)/ (x2 - x1), is the same for any two
points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) on the
same line.
Define similar right
triangles.
Label the lengths of the
vertical rise and horizontal run
of each similar triangle.
Compare the lengths of the vertical rise
and horizontal run of each similar
triangle. Write each separately in
fraction form (rise/run).
Find the slope of any line
that is drawn on the
coordinate grid.
Math 8.4.C
Use data from a table or graph to
determine the rate of change or slope.
Write the coordinates of the
pairs of points on the line.
In the coordinate grid, use the slope
formula to show that the slope of the
line is the same with any two points on
the line.
Define slope.
Determine the pattern of the
table.
Use data from a table or graph to
determine the rate of change or slope.
Find the slope from two
variable linear equation.
Math 8.6.C
use models and diagrams to explain
the Pythagorean theorem
Define the Pythagorean
Theorem.
Understand what each letter of
Pythagorean Theorem
represents in a right triangle.
Use models and diagrams to explain
the Pythagorean theorem
Use Pythagorean Theorem to
find the missing side length
of a right triangle.
Math 8.7.C
use the Pythagorean Theorem and its
converse to solve problems
Define the Pythagorean
Theorem.
Label the sides of the right
triangle.
Use Pythagorean Theorem to find the
missing side length of the right
triangle.
Use Pythagorean Theorem
find the diagonal of a square.
Math 8.7.D
Determine the distance between two
points on a coordinate plane using the
Pythagorean Theorem.
Find two points on the
coordinate plane and
connect them with a line
segment.
Draw a right triangle using the
line segment as the
hypotenuse of the triangle.
Determine the distance between two
points on a coordinate plane using the
Pythagorean Theorem.
Use the distance formula to
find the distance between
any two points on a the
coordinate plane.
Math 8.11.B
determine the mean absolute
deviationand use this quantity as a
measure of the average distance data
are from the mean using a data set of
Define mean absolute
deviation.
Find the mean of the data.
Determine the mean absolute deviation
using a data set of no more than 10
data points
Make a generalization of the
data from the statistics
collect.
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