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Engineering: How have I solved a problem or fulfilled a need by designing or building?
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Engineering Rubric
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1. Students include a claim that answers the question (How have I solved a problem
or fulfilled a need by designing or building?).
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2. Students state what they created for evidence, and describe what they have uploaded.
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3. Students explain how the learning was different. Give an example of what you designed or
built in the past and how your new learning is different.
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4. Students explain how the learning was more complex (complicated/in-depth). Give
specific details of the factors that made it more complex (complicated/in-depth) than what
you have designed or built in previous semesters. List a minimum of 3 specific details.
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5. Students explain how the evidence supports or connects to their claim.
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6. Students take the readers step by step through the process of creating their
evidence. (three sentence minimum)
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7. Students use reasoning to tell how what they have learned about designing or
building can be used in their lives now.
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8. Students use reasoning to tell how they can use what they have learned about
designing or building might be used in a future career.
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9. Every sentence begins with a capital letter and uses standard punctuation. All
proper nouns are capitalized. The personal pronoun I is always capitalized.
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10. There are no more than three basic errors in the paragraph. The paper is written
in complete sentences that use correct spelling, punctuation, grammar usage, and
capitalization.
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11. Paragraph document is uploaded and typed in 11 or 12 point Calibri, Arial, or
Times New Roman.
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12. First and last name is in the upper left hand corner.
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13. Project is uploaded and serves as evidence of the claim.
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You must achieve a score of 100% on this paragraph. After you get 100% on your paragraph, you
must upload it as a Google Document to Turnitin.
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Engineering Paragraph Prompts and Sentence Template
These sentence prompts are provided to help you express your thoughts if you get stuck. The numbers coincide
with the rubric item numbers.
1. I (choose one) designed or built ______ to (choose one) solve the problem of _____ or fulfill the needs
of _____ .
2. The evidence that I have uploaded is _____. (Describe the evidence. What does it look like? What is it
made out of? What is it used for?)
3. What I can now do is different because in the past I __________. (Discuss what you have designed or
built in the past.)
 With my new learning, I can now __________. (State what you can now design or build.)
4. This is more complex (complicated/in-depth) because instead of just being able
to___________________, as I did in the past, I can now design/build (choose one)
__________________ (Give specific details of the factors that made it more complex (complicated/indepth) than what you have done in previous semesters. List a minimum of 3 specific details that
increased the complexity of this project.
5. This evidence supports my claim that I designed/built this project by _______ (State what you did.)
6. This is what I did to design/build (choose one): _____. (What did you try to accomplish? Take the readers
step-by-step through what you did to design or build your evidence. If your readers tried to design or build
what you did, what would they have to do?)
7. I can now use this ability to __________ (Explain how you could use what you have learned in your daily life or
in one of your classes.)
8. In a future career I might be able to use _____ (Explain how someone might be able to use what you have
learned about designing or building on a job.)
Example:
I designed a PowerPoint to fulfill the need of the FFA to recruit more members. The evidence that I uploaded
is the PowerPoint. It consists of three slides that can be uploaded to the big screens in the main hall. Each slide
gives a different reason to join FFA with a picture of one of our activities. What I can now do is different because
in the past I had never taken pictures and inserted them into a PowerPoint. Everything that I used came off of
the Internet. With my new learning, I can now take pictures and put them on any PowerPoint for any class or
organization. This is more complex (complicated/in-depth) because instead of just having to use pictures that
others had taken, as I did in the past, I can now use an Ipod to take a picture, email it to myself, and place it in a
presentation. I even know how to enlarge it. This evidence supports my claim that I designed this project to fulfill
a need to get more people to join FFA. This is what I did to design it: I wanted people to know that FFA was a lot
of fun, so early in the year, I began taking pictures of our activities. Then, I sorted them to find the ones that
made the activities look as fun as they are. Next, I created a PowerPoint presentation that asked people to join
and said what the activity was. Finally, I emailed the pictures to myself and then inserted them into the
PowerPoint. Finally, I asked Mrs. Stoddard to play the slides on the day of our membership drive. I can now use
this ability to take and insert pictures for a PowerPoint on any subject and for any class. In a future career I might
be able to use this to create a presentation to show an idea to my boss or maybe even congratulate the
employee of the month!