Waterslide Project Rubrics

Criterion for Calculations and Analysis:

Where the kinetic energy is the highest

Where the kinetic energy is the lowest

Where the potential energy is the

highest

Where the potential energy is the

lowest

Where there is positive acceleration

(speeding up)
Where there is negative acceleration
(slowing down)
Newtons 1st Law

Newtons 2nd Law

Newtons 3rd Law

Time of Ride (in seconds)

Length of Track (in meters)
Average Velocity of the ride
Acceleration at one location
Gravitational P.E at beginning of ride
Force at one location of waterslide
Kinetic Energy at one location
Total Points

1
1
2
2
2
2
2
30

2
2

Criterion for Presentation

Possible Points Points Earned
Presentation was appropriate length (3-4
5
minutes)
Information was organized
5
Presentation was understandable and
10
effective
Total Points
20

Criterion for The Actual Waterslide

Possible points Points Earned

Appearance: Does the waterslide look good? Is

it neat? Does it have a name?
Safety: Does the doll stay on the track? Does
the Polly Pocket doll complete the entire track
without getting stuck or stopping? Is it brought
to a stop?
Number of loops/Hills: Does the waterslide
have one or more loops or hills?
Building: Does your Polly Pocket doll go off
the track? Does it touch anything other than the
track before the end? Did you follow the rules?
Thrill: Is the track open for all/part of the ride?
Can the passengers see out? How abrupt are
any changes in motion? Are there any jumps?
Total Points
Criterion for the Scaled Rendering Waterslide

5
5

5
5
5
25

Appearance: Does the rendering look like the prototype

that was built?
Assembly: Does your design consist of a minimum of 3
parts that have been mated and assembled on screen?
Features: Does the rendering have at least 3 of the
following special features?
Fillet/Chamfer
Sweep
Shell
Loft
Circular/linear pattern
hole
Size: Is the rendering scaled down to a printable size?
(no taller than 200 mm)
Total Points

10
15
15

10
50

StudentEvaluation
Waterslide#_______
WaterslideName____________________________________________

Criterion

Points
Possible

Appearance: Does the waterslide look

good? Is it neat? Is it decorated?
Number of Loops/Hills: Does the
waterslide have one or more loops or
hills? How does it compare with others?
Number of Turns: How many turns
does the waterslide have? How does it
compare with others?
Thrill: Is the track open for all/part of
the loops? Can the passengers see
out? How abrupt are any changes in
motion? Are there any jumps?
Creativity: Does the waterslide have a
name? Is there anything unique about

3
3
3
3

Points Earned/
Comments

this waterslide?
TotalPoints

15

For an evaluation to be counted, you must give a comment explaining the score to the designers.
You may not give something a score of zero unless that feature is missing completely. You
must give at least two positive comments for your scores to count. Any overly negative
comments will be thrown out.

Self Evaluation
Student Name: ____________________________________
Waterslide Name: ___________________________________________________________
Group Member Names: __________________________________________________________

Criterion

Points
Possible

Teamwork: Did you help each

other? Did you work together,
or did everyone try to do their
own thing?
Individual participation; Did
you do your fair share of the
work? Did you help with
every step, or just do one part?
Group Participation: Did
everyone contribute equally?
Was everyone involved in
each step (building, analysis,

2.5

Points Earned/ Reasons

2.5

2.5

Name

Points and Reasons

clean up, etc.)? Give each

person in your group up to 2.5
points for their participation.
Respecting each other: Did
you listen to each other? Did
everyone get to share their
ideas? Were any group
members put down?
Totalpoints

2.5

10

Total Possible Points for Project: 150