Student: ______________________________ Grade: _______ HR Teacher:_________________ School:______________

4th Gr. Design Challenge – Earthquake Resistant Building

Your work will be evaluated using the following rubric:
3 2
Qualifications You building has more than 1
floor and is at least 12
inches tall
Simulation Your building is able to
Earthquake withstand a simulated
Test earthquakes (the shake
table) for more than 10
seconds without collapsing
Design Design demonstrated
creative, thoughtful and
intentional planning.
Design loop Completed a brainstorming
requirement with multiple ideas
Redesign Your building was
thoughtfully redesigned to
better withstand the
earthquake
Presentation/ Students in group clearly
Video and effectively presented
(optional) their project in the
presentation
Total Points (out of possible 18)
1 0 Tally
You building has more than 1 You building has only one Building did not
floor and is at least 10 inches tall floor and is at least 8 inches meet any
tall qualifications
Your building is able to withstand Your building is able to It did not with
a simulated earthquakes (the withstand a simulated stand the test from
shake table) for up to 7 seconds earthquakes (the shake table) the simulation
without collapsing for up to 4 seconds without shake table
collapsing
Design mostly demonstrated Design demonstrated some Design showed
creative and intentional thoughtful and intentional little to no
planning planning thoughtful and
intentional
planning
Completed the brainstorming Completed the brainstorming Did not brainstorm
with a few ideas for one idea
Your building was redesigned Your building was redesigned Redesign was not
but it may or may not have but did make the overall done
made the overall design better design better to withstand the
to withstand the earthquake earthquake
Students in group effectively Students in group presented No presentation
presented their project in the project in the presentation
presentation with some need for with little understanding of
clarification their work
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