Paper Airplane ProjectMr. Cantlin's Algebra 1A and 1B Classes
2007-2008
There are four grading categories: (1) Construction, (2) Flight Performance (3) Measurement and Calculations and (4) Report. The grading rubric has 3 grading levels: A, B, and C. Scoring at the A level means all categories are graded as "Excellent.' The B level means all categories are graded as "Good" or above and the C level means all categories are graded as "Meets Minimum Standards" or above.
| Grading Rubric | |||
| Grading Category | A Level | B Level | C Level |
| Construction of the Airplane | High quality construction exhibiting care and pride in workmanship, creative design exhibiting originality, all directions followed. | Well made, care/effort shown is obvious, minor cosmetic mistakes, some creativity/originality shown, all directions followed. | It's made, it may not be pretty but it flies, no significant or willful errors in following directions (such as wrong materials). |
| Flight Performance | Very good flyer, flies straight and reasonably long, slope matches very well with predicted slope. | Good flyer, flies straight and long but slope may vary from predicted. | Manages to reach the ground. |
| Measurements and Calculations | Care shown, reported results are neat and tabulated. All directions followed. | Results are accurate, minor errors only such as not labeling units. All directions followed. | Most directions followed. Slope is calculated correctly and is a reasonable value. |
| Report | Neat and accurate. All sources documented. All directions followed. | Neat, some cosmetic errors. All sources documented. All directions followed. | No major omissions. All sources documented. Most directions followed. Handwritten vs typed. |