Egg Drop Rubric
Periods B will do an Egg Drop on Monday. Period C,E, and F will do an Egg Drop on Tuesday. Before the egg drop happens you must design a contraption that will prevent an egg from breaking when it is dropped from the second floor balcony outside the science room. You then must build this contraption and write a paragraph that states why this is the best contraption ever built for stopping an egg from breaking. You must bring your own egg or eggs to the egg drop. You may want to bring two eggs just in case one breaks for some reason. The egg(s) cannot be hard boiled.
| Excellent (5) | OK (4) | Needs some work! (3) | Needs a lot of work (2) |
Design of Egg Drop Contraption | The design of the egg drop contraption is unique. The drawing is clear, neat, and colorful. The colors should represent the colors of the materials. All of the materials are neatly labeled. The amount of material and/or measurements of the materials with units should be stated in the design. The actual contraption and the design should be identical. You should have two views drawn on one sheet of paper. View options: Top View, Side View, Cross Section View | The design of the egg drop contraption is somewhat neat and somewhat colorful. All of the materials are labeled. There is very little difference between the actual contraption and the design. You should have two views drawn on one sheet of paper. View options: Top View, Side View, Cross Section View | You created a rough design of the egg drop contraption with no color. Most of the materials are labeled. There is noticeable difference between the actual contraption and the design. You should have one view drawn on one sheet of paper. View options: Top View, Side View, Cross Section View | You created a rough design of the egg drop contraption with no color. Most of the materials are not labeled. There is a large difference between the actual contraption and the design. You should have one view drawn on one sheet of paper. View options: Top View, Side View, Cross Section View |
Egg Drop Design Sales Pitch | The person that reads your one paragraph egg drop design sales pitch will want to buy your egg drop contraption. The sales pitch should describe your contraption and how great it is. In the explanation of how great it is, you should use science words correctly such as: Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, fluid friction, gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, thermal energy, & energy transfer. You should at least use 7 out of 8 of these words in a correct and creative manner in your paragraph. | The sales pitch should describe your contraption and how great it is. In the explanation of how great it is, you should use science words correctly such as: Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, fluid friction, gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, thermal energy, & energy transfer. You should at least use 6 out of 8 of these words in a correct and creative manner in your paragraph. | The sales pitch should describe your contraption and how great it is. In the explanation of how great it is, you should use science words correctly such as: Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, fluid friction, gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, thermal energy & energy transfer. You should at least use 5 out of 8 of these words in a correct manner in your paragraph. | The sales pitch should describe the contraption. You should use at least 3 out of 8 of the following science words in this paragraph: Newton’s First Law, Newton’s Second Law, fluid friction, gravity, potential energy, kinetic energy, thermal energy, and energy transfer. |
Egg Drop Results | Your egg does not even crack. | Your egg does crack, but not break enough so that liquid is visible on the outside shell. | Your egg breaks a little and there is liquid on the outside shell of the egg. | Your egg completely breaks into what seems to be way more than one piece of egg. |
Egg Drop Reflection Paragraph | Write a short paragraph clearly explaining why you think your egg drop was successful or a failure. | Write a short paragraph explaining why you think your egg drop was successful or a failure. | Write a short paragraph somewhat explaining why you think your egg drop was successful or not | Write a short paragraph that says if your egg drop was successful or a failure. |