Rubric: Design Brief
CATEGORY Highly Proficient Proficient
Evidence of Concept Student’s concept highly
meets the design brief.
Students developed several
ideas, making adjustments
as required. Student’s
concept shows creativity
and originality.
Use of materials Students clearly use the
materials to create different
designs in multiple ways.
Scientific Process Students developed many
questions and tested these
questions as they designed.
Students recorded this
process in detail.
Collaboration Students were successful at
assigning roles and working
well with each other. As
well as working
independently and
cohesively.
Developing Not yet evident
Student’s concept meets the Student’s concept partly Student’s ideas were not
design brief. Students meets the design brief. evident and showed no
developed multiple ideas, Students developed an idea. evidence of meeting the
making adjustments as design brief.
required.
Students clearly use the Student had to be told to Students had to be told to
materials correctly but stay on task but was able to stay on task and were often
material choice limited their form some a design. told to stop playing with
design. materials. Little or no
success of design.
Students developed some Students needed prompting Students did not develop or
questions, and attempted to and assistance in test questions.
answer these questions. developing and testing
Students recorded some of questions.
this process.
Students were successful at Teacher had to assign roles Teacher had to assign roles
assigning roles and working and monitor student activity and monitor student activity
well with each other. but students were able to but students were not able
Students had difficulty produce at least one project to produce at least one
working independently and task. project but it was evidence
often had to seek help of of trying.
teacher.