2019 4-H Robotics and Engineering Expo Scoring Rubrics

Scoring Rubrics for Engineering

School_____________________Team Name _______________________ Rookie Team?_______

Engineering Skills
Category Scores	Excellent 10 9 8	Good 7 6 5	Fair 4 3	Weak 2 1
Research Problem:	Clearly described practical need or problem to be solved, proposed solution and constraints.	Described problem to be solved as well as the explanation of the proposed solution.	Described problem to be solved, no explanation of constraints.	No evidence of researching the problem.
Design and Methodology:	Novel solution is identified and documentation shows 2-3 other alternatives that were explored, including evidence or redesign. A final prototype/model is displayed.	Solution is identified. Documentation of one alternative and evidence of reason for redesign. A prototype/model is displayed.	Solution is identified. A prototype/model is displayed. No documentation of exploration of more than one idea.	Solution is not clearly identified, but prototype or model may be displayed or solution may be drawn.
Execution: Construction and Testing	Prototype demonstrates intended design and demonstrates engineering skills and completeness.	Prototype does what is expected at least 2 out of 3 times. Some engineering skills demonstrated.	Prototype works at least 1 out of 3 times. May have incomplete aspects of the project.	Incomplete prototype. Little evidence of engineering process.

Presentation Skills
Category Scores	Excellent 10 9 8	Good 7 6 5	Fair 4 3	Weak 2 1
Clarity of Project	Project has clear purpose. Team had a goal in building the project and it was achieved.	Project has a purpose. Team met most of its goals in building the project.	Project goal not clear. Team was not able to clearly state goal(s) of project.	Project did not have a clear focus. Difficult to understand purpose of the project.
Display of project	Clearly displayed with supporting pictures/diagrams or other material. Display is pleasing and easy to understand. Neat and attention to detail. No spelling errors.	Clearly displayed with supporting pictures/diagrams. Display is good.	Project is displayed with little supporting material. Display is adequate, lacks in quality of material- may not appear “finished”.	No display to accompany project.
Communication of Project	Entire team can clearly communicate purpose and operation with judges. Strong voice level, composure, smiles are evident. Willing to expand on answers/information. Eye contact.	One or two team members can communicate purpose and operation with judges. For the most part, good voice, fairly relaxed, some eye contact.	Team has difficulty communicating the purpose or design. Difficult to get more than short answer responses. Clearly uncomfortable.	One team member dominates communication of purpose and operation, and/or coach prompts youth.
Team Work	All team members participate in presentation, clearly have identified roles, all members are engaged and enthusiastic with each other, judges and general public. Willing to help, support and praise one another.	All members participated in presentation, but roles may not appear to be clearly identified, members are engaged with judges and general public, no strong sense of team.	Some team members participated in presentation, some team members not engaged. One or two members tend to dominate presentation.	Only one member presents for judges, other team members are present but there is a lack of unity amongst the team, display disrespect toward each other, coach, judges or general public.

TOTAL SCORE___________

Scoring Rubrics for Robotics

School_____Team Name _ Rookie Team?_

Creativity

Did the team, project, and/or robot demonstrate a truly unique solution to their problem or robot design?

Was the project imaginative and did it demonstrate “out of the box” thinking?

Was there a special, unique or creative aspect that made this project stand out from the rest?

Category Score

Excellent

10 9 8

Good

7 6 5

Fair

4 3

Weak

2 1

Overall degree of difficulty

Difficulty Score

Advanced

10 9 8

Intermediate

7 6 5 4

Beginner

3 2 1

Robotics Skills
Category Scores	Excellent 10 9 8	Good 7 6 5	Fair 4 3	Weak 2 1
Mechanical Design:	Robot is complete, solid, and holds up to repeated runs.	Robot is complete, fairly solid, and needs little or no repairs or adjustment between runs.	Robot works some of the time and repairs or adjustments are often needed to accomplish task.	Robot doesn’t work or only works with direct human intervention.
Programming:	Program works well and the team can display how the program works. Program uses loops, jumps, variables, or other programming components. Copy of the program was included with the display.	Program works well and the team can display how the program works. Program uses some advanced features, but not many. Copy of the program was included with the display.	Program works but does not contain any loops, forks, jumps, or variables. May contain sensors. Copy of the program may or may not be included with the display.	Program only uses motor controllers and timers, i.e. out, back, turn, stop. Copy of the program may or may not be included with the display.
Operation:	Robot does what is expected all the time.	Robot does what is expected at least 2 out of 3 times.	Robot works at least 1 out of 3 times.	Robot cannot complete its designed function.

TOTAL SCORE_____________

COMMENTS:

Presentation Skills
Category Scores	Excellent 10 9 8	Good 7 6 5	Fair 4 3	Weak 2 1
Clarity of Project	Project has clear purpose. Team had a goal in building the project and it was achieved.	Project has a purpose. Team met most of its goals in building the project.	Project goal not clear. Team was not able to clearly state goal(s) of project.	Project did not have a clear focus. Difficult to understand the purpose of the project.
Display of project	Clearly displayed with supporting pictures/diagrams or other material. Display is pleasing and easy to understand. Neat and attention to detail. No spelling errors.	Clearly displayed with supporting pictures/diagrams. Display is good.	Project is displayed with little supporting material. Display is adequate, lacks in quality of material- may not appear “finished”.	No display to accompany project.
Communication of Project	Entire team can clearly communicate purpose and operation with judges. Strong voice level, composure, smiles are evident. Willing to expand on answers/information. Eye contact.	One or two team members can communicate purpose and operation with judges. For the most part, good voice, fairly relaxed, some eye contact.	Team has difficulty communicating the purpose or design. Difficult to get more than short answer responses. Clearly uncomfortable.	One team member dominates communication of purpose and operation, and/or coach prompts youth.
Team Work	All team members participate in presentation, clearly have identified roles, all members are engaged and enthusiastic with each other, judges and general public. Willing to help, support and praise one another.	All members participated in presentation, but roles may not appear to be clearly identified, members are engaged with judges and general public, no strong sense of team.	Some team members participated in presentation, some team members not engaged. One or two members tend to dominate presentation.	Only one member presents for judges, other team members are present but there is a lack of unity amongst the team, display disrespect toward each other, coach, judges or general public.

TOTAL SCORE_____________

COMMENTS:

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