Working in Groups
(20% of Project Grade)


“A” grade:

    • Everyone in the group understands all the machine's steps well.
    • Every member is involved during all of the group work and during presentations.
    • The group members work well together and are supportive of each other.
    • The group members are supportive of and positive towards other groups.
    • During presentations, the group pays attention to other groups' explanations.
    • On the day of the multi-group demonstration of the machine, your group assists others in making the machines run well together.

“B” grade:

    • All of the group members understand most of the machine's steps and have a good overall sense of the machine.
    • Every member is involved in most of the group work.
    • Every member is involved in the presentation.
    • The group members work well together and are supportive of each other.
    • The group members are supportive of and positive towards other groups.
    • During presentations, the group pays attention to other groups' explanations.
    • Your group is flexible and accommodating when linking up machines during the multi-group demonstration of the machine.

“C” grade:

    • One or more members of the group does not understand how the machine works or cannot explain most of the steps.
    • One or more of the group members frequently does not participate during group work or the presentation.
    • The group members occasional argue or fail to support one another.
    • The group members do not support other groups or pay attention to their presentations.
    • Members of other groups become frustrated by your carelessness, inattentiveness, or other deleterious behavior during the multi-group runs at the multi-group demonstration of the machine.

“D” grade:

    • One person does most of the work on the machine and the others are not very involved.
    • The group members often argue amongst themselves or with members of the other groups.
    • One or more members of your group is vulgar, disrespectful, or otherwise unfriendly to other groups or visitors during the multi-group demonstration of the machine.

“F” grade:

    • The group is not able to decide on a design for the machine.
    • A member of the group insults another student or another student's work or ideas.
    • One or more members of your group take deliberate steps to sabotage or otherwise thwart the performance of another machine at the multi-group demonstration of the machine.