St.

Bridget School, QC
Mathematics 8

Name: Grade & Section:

A ROLLER COASTER RIDE

MAJOR PERFORMANCE TASK 1.1 STANDARDS

The number of people who visit a particular amusement park is decreasing. According to some amusement park
goers, they feel that the rides in that park are no longer that exciting. So to accommodate this concern, the head of the 1. Accuracy of Answers
amusement park asked for your help to upgrade their rides. Specifically, they want a new and exciting design for their 2. Communication
roller coaster ride since it used to have the highest ticket sales among all their rides. 3. Creativity
4. Originality
As a ride designer, you must create a proposal that includes the following on a long bond paper: 5. Completeness
• a draft of the ride’s path on a Cartesian plane 6. Neatness and Organization
• an illustration of your design including all the details measurements for each incline and decline
• solution for the slope of each incline and decline in the path
• Lastly, write a paragraph explaining your design, and your difficulties while doing it. Also, point out why
areas with zero slopes are necessary. Explain if it is possible, or not, to have an incline or decline with an
undefined slope.
 St. Bridget School, QC
Mathematics 8

Name: Grade & Section:

A ROLLER COASTER RIDE

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STANDARDS EXEMPLARY SATISFACTORY DEVELOPING BEGINNING SCORE
(Exceeds Standards) (Meets Standards) (Partially Meets Standards) (Does Not Meet Standards)
ACCURACY OF • All of the computations for the • Most of the computations for the • Some of the computations for the • None of the computations for the
ANSWERS slopes were correct slopes were correct slopes were correct slopes were correct
(3)
• The explanation uses important • The explanation uses appropriate • The explanation uses inappropriate • The explanation does not include
COMMUNICATION
and effective mathematical mathematical vocabulary and mathematical vocabulary and the important use of mathematical
(3)
vocabulary and terminology terminology terminology vocabulary and terminology
MATHEMATICAL • There is an effective use of • There is a precise and appropriate • Some of the mathematical • Only few of the mathematical
TERMINOLOGIES mathematical terminologies and use of mathematical terminologies terminologies and notations used terminologies and notations used
AND NOTATIONS notations and notations are appropriate to the task are appropriate to the task
(3)
• Exceptionally well designed, neat, • Neat and relatively attractive. • Lines and curves are neatly drawn • Appears messy and "thrown
and attractive. • A ruler and graphing paper are but the graph appears quite plain together" in a hurry.
CREATIVITY
• Colors that go well together are used to make the graph more • Lines and curves are visibly
(2)
used to make the graph more readable. crooked.
readable.

COMPLETENESS • More than the required contents • All of the required content are • Most of the required content are • Some of the required content are
are presented in the output. present in the output. present in the output. present in the output.
(1)

NEATNESS & • The work is presented in a neat, • The work is presented in a neat • The work is presented in an • The work appears sloppy and
ORGANIZATION detailed, organized fashion that is and organized fashion that is easy organized fashion but hard to read. unorganized. It is hard to know
(1) easy to read to read. what information goes together.

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TOTAL
52