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K-2-ETS1-2 · Science
Engineering Design
Your child should draw or build a model of their solution and explain how its shape helps it work.
What the standard actually says
Develop a simple sketch, drawing, or physical model to illustrate how the shape of an object helps it function as needed to solve a given problem.
Domain: Engineering Design — Using the engineering design process to solve problems — ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve.
Next Generation Science Standards*Examples and home activities
- Challenge: 'Build something to keep an egg from breaking when dropped!'
- Draw a blueprint first, then build it. Discuss: 'Why did you make it that shape?'
Printable practice worksheet — K-2-ETS1-2
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________ Standard: K-2-ETS1-2
1. What did you observe? Draw it.
2. Write one question you want to investigate.
3. What do you predict will happen? Why?
4. Record your data in a simple chart.
5. What did you find out?
6. What would you change if you tried again?
secondgrade.com · Science · K-2-ETS1-2
Lessons that teach this
14 lessons list K-2-ETS1-2.
Week 5
- Friday · Science — Students will conclude that materials are chosen for their properties and design a container that keeps a cracker dry and unbroken (2-PS1-2, K-2-ETS1-2).
Week 11
- Wednesday · Science — Students model how a bee moves pollen between flowers and begin designing a hand pollinator tool (2-LS2-2, K-2-ETS1-2).
- Friday · Science — Students build and test a hand pollinator, compare it to the cotton ball, and conclude that pollinators help plants make seeds (2-LS2-2, K-2-ETS1-2).
Week 15
- Monday · Science — Students will generate several possible solutions to the defined problem and sketch each one with labels (K-2-ETS1-2).
- Wednesday · Science — Students will compare sketches against the criteria list and choose one design to build, explaining the choice (K-2-ETS1-2).
- Friday · Science — Students will communicate a design plan clearly enough that another person could build it from the drawing alone (K-2-ETS1-2).
Week 16
- Monday · Science — Students will build a physical prototype from their plan and record what changed between the drawing and the real object (K-2-ETS1-2).
- Wednesday · Science — Students will test a prototype against the criteria, collect data, and use the results to identify what to improve (K-2-ETS1-3).
- Friday · Science — Students will improve a prototype based on test data and retest to see whether the change helped (K-2-ETS1-3).
Week 18
- Monday · Science — Students will retrace every step of the engineering design process using their own project as the example (K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3).
- Wednesday · Science — Students will prepare a showcase display that communicates the problem, the solutions tested, and the evidence for the final choice (K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3).
- Friday · Science — Students will present their engineering project to an audience, answer questions using evidence, and reflect on the whole unit (K-2-ETS1-1, K-2-ETS1-2, K-2-ETS1-3).
Week 36
- Monday · Science — Students will review the year's science units by sorting portfolio work into topics and choosing their best piece from each (2-PS1-1, 2-LS2-1, 2-LS4-1, 2-ESS2-1, K-2-ETS1-1).
- Friday · Science — Students will present their science portfolio, reflect on their growth as a scientist, and receive awards tied to real skills demonstrated during the year (all Grade 2 science standards reviewed).
Where it lives in our curriculum
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