Setting the Bar and the Bounds is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 science worksheet on defining a design problem with criteria and constraints, aligned to Common Core standard 3-5-ETS1-1. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 23 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. All 25 sets ask different questions.
Setting the Bar and the Bounds
3-5-ETS1-1
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Sort each one into criterion or constraint.
1.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: You may use only materials already in school, No part may need mains water, The store must keep water cool for six hours, It must be understood by a Year 2 class
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
2.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: The design must cut water use by a quarter, The model must cycle matter back to the soil, Nothing may be dug into the field, The budget is fifteen pounds
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
3.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: The filter must remove all visible sediment, It must be finished within three lessons, It must be safe to leave unsupervised, It must survive a week outdoors
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
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Answer key — Setting the Bar and the Bounds
Set 23. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It must be understood by a Year 2 class — Criterion: what success means 2. No part may need mains water — Constraint: what limits you 3. The store must keep water cool for six hours — Criterion: what success means 4. You may use only materials already in school — Constraint: what limits you
2.1. Nothing may be dug into the field — Constraint: what limits you 2. The budget is fifteen pounds — Constraint: what limits you 3. The design must cut water use by a quarter — Criterion: what success means 4. The model must cycle matter back to the soil — Criterion: what success means
3.1. It must be finished within three lessons — Constraint: what limits you 2. It must be safe to leave unsupervised — Constraint: what limits you 3. It must survive a week outdoors — Criterion: what success means 4. The filter must remove all visible sediment — Criterion: what success means
More practice for 3-5-ETS1-1
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