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 4 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: The budget is fifteen pounds, The filter must remove all visible sediment, The model must cycle matter back to the soil, It must be finished within three lessons
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
2.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: No part may need mains water, It must be understood by a Year 2 class, It must survive a week outdoors, You may use only materials already in school
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
3.Sort each one: Criterion: what success means or Constraint: what limits you?
Sort: The design must cut water use by a quarter, Nothing may be dug into the field, It must be safe to leave unsupervised, The store must keep water cool for six hours
Criterion: what success meansConstraint: what limits you
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Answer key — Setting the Bar and the Bounds
Set 4. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. It must be finished within three lessons — Constraint: what limits you 2. The budget is fifteen pounds — Constraint: what limits you 3. The filter must remove all visible sediment — Criterion: what success means 4. The model must cycle matter back to the soil — Criterion: what success means
2.1. It must be understood by a Year 2 class — Criterion: what success means 2. It must survive a week outdoors — Criterion: what success means 3. No part may need mains water — Constraint: what limits you 4. You may use only materials already in school — Constraint: what limits you
3.1. It must be safe to leave unsupervised — Constraint: what limits you 2. Nothing may be dug into the field — Constraint: what limits you 3. The design must cut water use by a quarter — Criterion: what success means 4. The store must keep water cool for six hours — Criterion: what success means
More practice for 3-5-ETS1-1
Define a design problem, with what counts as success and what limits you.