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Identify solution criteria

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Middle school students identify the solution criteria that guide engineering decisions — including function, safety, cost, and environmental impact — building the foundational thinking skills of engineering design. Teachers can use this hard worksheet to help students see that real engineering requires balancing multiple, sometimes competing criteria before choosing a solution. It fits within the Scientific and Engineering Practices strand.

Science
Scientific & Engineering Practices
Middle School
Worksheets
Ages 11–14
hard

Learning objectives

  • Identify the criteria a valid engineering solution must meet
  • Explain how competing criteria affect the selection of the best solution
  • Evaluate a proposed solution against a given set of design criteria

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