Browse All Standards

Grades K-2

Engineering Design

 

Students who demonstrate understanding can:

Performance Expectations
 

 

Ask questions, make observations, and gather information about a situation people want to change to define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. K-2-ETS1-1

Clarification Statement and Assessment Boundary

Clarification Statement: none

Assessment Boundary: none

Science and Engineering Practices

Asking Questions and Defining Problems

Asking questions and defining problems in K–2 builds on prior experiences and progresses to simple descriptive questions.

Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world(s). (K-2-ETS1-1)

Define a simple problem that can be solved through the development of a new or improved object or tool. (K-2-ETS1-1)

Disciplinary Core Ideas

ETS1.A:  Defining and Delimiting Engineering Problems

A situation that people want to change or create can be approached as a problem to be solved through engineering. Such problems may have many acceptable solutions. (K-2-ETS1-1)

Before beginning to design a solution, it is important to clearly understand the problem. (K-2-ETS1-1)

Asking questions, making observations, and gathering information are helpful in thinking about problems. (K-2-ETS1-1)

Crosscutting Concepts

Common Core State Standards Connections

ELA/Literacy
  • RI.2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. (K-2-ETS1-1)
  • W.2.6 - With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of digital tools to produce and publish writing, including in collaboration with peers. (K-2-ETS1-1)
  • W.2.8 - Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. (K-2-ETS1-1)
Mathematics
  • 2.MD.D.10 - Draw a picture graph and a bar graph (with single-unit scale) to represent a data set with up to four categories. Solve simple put-together, take-apart, and compare problems using information presented in a bar graph. (K-2-ETS1-1)
  • MP.2 - Reason abstractly and quantitatively. (K-2-ETS1-1)
  • MP.4 - Model with mathematics. (K-2-ETS1-1)
  • MP.5 - Use appropriate tools strategically. (K-2-ETS1-1)