Engineering Standards

Content Standards:

ETS1. Engineering Design

6.MS-ETS1-1. Define the criteria and constraints of a design problem with sufficient precision to ensure a successful solution. Include potential impacts on people and the natural environment that may limit possible solutions.*

6.MS-ETS1-5(MA). Create visual representations of solutions to a design problem. Accurately interpret and apply scale and proportion to visual representations.* Clarification Statements: • Examples of visual representations can include sketches, scaled drawings, and orthographic projections. • Examples of scale can include ¼ʺ = 1ʹ0ʺ and 1 cm = 1 m. 2016

6.MS-ETS1-6(MA). Communicate a design solution to an intended user, including design features and limitations of the solution. Clarification Statement: • Examples of intended users can include students, parents, teachers, manufacturing personnel, engineers, and customers.

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For Implementation in Science/Art:

ETS2. Materials, Tools, and Manufacturing

6.MS-ETS2-1(MA). Analyze and compare properties of metals, plastics, wood, and ceramics, including flexibility, ductility, hardness, thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, and melting point.

6.MS-ETS2-2(MA). Given a design task, select appropriate materials based on specific properties needed in the construction of a solution.* Clarification Statement: • Examples of materials can include metals, plastics, wood, and ceramics.

6.MS-ETS2-3(MA). Choose and safely use appropriate measuring tools, hand tools, fasteners, and common hand-held power tools used to construct a prototype.* Clarification Statements: • Examples of measuring tools include a tape measure, a meter stick, and a ruler. • Examples of hand tools include a hammer, a screwdriver, a wrench, and pliers. • Examples of fasteners include nails, screws, nuts and bolts, staples, glue, and tape. • Examples of common power tools include jigsaw, drill, and sander.