Designing Solutions

Level 4

Evaluate and Refine a Design

Practice Slides (Google Slides) (PDF)

Student Worksheet (Google Doc) (PDF)

Design, evaluate, and/or refine a solution to a complex real-world problem based on scientific knowledge, student-generated sources of evidence, prioritized criteria, and tradeoff considerations.

TERMS

  • Constraints - limitations or restrictions

  • Design - to think up and plan out

  • Evaluate - to determine the significance of by careful study

  • Evidence - anything presented to support a claim

  • Prioritize - treat as more important that others

  • Refine - to improve by making small changes

  • Solution - a means of solving a problem

  • Tradeoffs - a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features

STANDARDS

HS-PS1-6 / HS-PS2-3 / HS-PS3-3 / HS-LS2-7 / HS-ESS3-4

Observable Features of Student Performance