Mississippi Science E.5.10.2
The Standard
- E.5.10
- Students will demonstrate an understanding of the effects of human interaction with Earth and how Earth’s natural resources can be protected and conserved.
Design a process for better preparing communities to withstand human-caused or natural disasters (e.g., removing oil from water or soil, systems that reduce the impact of floods, structures that resist hurricane forces). Use an engineering design process to define the problem, design, construct, evaluate, and improve the disaster plan. *
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Earth’s Recourses
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify a disaster risk for a community and set a clear goal, such as keeping water out of homes. They sketch a solution, build a model, test it, and change the design based on what happened.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain who their design protects and how they will measure success. After a test, they use a result, such as the amount of water that leaked through, to choose a change and test again.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may build a barrier without deciding what it needs to protect. They may call a wall successful because it stayed standing, even though water reached the homes. Some change materials without using test results.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A model flood wall let 20 mL of a 100 mL pour reach a house. Write a success goal, sketch one fix, and name what you would measure in the next test.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Place a paper house in a foil tray, build a clay flood wall, pour one cup of water, measure leaks, and revise.
Write a note to residents explaining why you changed your flood wall after the first test, using the amount leaked as evidence.
Play a flood-budget game: give teams ten tokens and prices for sandbags, pumps, and shelters; have them defend a plan.
Show a photo of a flooded street; ask students to mark a doorway to protect and draw where diverted water would go.
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