Mississippi Science FSL.2.2
The Standard
- FSL.2
- Students will identify, research, and communicate the development of technology and engineering practices.
Use an engineering design process to identify a problem within the local community and propose and develop a possible solution to that problem. *
2026 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards for Science · Nature of Technology and Engineering
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find a problem in a place people in their community use and gather evidence of it. They set a design goal, sketch possible fixes, build a model, test it, and revise it.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can show where the problem occurs and who it affects. They can explain why their design fits the limits, use test results to improve it, and name what still needs work.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may choose a favorite invention before checking whether the problem exists. They may treat a sketch as a finished solution or claim a design works without testing it against a clear goal.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Name one problem you have observed near school. Give one piece of evidence, a design goal, a constraint, and a test for a sketched fix.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Count litter by the school entrance, then build cardboard bin lids and test whether a fan blows paper scraps out of each bin.
Ask: Would a covered bin help people who use the entrance, or make throwing away trash harder?
Give pairs a $10 budget, a materials price list, and two bin sketches; have them pick one and defend their choice.
Check online hardware store prices for your prototype materials, then write the school office a recommendation with a cost and test result.
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