Design Solutions and Evaluation Criteria is a Grade 6 Science resource focused on Engineering Design and the NGSS framework. Students evaluate possible solutions by using evidence, measurements, scoring methods, and trade-offs rather than choosing a prototype based on a single factor.

Evaluate Designs with Evidence

Students practice comparing design options through quantitative and qualitative metrics, applying scoring rubrics and simple models to rank prototypes. They also justify design refinements by referring to evidence from tests and explain how trade-offs between evaluation criteria can change which solution is considered the best.

The resource uses multiple ways for students to work with these ideas, including multiple-choice questions, true/false statements, short-answer responses, a dialogue, matching, a cloze passage, a labeled diagram, a reading passage, and an essay. This combination gives students opportunities to recognize concepts, interpret design information, explain reasoning, and communicate evidence-based decisions.

What You Receive

• Student worksheet: Practice covering design comparison, evaluation criteria, scoring rubrics, prototype ranking, evidence from testing, design refinements, and trade-offs.
• Separate Teacher Guide PDF: Learning Objectives, Teaching Tips, Discussion Questions, and Common Mistakes.

Flexible Classroom Use

Use this engineering design worksheet during a Grade 6 science lesson, as guided practice after instruction, for independent work, or as a review of how engineers compare and improve possible solutions. The teacher guide provides discussion prompts and teaching support for addressing misconceptions and extending classroom conversation around design decisions.

Because students must connect their choices to criteria, test evidence, metrics, and trade-offs, the resource supports more than simple recall. It gives learners repeated opportunities to explain why one design option may be preferable to another and how evidence can inform refinement.