OpenSciEd Unit 6.2 · Lesson 18 · 18.B
Disaster Blanket Design
Assessment guide
How to read student work on this assessment — standards alignment, what strong understanding looks like, and common gaps.
Learning progression
Target understanding
18.B Evaluate a design solution for a disaster blanket that includes several design features (structure) to minimize energy transfer (function) that could result in body heat loss.
Standards alignment
18.B Evaluate a design solution for a disaster blanket that includes several design features (structure) to minimize energy transfer (function) that could result in body heat loss.
What understanding looks like
Strong
- This lesson includes a transfer task to give students an opportunity to use the 3 dimensions to make sense of a different phenomenon. Use the scoring guide in Reference for Disaster Blanket Design Assessment for guidance of what to look for on student assessments.
From Teacher Edition
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Building towards
18.B Evaluate a design solution for a disaster blanket that includes several design features (structure) to minimize energy transfer (function) that could result in body heat loss.
What to look / listen for
This lesson includes a transfer task to give students an opportunity to use the 3 dimensions to make sense of a different phenomenon. Use the scoring guide in Reference for Disaster Blanket Design Assessment for guidance of what to look for on student assessments.
What to do
See Reference for Disaster Blanket Design Assessment for guidance.
Materials
Last updated from official OpenSciEd on 7/1/2026
Student handout
6.2 Lesson 18 Assessment Disaster Blanket Design.docx
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Teacher guide
6.2 Lesson 18 Teacher Edition.docx
Answer key (recommended)
6.2 Lesson 18 Answer Key Reference for Disaster.docx