OpenSciEd Unit 7.2 · Lesson 06 · 6.A
Engineering Design Rubric
Assessment guide
How to read student work on this assessment — standards alignment, what strong understanding looks like, and common gaps.
Learning progression
Target understanding
6.A.2 Undertake a design project to construct and test a solution that meets specific design criteria and constraints, including the transfer of energy.
Standards alignment
6.A.2 Undertake a design project to construct and test a solution that meets specific design criteria and constraints, including the transfer of energy.
What understanding looks like
Strong
- Collect Engineering Design Rubric from teams and use Engineering Design Rubric to do your own formative assessment on each team's design solution.
From Teacher Edition
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Building towards
6.A.2 Undertake a design project to construct and test a solution that meets specific design criteria and constraints, including the transfer of energy.
What to look / listen for
and listen for
Collect Engineering Design Rubric from teams and use Engineering Design Rubric to do your own formative assessment on each team's design solution.
What to do
At this point in the unit, this rubric rating should be considered a formative assessment as students will have more experiences with engineering design in upcoming lessons. For example, teams will likely all score no evidence or missing on “Combining parts of design solutions” in this lesson because they will not have had a chance to compare their design with other teams’ designs until Lesson 7. Likewise, it is not expected that teams will be at the secure level for “Optimizing design solutions” until Lesson 9 when they have had a chance to redesign based on their work leading up to that lesson. When teams (and you) reassess their work in Lesson 9 using this same rubric, they should be able to show growth in these engineering design practices.
Materials
Last updated from official OpenSciEd on 7/1/2026
Student handout
7.2 Lesson 6 Assessment Engineering Design Rubric.docx
Google Form
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Teacher guide
7.2 Lesson 6 Teacher Edition.docx
Answer key (recommended)
7.2 Lesson 6 Answer Key Exit Ticket Key.docx