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Engineering: Protecting Resources

5th Grade · Science · Easy · about 10 minutes

5-ETS1-1 | Engineering: Protecting Resources - Easy level

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Standards referenced

• 3-5-ETS1-1 — Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
• 5-ESS3-1 — Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth’s resources and environment.

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