3rd Grade · Science
Design a Flood Barrier
Free printable 3rd Grade science worksheet: Design a Flood Barrier. It practices engineering (NGSS 3-ESS3-1). For ages 8-9. Download the PDF, print it, or fill it in online.
Fill in or color online- Grade
- 3rd Grade
- Subject
- Science
- Skill
- Engineering
- Ages
- 8–9
- Standard
- 3-ESS3-1
- Format
- A4 PDF · print or fill in online
About this worksheet
“Design a Flood Barrier” is sheet 31 of 32 in our free 3rd Grade Science Worksheets collection, written for children aged 8–9. It focuses on engineering.
In the set it comes after “Climate Zones” and before “Magnet Experiment Log”. Working through them in that order, one sheet a day, builds the skill a step at a time.
What this worksheet practices
3-ESS3-1 · Next Generation Science Standards · Grade 3
Earth and Human Activity
Children explore natural resources, natural hazards and how people affect the environment.
How to use this worksheet
- 1
Do the pendulum and balloon investigations for real. The data sheet is only interesting when the numbers are the child’s own.
- 2
For the traits sheets, look at family photos together and talk about which traits are inherited and which are learned.
- 3
Keep a weather chart for a week before the graphing sheet, then compare it with the graph on the page.
