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information has been taken directly from the Accelerate
U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12
Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information
in this document has been changed.
Learning Standards for Mathematics, Science, and
Technology at Three Levels
Standard 1: Intermediate
Students will use mathematical analysis, scientific inquiry, and
engineering design, as appropriate, to pose questions, seek answers,
and develop solutions.
Engineering Design
1. Engineering design is an iterative process involving modeling
and optimization finding the best solution within given constraints
which is used to develop technological solutions to problems within
given constraints.
Students engage in the following steps in a design process:
- identify needs and opportunities for technical solutions from
an investigation of situations of general or social interest.
- locate and utilize a range of printed, electronic, and
human information resources to obtain ideas.
- consider constraints and generate several ideas for alternative
solutions, using group and individual ideation techniques (group
discussion, brainstorming, forced connections, role play); defer
judgment until a number of ideas have been generated; evaluate
(critique) ideas; and explain why the chosen solution is optimal.
- develop plans, including drawings with measurements and details
of construction, and construct a model of the solution, exhibiting
a degree of craftsmanship.
- in a group setting, test their solution against design specifications,
present and evaluate results, describe how the solution might
have been modified for different or better results, and discuss
tradeoffs that might have to be made.
This is evident, for example, when students:
- reflect on the need for alternative growing systems in desert
environments and design and model a hydroponic greenhouse for
growing vegetables without soil.
- brainstorm and evaluate alternative ideas for an adaptive device
that will make life easier for a person with a disability, such
as a device to pick up objects from the floor.
- design a model vehicle (with a safety belt restraint system
and crush zones to absorb impact) to carry a raw egg as a passenger
down a ramp and into a barrier without damage to the egg.
- assess the performance of a solution against various design
criteria, enter the scores on a spreadsheet, and see how varying
the solution might have affected total score.
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