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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 5-Technology - Commencement
Students will apply technological knowledge and skills to design,
construct, use, and evaluate products and systems to satisfy human
and environmental needs.
Engineering Design
1. Engineering design is an iterative process involving modeling
and optimization used to develop technological solutions to problems
within given constraints.
Students engage in the following steps in a design process:
initiate and carry out a thorough investigation
of an unfamiliar situation and identify needs and opportunities
for technological invention or innovation.
identify, locate, and use a wide range
of information resources including subject experts, library references,
magazines, videotapes, films, electronic data bases and on-line
services, and discuss and document through notes and sketches how
findings relate to the problem.
generate creative solution ideas, break
ideas into the significant functional elements, and explore possible
refinements; predict possible outcomes using mathematical and functional
modeling techniques; choose the optimal solution to the problem,
clearly documenting ideas against design criteria and constraints;
and explain how human values, economics, ergonomics, and environmental
considerations have influenced the solution.
develop work schedules and plans which
include optimal use and cost of materials, processes, time, and
expertise; construct a model of the solution, incorporating developmental
modifications while working to a high degree of quality (craftsmanship).
in a group setting, devise a test of the
solution relative to the design criteria and perform the test; record,
portray, and logically evaluate performance test results through
quantitative, graphic, and verbal means; and use a variety of creative
verbal and graphic techniques effectively and persuasively to present
conclusions, predict impacts and new problems, and suggest and pursue
modifications.
This is evident, for example, when students:
search the Internet for world wide web
sites dealing with renewable energy and sustainable living and research
the development and design of an energy efficient home.
develop plans, diagrams, and working drawings
for the construction of a computer-controlled marble sorting system
that simulates how parts on an assembly line are sorted by color.
design and model a portable emergency shelter
for a homeless person that could be carried by one person and be
heated by the body heat of that person to a life-sustaining temperature
when the outside temperature is 20 o F.
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