Byram Hills Central School District

This 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.

History and Evolution of Technology

5. Technology has been the driving force in the evolution of society from an agricultural to an
industrial to an information base.

Students:

explain how technological inventions and innovations have caused global growth and interdependence, stimulated economic competitiveness, created new jobs, and made other jobs obsolete.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     compare qualitatively and quantitatively the performance of a contemporary manufactured product, such as a household appliance, to the comparable device or system 50-100 years ago, and present results graphically, orally, and in writing.
     describe the process that an inventor must follow to obtain a patent for an invention.
     explain through examples how some inventions are not translated into products and services with market place demand, and therefore do not become commercial successes.