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.

Tools, Resources, and Technological Process

2. Technological tools, materials, and other resources should be selected on the basis of safety, cost, availability, appropriateness, and environmental impact; technological processes change energy, information, and material resources into more useful forms.

Students:

     test, use, and describe the attributes of a range of material (including synthetic and composite materials), information, and energy resources.
     select appropriate tools, instruments, and equipment and use them correctly to process materials, energy, and information.
     explain tradeoffs made in selecting alternative resources in terms of safety, cost, properties, availability, ease of processing, and disposability.
     describe and model methods (including computer-based methods) to control system processes and monitor system outputs.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     use a range of high- tech composite or synthetic materials to make a model of a product, (e.g., ski, an airplane, earthquake-resistant building) and explain their choice of material.
     design a procedure to test the properties of synthetic and composite materials.
     select appropriate tools, materials, and processes to manufacture a product (chosen on the basis of market research) that appeals to high school students.
     select the appropriate instrument and use it to test voltage and continuity when repairing a household appliance.
     construct two forms of packaging (one from biodegradable materials, the other from any other materials), for a children's toy and explain the tradeoffs made when choosing one or the other.
     describe and model a method to design and evaluate a system that dispenses candy and counts the number dispensed using, for example, Fischertecnik, Capsela, or Lego.
     describe how the flow, processing, and monitoring of materials is controlled in a manufacturing plant and how information processing systems provide inventory, tracking, and quality control data.