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.

Technological Systems

4. Technological systems are designed to achieve specific results and produce outputs, such as products, structures, services, energy, or other systems.

Students:

     explain why making tradeoffs among characteristics, such as safety, function, cost, ease of operation, quality of post purchase support, and environmental impact, is necessary when selecting systems for specific purposes.
     model, explain, and analyze the performance of a feedback control system.
     explain how complex technological systems involve the confluence of numerous other systems.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     model, explain, and analyze how the float mechanism of a toilet tank senses water level, compares the actual level to the desired level, and controls the flow of water into the tank.
     draw a labeled system diagram which explains the performance of a system, and include several subsystems and multiple feed-back loops.
     explain how the space shuttle involves communication, transportation, biotechnical, and manufacturing systems.