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 - Elementary

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:

     identify familiar examples of technological systems that are used to satisfy human needs and wants, and select them on the basis of safety, cost, and function.
     assemble and operate simple technological systems, including those with interconnecting mechanisms to achieve different kinds of movement.
     understand that larger systems are made up of smaller component subsystems.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     assemble and operate a system made up from a battery, switch, and doorbell connected in a series circuit.
     assemble a system with interconnecting mechanisms, such as a jack-in-the-box that pops up from a box with a hinged lid.
     model a community-based transportation system which includes subsystems such as roadways, rails, vehicles, and traffic controls.