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 6 - Interconnectedness: Common Themes - Commencement

Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.

Models

2. Models are simplified representations of objects, structures, or systems used in analysis, explanation, interpretation, or design.

Students:

     revise a model to create a more complete or improved representation of the system.
     collect information about the behavior of a system and use modeling tools to represent the operation of the system.
     find and use mathematical models that behave in the same manner as the processes under investigation.
     compare predictions to actual observations using test models.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     add new parameters to an existing spreadsheet model.
     incorporate new design features in a CAD drawing.
     use computer simulation software to create a model of a system under stress, such as a city or an ecosystem.
     design and construct a prototype to test the performance of a temperature control system.
     use mathematical models for scientific laws, such as Hooke's Law or Newton's Laws, and relate them to the function of technological systems, such as an automotive suspension system.
     use sinusoidal functions to study systems that exhibit periodic behavior.
     compare actual populations of animals to the numbers predicted by predator/ prey computer simulations.