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 - Intermediate

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.

Equilibrium and Stability

4. Equilibrium is a state of stability due either to a lack of changes (static equilibrium) or a balance between opposing forces (dynamic equilibrium).

Students:

describe how feedback mechanisms are used in both designed and natural systems to keep changes within desired limits.
describe changes within equilibrium cycles in terms of frequency or cycle length and determine the highest and lowest values and when they occur.

This is evident, for example, when students:

compare the feedback mechanisms used to keep a house at a constant temperature to those used by the human body to maintain a constant temperature.
analyze the data for the number of hours of sunlight from the shortest day to the longest day of the year.