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.

Models

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

Students:

     select an appropriate model to begin the search for answers or solutions to a question or problem.
     use models to study processes that cannot be studied directly (e.g., when the real process is too slow, too fast, or too dangerous for direct observation).
     demonstrate the effectiveness of different models to represent the same thing and the same model to represent different things.

This is evident, for example, when students:

     choose a mathematical model to predict the distance a car will travel at a given speed in a given time.
     use a computer simulation to observe the process of growing vegetables or to test the performance of cars.
     compare the relative merits of using a flat map or a globe to model where places are situated on Earth.
     use blueprints or scale models to represent room plans.