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.

Patterns of Change

5. Identifying patterns of change is necessary for making predictions about future behavior and conditions.

Students:

use simple linear equations to represent how a parameter changes with time.
observe patterns of change in trends or cycles and make predictions on what might happen in the future.

This is evident, for example, when students:

study how distance changes with time for a car traveling at a constant speed.
use a graph of a population over time to predict future population levels.