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.

Systems Thinking

1. Through systems thinking, people can recognize the commonalities that exist among all systems and how parts of a system interrelate and combine to perform specific functions.

Students:

     describe the differences between dynamic systems and organizational systems.
     describe the differences and similarities between engineering systems, natural systems, and social systems.
     describe the differences between open- and closed-loop systems.
     describe how the output from one part of a system (which can include material, energy, or information) can become the input to other parts.

This is evident, for example, when students:

compare systems with internal control (e.g., homeostasis in organisms or an ecological system) to systems of related components without internal control (e.g., the Dewey decimal, solar system).