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 7 - Interdisciplinary Problem Solving - Intermediate

Students will apply the knowledge and thinking skills of mathematics, science, and technology to address real-life problems and make informed decisions.

Strategies

2. Solving interdisciplinary problems involves a variety of skills and strategies, including effective work habits; gathering and processing information; generating and analyzing ideas; realizing ideas; making connections among the common themes of mathematics, science, and technology; and presenting results.

Students participate in an extended, culminating mathematics, science, and technology project.
The project would require students to:

     work effectively
     gather and process information
     generate and analyze ideas
     observe common themes
     realize ideas
     present results

This is evident, for example, when students, addressing the issue of auto safety in an interdisciplinary science/technology/society project:

     use an electronic data base to obtain information on the causes of auto accidents and use e-mail to collect information from government agencies and auto safety organizations.
     Students gather, analyze, and chart information on the number and causes of auto accidents in their county and look for trends.
     design and construct a model vehicle with a restraint system to hold a raw egg as the passenger and evaluate the effectiveness of the restraint system by rolling the vehicle down a ramp and into a barrier; the vehicle is designed with crush zones to absorb the impact.
     Students analyze forces and compute acceleration using F=ma calculations. They present their results, including a videotaped segment, to a driver education class.