STANDARD 5.4     (NATURE AND PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY)     ALL STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE AND PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY.

 

Descriptive Statement: This standard focuses on developing students’ understanding of the interrelationship between science and technology.  It introduces students to and expands their understanding of the nature of technology.  In addition, it introduces and develops students’ abilities with technological design including experiences in predicting, decision making, critical thinking, and problem solving.

 

Cumulative Progress Indicators

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 8, students will:

 

A.     Science and Technology

 1.         Compare and contrast science with technology, illustrating similarities and differences between these two human endeavors.

 

B.     Nature of Technology

 1.         Analyze a product or system to determine the problem it was designed to solve, the design constraints, trade-offs and risks involved in using the product or system, how the product or system might fail, and how the product or system might be improved.

 

C.     Technological Design

 1.         Recognize how feedback loops are used to control systems.

 

 

 

Link to Standard 5.4 Grade 5-6

 

Link to Standard 5.4 High School

 

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