The Nature of Technology
- Standard 1: Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology.
- Standard 2: Students will develop an understanding of the core concepts of technology.
- Standard 3: Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study.
Technology and Society
- Standard 4: Students will develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology.
- Standard 5: Students will develop an understanding of the effects of technology on the environment.
- Standard 6: Students will develop an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology.
- Standard 7: Students will develop an understanding of the influence of technology on history.
Design
- Standard 8: Students will develop an understanding of the attributes of design.
- Standard 9: Students will develop an understanding of engineering design.
- Standard 10: Students will develop an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving.
Abilities for a Technological World
- Standard 11: Students will develop abilities to apply the design process.
- Standard 12: Students will develop abilities to use and maintain technological products and systems.
- Standard 13: Students will develop abilities to assess the impact of products and systems.
The Designed World
- Standard 14: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use medical technologies.
- Standard 15: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use agricultural and related biotechnologies.
- Standard 16: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use energy and power technologies.
- Standard 17: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies.
- Standard 18: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use transportation technologies.
- Standard 19: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use manufacturing technologies.
- Standard 20: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use construction technologies.
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August 2005