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.