Core Curriculum Content Standards: Technology Standards Learning Progressions

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Technology Standards Learning Progressions

8.2 Technology Education, Engineering, and Design All students will develop an understanding of the nature and impact of technology, engineering, technological design, and the designed world, as they relate to the individual, global society, and the environment.

B. Design: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision-Making

By the end of Grade 2	By the end of Grade 4	By the end of Grade 8	By the end of Grade 12
Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.2.B.1 Brainstorm and devise a plan to repair a broken toy or tool using the design process.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.4.B.1 Develop a product using an online simulation that explores the design process.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.8.B.1 Design and create a product that addresses a real-world problem using the design process and working with specific criteria and constraints.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.12.B.1 Design and create a product that maximizes conservation and sustainability of a scarce resource, using the design process and entrepreneurial skills throughout the design process.
Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.2.B.2 Investigate the influence of a specific technology on the individual, family, community, and environment.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.4.B.2 Design an alternative use for an existing product.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.8.B.2 Identify the design constraints and trade-offs involved in designing a prototype (e.g., how the prototype might fail and how it might be improved) by completing a design problem and reporting results in a multimedia presentation.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.12.B.2 Design and create a prototype for solving a global problem, documenting how the proposed design features affect the feasibility of the prototype through the use of engineering, drawing, and other technical methods of illustration.
	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.4.B.3 Explain the positive and negative effect of products and systems on humans, other species, and the environment.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.8.B.3 Solve a science-based design challenge and build a prototype using science and math principles throughout the design process.	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.12.B.3 Analyze the full costs, benefits, trade-offs, and risks related to the use of technologies in a potential career path.
	Content: The design process is a systematic approach to solving problems. 8.2.4.B.4 Compare and contrast how technology transfer happens within a technology, among technologies, and among other fields of study.