Standards

Standard - 3.2.5.B4

Demonstrate how electrical circuits provide a means of transferring electrical energy when heat, light, sound, and chemical changes are produced.

• Anchor Descriptor - S5.C.2.1 Describe basic energy types and sources, and how energy can be changed from one form to another.
• Eligible Content - S5.C.2.1.1 Describe how energy exists in many forms (e.g., electrical, mechanical, chemical, heat, light, sound) and can be transformed within a system.
• Anchor Descriptor - S5.C.3.2 Observe and recognize how magnets and electricity produce related forces.
• Eligible Content - S5.C.3.2.2 Identify the variables within an electric current (i.e., voltage, current, and resistance).

Standard - 3.4.3.A3

Identify how the study of technology uses many of the same ideas and skills as many other subjects.

• Anchor Descriptor - S3.A.3.1 Identify systems as either natural or human-made.
• Eligible Content - S3.A.3.1.1 Classify systems as either human-made or natural (e.g., human-made systems [balancing systems, tops, wheel and axle systems, pencil sharpeners from manual to electric]; natural systems [plants, animals, water cycle, stream]).

Standard - 3.2.3.B4

Identify and classify objects and materials that are conductors or insulators of electricity.

Anchor Descriptor - S3.C.2.1 Recognize basic energy types and sources and how energy can be changed from one form to another.

Eligible Content - S3.C.2.1.1 Identify basic forms and sources of energy

1d - Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

3d - Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions.

4a - Students know and use a deliberate design process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.

4c - Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.

4d - exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.

7c - Students contribute constructively to project teams, assuming various roles and responsibilities to work effectively toward a common goal.

1. Communicate Clearly

• Articulate thoughts and ideas effectively using oral, written and nonverbal communication skills in a variety of forms and context
• Listen effectively to decipher meaning, including knowledge, values, attitudes and intentions
• Use communication for a range of purposes (e.g. to inform, instruct, motivate and persuade)
• Utilize multiple media and technologies, and know how to judge their effectiveness as well as assess their impact

2. Collaborate with Others

• Demonstrate ability to work effectively and respectfully with diverse teams
• Exercise flexibility and willingness to be helpful in making necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal
• Assume shared responsibility for collaborative work, and value the individual contributions made by each team member

3. Reason Effectively

• Use various types of reasoning (inductive, deductive, etc.) as appropriate to the situation

4. Use Systems Thinking

• Analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other to produce overall outcomes in complex systems

5. Make Judgments and Decisions

• Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis
• Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes

6. Solve Problems

• Solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative ways
• Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions

7. Think Creatively

• Use a wide range of idea creation techniques (such as brainstorming)
• Create new and worthwhile ideas (both incremental and radical concepts)
• Elaborate, refine, analyze and evaluate their own ideas in order to improve and maximize creative efforts

8. Work Creatively with Others

• Develop, implement and communicate new ideas to others effectively
• Be open and responsive to new and diverse perspectives; incorporate group input and feedback into the work
• Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work and understand the real world limits to adopting new ideas
• View failure as an opportunity to learn; understand that creativity and innovation is a long-term, cyclical process of small successes and frequent mistakes