3.6.  Technology Education:  Technology education is the use of accumulated knowledge to process resources to meet human needs and improve the quality of life. Students develop the ability to select and correctly use materials, tools, techniques and processes to answer questions, understand explanations and solve problems encountered in real life situations.  These overriding themes require students to design, create, use, evaluate and modify systems of Biotechnologies, Information Technologies, and Physical Technologies.

 

 

3.6.4.  GRADE 4

 

 

3.6.7.  GRADE 7

 

3.6.10.  GRADE 10

 

3.6.12.  GRADE 12

PennsylvaniaÕs public schools shall teach, challenge and support every student to realize his or her maximum potential and to acquire the

knowledge and skills needed to . . .

 

A.  Know that biotechnologies relate to propagating, growing, maintaining, adapting, treating and converting.

á     Identify agricultural and industrial production processes that involve plants and animals.

á     Identify waste management treatment processes.

á     Describe how knowledge of the human body influences or impacts ergonomic design.

á     Describe how biotechnology has impacted various aspects of daily life (e.g., health care, agriculture, waste treatment).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.  Know that information technologies involve encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving and decoding.

á     Identify electronic communication methods that exist in the community (e.g., digital cameras, telephone, internet, television, fiber optics).

á     Identify graphic reproduction methods.

á     Describe appropriate image generating techniques

      (e.g., photography, video).

á     Demonstrate the ability to communicate an idea by applying basic sketching and drawing techniques.

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.  Know physical technologies of structural design, analysis and engineering, finance, production, marketing, research and design.

á     Identify and group a variety of construction tasks.

á     Identify the major construction systems present in a specific local building.

á     Identify specific construction systems that depend on each other in order to complete a project.

á     Know skills used in construction.

á     Identify examples of manufactured goods present in the home and school.

á     Identify basic resources needed to produce a manufactured item.

á     Identify basic component operations in a specific manufacturing enterprise (e.g., cutting, shaping, attaching).

á     Identify waste and pollution resulting from a manufacturing enterprise.

á     Explain and demonstrate the concept of manufacturing (e.g., assemble a set of papers or ball point pens sequentially, mass produce an object).

á     Identify transportation technologies of propelling, structuring, suspending, guiding, controlling and supporting.

á     Identify and experiment with simple machines used in transportation systems.

á     Explain how improved transportation systems have changed society.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.  Explain biotechnologies that relate to related technologies of propagating, growing, maintaining, adapting, treating and converting.

á     Identify the environmental, societal and economic impacts that waste has in the environment.

á     Identify and explain the impact that a specific medical advancement has had on society.

á     Explain the factors that were taken into consideration when a specific object was designed.

á     Define and describe how fuels and energy can be generated through the process of biomass conversion.

á     Identify and group basic plant and animal production processes.

á     Explain the impact that agricultural science has had on biotechnology.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.  Explain information technologies of encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving and decoding.

á     Demonstrate the effectiveness of image generating technique to communicate a story

      (e.g., photography, video).

á     Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of a graphic object designed and produced to communicate a thought or concept.

á     Apply basic technical drawing techniques to communicate an idea or solution to a problem.

á     Apply the appropriate method of communications technology to communicate a thought.

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.  Explain physical technologies of structural design, analysis and engineering, personnel relations, financial affairs, structural production, marketing, research and design.

á     Use knowledge of material effectiveness to solve specific construction problems (e.g., steel vs. wood bridges).

á     Differentiate among the different types of construction applications (e.g., microwave tower, power plants, aircrafts).

 

á     Explain basic material processes that manufactured objects undergo during production. (e.g., separating, forming, combining).

á     Evaluate a construction activity by specifying task analyses and necessary resources.

á     Explain the relationships among the basic resources needed in the production process for a specific manufactured object.

á     Explain the difference between design engineering and production engineering processes.

á     Analyze manufacturing steps that affect waste and pollutants.

á     Explain transportation technologies of propelling, structuring, suspending, guiding, controlling and supporting.

á     Identify and explain the workings of several mechanical power systems.

á     Model and explain examples of vehicular propulsion, control, guidance, structure and suspension systems.

á     Explain the limitations of land, marine, air and space transportation systems.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A.  Apply biotechnologies that relate to propagating, growing, maintaining, adapting, treating and converting.

á     Apply knowledge of plant and animal production processes in designing an improvement to existing processes.

á     Apply knowledge of biomedical technology applications in designing a solution to a simple medical problem (e.g., wheel chair design, artificial arteries).

á     Apply knowledge of how biomedical technology affects waste products in designing a solution that will result in reduced waste.

á     Apply ergonomic engineering factors when devising a solution to a specific problem.

á     Describe various methods of biochemical conversion.

á     Describe specific examples that reflect the impact that agricultural science has had on biotechnology.

 

 

 

 

 

B.  Apply knowledge of information technologies of encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving and decoding.

á     Describe the proper use of graphic and electronic communication systems.

á     Apply a variety of advanced mechanical and electronic drafting methods to communicate a solution to a specific problem.

á     Apply and analyze advanced communication techniques to produce an image that effectively conveys a message (e.g., desktop publishing, audio and/or video production).

á     Illustrate an understanding of a computer network system by modeling, constructing or assembling its components.

 

 

C.  Apply physical technologies of structural design, analysis and engineering, personnel relations, financial affairs, structural production, marketing, research and design to real world problems.

á     Describe and classify common construction by their characteristics and composition.

á     Compare and contrast specific construction systems that depend on each other in order to complete a project.

á     Evaluate material failure common to specific applications.

á     Demonstrate knowledge of various construction systems by building or interpreting models.

á     Select and apply the necessary resources to successfully conduct a manufacturing enterprise.

á     Apply concepts of design engineering and production engineering in the organization and application of a manufacturing activity.

á     Apply the concepts of manufacturing by redesigning an enterprise to improve productivity or reduce or eliminate waste and/or pollution.

á     Evaluate the interrelationship of various transportation systems in the community.

á     Analyze the impacts that transportation systems have on a community.

 

 

A.  Analyze biotechnologies that relate to propagating, growing, maintaining, adapting, treating and converting.

á     Analyze and solve a complex production process problem using biotechnologies (e.g., hydroponics, fish farming, crop propagation).

á     Analyze specific examples where engineering has impacted society

in protection, personal health 

     application or physical 

     enhancement.

á     Appraise and evaluate the cause

     and effect and subsequent 

     environmental, economic and

     societal impacts that result from

    biomass and biochemical conversion.

á     Evaluate and apply biotechnical processes to complex plant and animal production methods.

á     Apply knowledge of biochemical-related technologies to propose alternatives to hazardous waste treatment.

á     apply knowledge of agricultural science to solve or improve a biochemical related problem.

 

 

B. Analyze knowledge of information technologies of processes encoding, transmitting, receiving, storing, retrieving and decoding.

á     Apply and analyze advanced information techniques to produce

     a complex image that effectively

     conveys a message (e.g., desktop

     publishing, audio and/or video

     production).

á     Analyze and evaluate a message designed and produced using still, motion and animated communication techniques.

á     Describe the operation of fiber optic, microwave and satellite informational systems.

á     Apply various graphic and electronic information techniques

     to solve real world problems (e.g.,

     data organization and analysis,

     forecasting, interpolation).

 

 C. Analyze physical technologies of structural design, analysis and engineering, personnel relations, financial affairs, structural production, marketing, research and design to real world problems.

á     Apply knowledge of construction technology by designing, planning and applying all the necessary resources to successfully solve a construction problem.

á     Compare resource options in solving a specific manufacturing problem.

á     Analyze and apply complex skills needed to process materials in complex manufacturing enterprises.

á     Apply advanced information collection and communication techniques to successfully convey solutions to specific construction problems.

á     Assess the importance of capital on specific construction applications.

á     Analyze the positive and negative qualities of several different types of materials as they would relate to specific construction applications.

á     Analyze transportation technologies of propelling, structuring, suspending, guiding, controlling and supporting.

á     Analyze the concepts of vehicular propulsion, guidance, control, suspension and structural systems while designing and producing specific complex transportation systems.