3.8. Science, Technology and Human Endeavors: 

Scientific knowledge and societal needs often create a demand for new technology. Conversely, new technology advances scientific knowledge. Both influence society through the impact of their products and processes.

 

 

3.8.4.  GRADE 4

 

 

3.8.7.  GRADE 7

 

3.8.10.  GRADE 10

 

3.8.12.  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 people select, create and use science and technology and that they are limited by social and physical restraints.

á     Identify and describe positive and negative impacts that influence or result from new tools and techniques.

á     Identify how physical technology (e.g., construction, manufacturing, transportation), informational technology and biotechnology are used to meet human needs.

á     Describe how scientific discoveries and technological advancements are related.

á     Identify interrelationships among technology, people and their world.

á     Apply the technological design process to solve a simple problem.

 

 

B.  Know how human ingenuity and technological resources satisfy specific human needs and improve the quality of life.

á     Identify and distinguish between human needs and improving the quality of life.

á     Identify and distinguish between natural and human-made resources.

á     Describe a technological invention and the resources that were used to develop it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.  Know the pros and cons of possible solutions to scientific and technological problems in society.

á     Compare the positive and negative expected and unexpected impacts of technological change.

á     Identify and discuss examples of technological change in the community that have both positive and negative impacts.

 

 

A.  Explain how sciences and technologies are limited in their effects and influences on society.

á     Identify and describe the unavoidable constraints of technological design.

á     Identify changes in society as a result of a technological development.

á     Identify and explain improvements in transportation, health, sanitation and communications as a result of advancements in science and technology and how they affect our lives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.  Explain how human ingenuity and technological resources satisfy specific human needs and improve the quality of life.

á     Identify interrelationships between systems and resources.

á     Identify and describe the resources necessary to solve a selected problem in a community and improve the quality of life.

á     Identify and explain specific examples of how agricultural science has met human needs and has improved the quality of life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C.  Identify the pros and cons of applying technological and scientific solutions to address problems and the effect upon society.

á     Describe the positive and negative expected and unexpected effects of specific technological developments.

á     Describe ways technology extends and enhances human abilities.

 

 

A.  Analyze the relationship between societal demands and scientific and technological enterprises.

á     Identify past and current tradeoffs between increased production, environmental harm and social values (e.g., increased energy needs, power plants, automobiles).

á     Compare technologies that are applied and accepted differently in various cultures (e.g., factory farming, nuclear power).

á     Describe and evaluate social change as a result of technological developments.

á     Assess the social impacts of a specific international environmental problem by designing a solution that applies the appropriate technologies and resources.

 

B.  Analyze how human ingenuity and technological resources satisfy specific human needs and improve the quality of life.

á     Identify several problems and opportunities that exist in your community, apply various problem-solving methods to design and evaluate possible solutions.

á     Analyze a recently invented item, describing the human need that prompted its invention and the current and potential social impacts of the specific invention.

á     Apply knowledge of oceanography, meteorology, geology and human anatomy to explain important considerations that need to be made for construction of homes, buildings and businesses in the United States.

á     Assess the impacts that agricultural science has had on meeting human needs and improving the quality of life.

 

C.  Evaluate possibilities consequences and impacts of scientific and technological solutions.

á     Relate scientific and technological advancements in terms of cause and effect.

á     Describe and evaluate the impacts that financial considerations have had on specific scientific and technological applications.

á     Compare and contrast potential solutions to technological, social, economic and environmental problems.

á     Analyze the impacts on society of accepting or rejecting scientific and technological advances.

 

 

A.  Synthesize and evaluate the inter-actions and constraints of science and technology on society.

á     Compare and contrast how scientific and technological knowledge is both shared and protected.

á     Evaluate technological developments that have changed the way humans do work and discuss their impacts

      (e.g., genetically engineered

      crops).

á     Evaluate socially proposed limitations of scientific research and technological application.

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.  Apply the use of ingenuity and technological resources to solve specific societal needs and improve the quality of life.

á     Apply appropriate tools, materials and processes to solve complex problems.

á     Use knowledge of human abilities to design or modify technologies that extend and enhance human abilities.

á     Apply appropriate tools, materials and processes to physical, informational or biotechnological systems to identify and recom-mend solutions to international problems.

á     Apply knowledge of agricultural science to develop a solution that will improve on a human need or want.

 

 

 

 

 

C.  Evaluate the consequences and impacts of scientific and technological solutions.

á     Propose solutions to specific scientific and technological applications, identifying possible financial considerations.

á     Analyze scientific and technological solutions through

     the use of risk/benefit analysis.

á     Analyze and communicate the positive or negative impacts that a recent technological invention had on society.

á     Evaluate and describe potential impacts from emerging technologies and the consequences of not keeping abreast of technological advancements

      (e.g., assessment alternatives, risks,

      benefits, costs, economic impacts,

      constraints).