Test Specifications
Contents
Science
Content
(p. 25-39)
The HSPA Content/Skill
Outlines for Macro Statements 5.1 through 5.12 are as follows:
| Systems
| Problem-Solving | History
of Science | Technology | Mathematics
| Structure of Life | Genetics
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| Matter |
Force & Motion | Energy
| Geological Systems | Universe
| Environment |
| 5.4.10.11 - TECHNOLOGY
I.
MACRO STATEMENT
RECOGNIZE THAT SCIENCE USES TECHNOLOGY
TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND THAT TECHNOLOGICAL PROBLEMS CREATE
A NEED FOR NEW SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE. |
II. KNOWLEDGE STATEMENTS
A STUDENT SHOULD KNOW THAT:
A. INTERRELATIONSHIP AND MUTUAL INFLUENCE
AMONG SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY. FOR EXAMPLE,
GENETIC KNOWLEDGE LEADS
TO THE TECHNIQUE OF CLONING WHICH LEADS
TO THE ETHICAL
DISCUSSION OF CLONING HUMANS.
B. THE SPACE PROGRAM HAS HELPED IMPROVE CONSUMER
TECHNOLOGY.
III.
SKILL STATEMENTS
TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS OUTLINED ABOVE,
A STUDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO:
- Cite examples of technological problems
that created a need for new scientific knowledge (e.g., space
exploration, waste management).
- Cite examples of how science and technology
have solved practical problems.
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