State of New Jersey Department of Education

STANDARD 5.4

STANDARD 5.4 (NATURE AND PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY) ALL STUDENTS WILL UNDERSTAND THE INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOP A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE AND PROCESS OF TECHNOLOGY.

Descriptive Statement: This standard has three equally important strands:

  • Developing students' understanding of the interrelationship between science and technology;
  • Introducing students to and expanding their understanding of the nature of technology; and
  • Introducing and developing students' abilities with technological design including experiences in predicting, decision making, critical thinking an ultimately, problem solving.