STANDARD 8.2 (Technology Education) by Grade 12
Strands with Cumulative Progress Indicators
A. Nature and Impact of Technology
- Use appropriate data to discuss the full costs, benefits and trade-offs, and risks related to the use of technologies.
- Explain how technological development is affected by competition through a variety of management activities associated with planning, organizing, and controlling the enterprise.
- Provide various examples of how technological developments have shaped human history.
B. Design Process and Impact Assessment
- Analyze a given technological product, system, or environment to understand how the engineering design process and design specification limitations influenced the final solution.
- Evaluate the function, value, and appearance of technological products, systems, and environments from the perspective of the user and the producer.
- Develop methods for creating possible solutions, modeling and testing solutions, and modifying proposed design in the solution of a technological problem using hands-on activities.
- Use a computer assisted design (CAD) system in the development of an appropriate design solution.
- Diagnose a malfunctioning product and system using appropriate critical thinking methods.
- Create a technological product, system, or environment using given design specifications and constraints by applying design and engineering principles.
C. Systems in the Designed World
- Explain the life cycle of a product from initial design to reuse, recycling, remanufacture, or final disposal, and its relationship to people, society, and the environment, including conservation and sustainability principles.
- Analyze the factors that influence design of products, systems, and environments.
- Compare and contrast the effectiveness of various products, systems,
and environments associated with technological activities in energy,
transportation, manufacturing, and information and communication.
