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New Jersey State Standards
Design-based curricula is an important aspect of student learning. Research shows that students who are exposed to technological
concepts, engineering, and the design process have more positive attitude about learning in general - especially in the areas of
math and science. This is the primary reason that technological literacy is an important component a the students
education. Below are the relevant standards and curriculum indicators for middle-school students:
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.
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
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Introducing and developing students’ abilities with technological design including experiences in predicting,
decision making, critical thinking an ultimately, problem solving
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
grades, by the end of Grade 6 , students
will:
A. Science and Technology
- Distinguish between things that occur in nature and
those that have been designed to solve human problems.
B. Nature of Technology
- Demonstrate how measuring instruments are used to
gather information in order to design things that work
properly
C. Technological Design
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Select a technological problem and describe the criteria
and constraints that are addressed in solving the problem.
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Identify the basic components of a technological
system:
- input
- process
- output
- feedback
Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding
grades, by the end of Grade 8, students
will:
A. Science and Technology
- Compare and contrast science with technology, illustrating
similarities and differences between these two human
endeavors.
B. Nature of Technology
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Analyze a product or system to determine the problem
it was designed to solve, the design constraints, trade-offs
and risks involved in using the product or system, how
the product or system might fail, and how the product
or system might be improved.
C. Technological Design
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Recognize how feedback loops are used to control
systems.
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