New York

7 Students will understand the relationships and common themes that connect mathematics, science, and technology and apply the themes to these and other areas of learning.

• 1 The knowledge and skills of mathematics, science, and technology are used together to make informed decisions and solve problems, especially those relating to issues of science/ technology/ society, consumer decision making, design, and inquiry into phenomena.

  • analyze science/ technology/ society problems and issues that affect their home, school, or community, and carry out a remedial course of action

  • make informed consumer decisions by applying knowledge about the attributes of particular products and making cost/ benefit trade-offs to arrive at an optimal choice

  • design solutions to problems involving a familiar and real context, investigate related science concepts to determine the solution, and use mathematics to model, quantify, measure, and compute

    • Solve problems using magnets (3-V.1)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (3-V.3)
    • Identify the best design solution to prevent hurricane damage (4-X.2)

  • observe phenomena and evaluate them scientifically and mathematically by conducting a fair test of the effect of variables and using mathematical knowledge and technological tools to collect, analyze, and present data and conclusions

• 2 Solving interdisciplinary problems involves a variety of skills and strategies, including effective work habits; gathering and processing information; generating and analyzing ideas; realizing ideas; making connections among the common themes of mathematics, science, and technology; and presenting results.

  • work effectively

  • gather and process information

  • generate and analyze ideas

  • observe common themes

  • realize ideas

  • present results