Standards in this Framework
| Standard | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.2.8.EC.1 | Explain ethical issues that may arise from the use of new technologies. |
| 8.2.8.EC.2 | Examine the effects of ethical and unethical practices in product design and development |
| 8.2.8.ED.1 | Evaluate the function, value, and aesthetics of a technological product or system, from the perspective of the user and the producer. |
| 8.2.8.ED.2 | Identify the steps in the design process that could be used to solve a problem. |
| 8.2.8.ED.3 | Develop a proposal for a solution to a real-world problem that includes a model (e.g., physical prototype, graphical/technical sketch). |
| 8.2.8.ED.4 | Investigate a malfunctioning system, identify its impact, and explain the step-by-step process used to troubleshoot, evaluate, and test options to repair the product in a collaborative team. |
| 8.2.8.ED.5 | Explain the need for optimization in a design process |
| 8.2.8.ED.6 | Analyze how trade-offs can impact the design of a product |
| 8.2.8.ED.7 | Design a product to address a real-world problem and document the iterative design process, including decisions made as a result of specific constraints and trade-offs (e.g., annotated sketches). |
| 8.2.8.ETW.1 | Illustrate how a product is upcycled into a new product and analyze the short- and long-term benefits and costs. |
| 8.2.8.ETW.2 | Analyze the impact of modifying resources in a product or system (e.g., materials, energy, information, time, tools, people, capital). |
| 8.2.8.ETW.3 | Analyze the design of a product that negatively impacts the environment or society and develop possible solutions to lessen its impact. |
| 8.2.8.ETW.4 | Compare the environmental effects of two alternative technologies devised to address climate change issues and use data to justify which choice is best. |
| 8.2.8.ITH.1 | Explain how the development and use of technology influences economic, political, social, and cultural issues. |
| 8.2.8.ITH.2 | Compare how technologies have influenced society over time |
| 8.2.8.ITH.3 | Evaluate the impact of sustainability on the development of a designed product or system. |
| 8.2.8.ITH.4 | Identify technologies that have been designed to reduce the negative consequences of other technologies and explain the change in impact. |
| 8.2.8.ITH.5 | Compare the impacts of a given technology on different societies, noting factors that may make a technology appropriate and sustainable in one society but not in another. |
| 8.2.8.NT.1 | Examine a malfunctioning tool, product, or system and propose solutions to the problem. |
| 8.2.8.NT.2 | Analyze an existing technological product that has been repurposed for a different function. |
| 8.2.8.NT.3 | Examine a system, consider how each part relates to other parts, and redesign it for another purpose. |
| 8.2.8.NT.4 | Explain how a product designed for a specific demand was modified to meet a new demand and led to a new product. |
