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Colorado: Science [1995]

Currrent Standard

• Standard 5: Students know and understand interrelationships among science, technology, and human activity and how they can affect the world.
(Grades K - 12)

Standard's Subset

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes describing resource-related activities in which they could participate that can benefit their communities (for example, recycling, water conservation); and
(Grades K - 4)

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes identifying careers that use science and technology.
(Grades K - 4)

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes inventing a device that addresses an everyday problem (or task), and communicating the problem (or task), design, and solution;
(Grades K - 4)

In grades K-4, what students know and are able to do includes recognizing the diversity of resources provided by the Earth and Sun (for example, soil, fuels, minerals, medicines, food);
(Grades K - 4)

As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes describing advantages and disadvantages that might accompany the introduction of a new technology (for example, mountain bikes, cellular telephones, pagers);
(Grades 5 - 8)

As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes describing how people use science and technology in their professions.
(Grades 5 - 8)

As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes describing how the use of technology can help solve an individual or community problem (for example, using catalytic converters on automobiles to help reduce air pollution); and
(Grades 5 - 8)

As students in grades 5-8 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes investigating and describing the extent of human uses of renewable and non-renewable resources (for example, forests, fossil fuels);
(Grades 5 - 8)

As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes analyzing benefits, limitations, costs, and consequences involved in using technology or resources (for example, X-rays, agricultural chemicals, natural gas reserves);
(Grades 9 - 12)

As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes analyzing how the introduction of a new technology has affected or could affect human activity (for example, invention of the telescope, applications of modern telecommunications);
(Grades 9 - 12)

As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes demonstrating the interrelationships between science and technology (for example, building a bridge, designing a better running shoe); and
(Grades 9 - 12)

As students in grades 9-12 extend their knowledge, what they know and are able to do includes explaining the use of technology in an occupation.
(Grades 9 - 12)

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