Standard: Science and Technology

Students recognize that science and technology are interconnected and that using technology involves assessment of the benefits, risks and costs. Students should build scientific and technological knowledge, as well as the skill required to design and construct devices. In addition, they should develop the processes to solve problems and understand that problems may be solved in several ways.

• Benchmark A: [K-2]
  Explain why people, when building or making something, need to determine what it will be made of, how it will affect other people and the environment.
  

• Benchmark B: [K-2]
  Explain that to construct something requires planning, communication, problem solving and tools.