MSDE Standard Addressed by the Robotics Unit 6 in DTS		lesson/day
VSC Objectives
Standard #1:	Students will develop an understanding of the nature of technology
ITEA STL 1	Develop an understanding of the nature, characteristics and scope of technology
	Refine and extend a conceptual understanding of new words regarding technology. Analyze various definitions of technology	1-3
	Explain that technology creates new economic opportunities and social benefits and,m at the same time, produces new social problems	1-3
	Recognize and explain that technological innovation is often driven by the profit motive
	Explain that technology liberates us from demeaning and demanding labor and, therefore, creates more leisure
	Describe how technology can be intrusive in our lives and may threaten our right to privacy
ITEA STL 2	Develop an understanding of the concepts of technology
	Recognize and explain that systems-thinking applies logic and creativity with appropriate compromises in complex real-life problems
	Define optimization as an ongoing process of designing or making a product and is dependent on crietria and constraint		keyboard control
ITEA STL 3	Develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study
ITEA STL 3-G	Explain that technology transfer occurs when a new user applies an existing innovation developed for one purpose in a different function
ITEA STL 3-H	Explain that technological innovation often results when ideas, knowledge, or skills are shared within a technology, among technologies or across fields
Standard #2	Students will develop abilities to assess the impacts of technology
ITEA STL 13	Develop abilities to assess the impacts of products and systems
	Refine and extend comprehension skills by selecting, reading, analyzing and evaluating a variety of print and electronic texts about products and systems
ITEA STL 13-J	Collect information and evaluate its quality
	Defend and rationalize the development and use of a proposed technology
ITEA STL 5	Develop an understanding of the effects of technology on the environment
	Investigate technologies designed to reduce the negativ consequences of other technologies.
Standard #3	Students will demonstrate knolwedge of and apply the engineering deisgn and development process
STL 9	Develop an understanding of engineering design
	Describe the personal characteristics involved in engineering: at least creativity, resourcefulness and the ability to visualize and think abstractly
STL 11	Develop abiliteis to apply and analyze the design process
	Apply the desgn process includinging defining a problem, brainstorming, researching and generating ideas, identifying creiteria and specifying constraints exploring possibilities selecting an approach developing a design proposal making a model or prototype, testing and evaluatins a design using specifications refining a design creating or making it and communicating process and results
Standart #4	Students will demonstrate knowledge of and skills related to the core technolgies, teh building blocks of the designed world
	Identify and describeapplications of mechanical technology in the designed world such as ... wheels and axles, gears, cams and linkages
	Identify and describe applications of thermal technology in the designed workld such as thermometer, refrigerator, furnace, air conditioner and heat engines
	Explain science and math concepts applied in thermal technology such as convection, condiction, radiation, insulation adn efficiency.
	Identify and describe applications of optical technology in the designed world such as microscopes and magnifier, laser, fiber optics, optical telescope, bar code reader and scanner
	Explain science concepts and math concepts applied in optical technology such as light wave frequency, period, reflection, and refraction.