3rd Grade Science Standards - Embedded Technology and Engineering

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Checks for Understanding (Formative/Summative Assessment)

0307.T/E.1	Technology Impact - Explain how different inventions and technologies impact people and other living organisms. Classroom Activities in Technology and Engineering - forty five classroom activities from NOVA Teachers
0307.T/E.2	Address Identified Problem - Design a tool or a process that addresses an identified problem caused by human activity. Young Engineer's Club - hundreds of exciting games, activities, and science experiments posted by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
0307.T/E.3	Evaluate Effectiveness of Solution - Determine criteria to evaluate the effectiveness of a solution to a specified problem.
0307.T/E.4	Evaluate Invention - Evaluate an invention that solves a problem and determine ways to improve the design.
State Performance Indicators
SPI 0307.T/E.1	Select Technology - Select a tool, technology, or invention that was used to solve a human problem. Building Big - Activities which include handouts and lesson ideas Building Bridges - an internet webquest on the study of bridges
SPI 0307.T/E.2	Scientific Advance - Recognize the connection between a scientific advance and the development of a new tool or technology. Product Design & Engineering - a hard look at what we need to do to thrive in this new world