This page was created by Sherry Pieringer and Chrisie Mitchell in the Summer of 2006, for UAlbany's ETAP521: Internet for Educators.

NYS MST Standards Correlation:

Standard 2 - Information Systems

• Information technology is used to retrieve, process, and communicate information as a tool to enhance learning.

Standard 4 - Science

• Energy exists in many forms, and when these forms change, energy is conserved.
• Human descisions and activites have a profound impact on the physical and living environment.

Standard 5 - Technology

• Technology can have positive and negative impacts on individuals, society, and the environment and humans have the capability and responsibility to constrain or promote technological development.
• Project management is essential to ensuring that technological endeavors are profitable and that products and systems are of high quality and built safely, on schedule, and within budget.

Standard 6 - Interconnectedness: Common Themes

• Identifying patterns of change is necessary for making predictions about future behavior and conditions.
• In order to arrive at the best solution that meets criteria within constraints, it is often necessary to make trade-offs.

Standard 7 - Interdisciplinary Problem Solving

• The knowledge and skills of mathematics, science, and technology are used together to make informed decisions and solve problems, especially those relating to issues of science/technology/society, consumer decision making, design, and inquiry into phenomena.
• Solving interdisciplinary problems involves a variety of skills and strategies, including effective work habits; gathering and processing information; generating and analyzing ideas; realizing ideas; making connections among the common themes of mathematics, science, and technology; and presenting results.