(3-5) M1

Science Curriculum Preview Committee Clarification of Learning Results

Revised 07/01/04

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M1: Explore how cultures have found different technological solutions to deal with similar needs or problems (e.g., construction, clothing, agricultural tools and methods).

Curriculum Organizing Questions

What other devices have people used to solve the same problem?

Do you know what this tool from another culture is used for?

Elaboration
Learning about other civilizations or earlier times than their own will illustrate the central role that different technologies play.

Specific Ideas

Technology has been part of life on the earth since the advent of the human species. Like language, ritual, commerce, and the arts, technology is an intrinsic part of human culture, and it both shapes society and is shaped by it. The technology available to people greatly influences what their lives are like. Benchmarks 3C1.

Transportation, communications, nutrition, sanitation, health care, entertainment, and other technologies give large numbers of people today the goods and services that once were luxuries enjoyed only by the wealthy. These benefits are not equally available to everyone.Benchmarks 3C3.

Machines improve what people get from crops by helping in planting and harvesting, in keeping food fresh by packaging and cooling, and in moving it long distances from where it is grown to where people live. Benchmarks 8A4 (K-2).

Places too cold or dry to grow certain crops can obtain food from places with more suitable climates. Much of the food eaten by Americans comes from other parts of the country and other places in the world.Benchmarks 8A5.

Communication technologies make it possible to send and receive information more and more reliably, quickly, and cheaply over long distances.Benchmarks 8D4.

Vaccinations and other scientific treatments protect people from getting certain diseases, and different kinds of medicine may help those who do become sick to recover.Benchmarks 8F1 (K-2).

Developmental & Instructional Implications
There are several PreK-2 ideas included here that are not covered in the LR of this or other standards, but that relate strongly to this performance indicator.

One complication is that students tend to impose contemporary values and ideas from their own culture upon other cultures. Atlas p. 98.

Research suggests that students under the age of ten may be more receptive than older stuidents to learning about other people and more likely to develop a positive outlook toward people from other cultures and homelands. Benchmarks p. 346.

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Curriculum Organizing Questions	What other devices have people used to solve the same problem? Do you know what this tool from another culture is used for?
Elaboration	Learning about other civilizations or earlier times than their own will illustrate the central role that different technologies play.
Specific Ideas	Technology has been part of life on the earth since the advent of the human species. Like language, ritual, commerce, and the arts, technology is an intrinsic part of human culture, and it both shapes society and is shaped by it. The technology available to people greatly influences what their lives are like. Benchmarks 3C1. Transportation, communications, nutrition, sanitation, health care, entertainment, and other technologies give large numbers of people today the goods and services that once were luxuries enjoyed only by the wealthy. These benefits are not equally available to everyone.Benchmarks 3C3. Machines improve what people get from crops by helping in planting and harvesting, in keeping food fresh by packaging and cooling, and in moving it long distances from where it is grown to where people live. Benchmarks 8A4 (K-2). Places too cold or dry to grow certain crops can obtain food from places with more suitable climates. Much of the food eaten by Americans comes from other parts of the country and other places in the world.Benchmarks 8A5. Communication technologies make it possible to send and receive information more and more reliably, quickly, and cheaply over long distances.Benchmarks 8D4. Vaccinations and other scientific treatments protect people from getting certain diseases, and different kinds of medicine may help those who do become sick to recover.Benchmarks 8F1 (K-2).
Developmental & Instructional Implications	There are several PreK-2 ideas included here that are not covered in the LR of this or other standards, but that relate strongly to this performance indicator. One complication is that students tend to impose contemporary values and ideas from their own culture upon other cultures. Atlas p. 98. Research suggests that students under the age of ten may be more receptive than older stuidents to learning about other people and more likely to develop a positive outlook toward people from other cultures and homelands. Benchmarks p. 346.
Examples