In general, students do not distinguish between the roles of science and technology. Helping them do so is implied by this standard. With regard to the connection between science and technology, students as well as many adults and teachers of science indicate a belief that science influences technology.
Few students understand that technology influences science.
Unraveling these misconceptions of science and technology and developing accurate concepts of the role, place, limits, possibilities and relationships of science and technology is the challenge of this standard. In the course of solving any problem where students try to meet certain criteria within constraints, they will find that the ideas and methods of science that they know, or can learn, can be powerful aids. Students also find that they need to call on other sources of knowledge and skill, such as cost, risk, and benefit analysis, and aspects of critical thinking and creativity. Learning experiences associated with this standard should include examples of technological achievement in which science has played a part and examples where technological advances contributed directly to scientific progress. The object chosen should be such that it can be displayed in class on the day of the presentation.