Organisms maintain a dynamic equilibrium that sustains life. Ecology Plants, animals, and the physical environment are interdependent. Human decisions and activities have a profound impact on the physical and living environment. Technology Students will apply and incorporate technological knowledge and skills to design, construct, use, and evaluate the implementation and impact of products and systems on the physical, living and environmental settings. Technological tools, materials, and other resources should be selected on the basis of safety, cost, availability, appropriateness, and environmental impact.
Technological processes change energy, information, and material resources into more useful forms.
Computers, as tools for design, modeling, information processing, communication, and system control increase human productivity and knowledge. Technological systems are designed to achieve specific results and produce outputs, such as products, structures, services, energy, or other systems. Technology has been the driving force in the evolution of society from an agricultural to an industrial to an information base. Technology can have positive and negative impacts on individuals, society, and the environment. Humans have the capability and responsibility to constrain or promote technological development.