The National Standards for Science stress the use of technology skills for all grade levels. They suggest five steps for students to follow to enhance their abilities to use technological design.
Technology provides the tools that students can use to invent, create, and problem solve.
Use our Discover Technology page to help you and your students learn more about the tools available to us today. These steps are applicable to all sciences and can draw from every facet of your students' skills. Identify a problem or design and opportunity. Propose designs and choose between alternative solutions. Implement a proposed solution.