6th+Sci+Technology+and+Engineering


 * Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 6

**Standard: Embedded Technology and Engineering**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0607.T/E.4** Differentiate between adaptive and assistive engineered products

**Assessment Topic:** What is the difference in adaptive and assistive bioengineered products?

**Essential Question (s):** Why is bioengineering a controversial issue many times? Is a wheelchair an example of assistive or adaptive bioengineered product? What is laser eye surgery? Adaptive or assistive What is genetically altered corn that puts out its own pesticide? Assistive or adaptive How are assistive and adaptive products the same or related?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 6

**Standard: Embedded Technology and Engineering**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0607.T/E.1** Identify the tools and procedures needed to test the design features of a prototype

**Assessment Topic:** How do you test a prototype?

**Essential Question (s):** What problem or need is this prototype solving? What should the prototype be able to do? How could the prototype be improved? When would you use this product in real life? Did the prototype meet the intended benefits?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 6

**Standard: Embedded Technology and Engineering**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0607.T/E.2** Evaluate a protocol to determine if the engineering design process was successfully applied

**Assessment Topic:** Was the engineering design process successfully applied?

**Essential Question (s):** What problem needs to be solved? How could this problem be solved? Was enough testing performed to trust results? Does this product’s cost outweigh the benefit? How could this prototype be improved?

**Subject/Course:** Science

**Grade Level:** 6

**Standard: Embedded Technology and Engineering**

**SPI or Check for Understanding (#): 0607.T/E.3** Distinguish between the intended benefits and the unintended consequences of a new technology

**Assessment Topic:** What are the benefits and consequences of technology

**Essential Question (s):** What are the intended benefits of the automobile? What are the unintended benefits of the automobile? What other technology has many negative consequences? What are some positive unintended benefits of cell phones?