Appendix A: Prescribed Learning Outcomes:
Control
Control addresses the application of devices and processes used to manage, sort, control, and organize systems.
It is expected that students will:
Grades K to 1
- identify common control devices in their homes and at school
- operate familiar control devices
- identify methods to control a device manually
- make a manual control device
Grades 2 to 3
- identify common control devices in their home and school environments that sense, switch, and regulate
- design and make products that use control devices
Grade 4
- describe the function of control devices used in the community
- describe a method to control a device
- design and construct a control device
Grade 5
- describe familiar control systems and the devices that control them
- describe a sequence of steps to control a device
- design and construct a control device that senses, switches, or regulates
Grade 6
- describe and use control devices that sense, switch, and regulate
- design and construct a mechanical control device that senses, switches, or regulates
Grade 7
- explain the operation of control devices that sense, switch, or regulate
- design and construct a control device that operates a system
Grade 8
- design and construct a control device that senses, switches, or regulates
- compare ways that various control devices work, and explain their applications
- integrate electric, electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical control devices within a system
- demonstrate understanding of the concept of control by dismantling devices
Grade 9
- demonstrate an understanding of the operating principles used in various control devices
- design and construct a system that uses a control device
- use troubleshooting strategies to locate the source of malfunctions in a system
- modify electric, electronic, pneumatic, and mechanical control devices for particular applications
Grade 10
- devise ways to monitor, modify, and improve systems by incorporating control devices
- devise troubleshooting strategies for correcting malfunctions in a system
- demonstrate an understanding of the principles involved with interconnected control devices in product manufacturing
- design and construct a system that uses a control device, and assess its environmental and social implications
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