The Munin Projects Organized By the STL

The Standards for Technological Literacy

The Nature of Technology

Standard 1: Students will develop an understanding of the characteristics and scope of technology.

• Mousetrap Car Project

Standard 2: Students will develop an understanding of the core concepts of technology.

• Mousetrap Car Project
• Rolling Thunder Project

Standard 3: Students will develop an understanding of the relationships among technologies and the connections between technology and other fields of study.

• Mousetrap Car Project
• Acmeville Water Slide Project

Technology and Society

Standard 4: Students will develop an understanding of the cultural, social, economic, and political effects of technology.

Standard 5: Students will develop an understanding of the effects of technology on the environment.

• Mesocosm Design Project

Standard 6: Students will develop an understanding of the role of society in the development and use of technology.

Standard 7: Students will develop an understanding of the influence of technology on history.

Design

Standard 8: Students will develop an understanding of the attributes of design.

• Acmeville Water Slide Project
• Biomedical Engineering Design Project
• Mesocosm Design Project
• Mousetrap Car Project
• Rolling Thunder Project

Standard 9: Students will develop an understanding of engineering design.

• Acmeville Water Slide Project
• Biomedical Engineering Design Project
• Mesocosm Design Project
• Mousetrap Car Project
• Rolling Thunder Project

Standard 10: Students will develop an understanding of the role of troubleshooting, research and development, invention and innovation, and experimentation in problem solving.

• Acmeville Water Slide Project
• Biomedical Engineering Design Project
• Mesocosm Design Project
• Mousetrap Car Project

Abilities for a Technological World

Standard 11: Students will develop abilities to apply the design process.

• Acmeville Water Slide Project
• Biomedical Engineering Design Project
• Mesocosm Design Project
• Mousetrap Car Project

Standard 12: Students will develop abilities to use and maintain technological products and systems.

• Acmeville Water Slide Project
• Mesocosm Design Project
• Rolling Thunder Project

Standard 13: Students will develop abilities to assess the impact of products and systems.

• Biomedical Engineering Design Project

The Designed World

Standard 14: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use medical technologies.

• Biomedical Engineering Design Project

Standard 15: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use agricultural and related biotechnologies.

• Mesocosm Design Project

Standard 16: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use energy and power technologies.

Standard 17: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use information and communication technologies.

Standard 18: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use transportation technologies.

• Acmeville Water Slide Project

Standard 19: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use manufacturing technologies.

• Mousetrap Car Project

Standard 20: Students will develop an understanding of and be able to select and use construction technologies.

• Rolling Thunder Project