Benchmark 12C
Habits of Mind: Manipulation and Observation
Grades 3-5, page 293

Choose appropriate common materials for making simple mechanical constructions and repairing things.
 

NSES Content Standard E 
Science and Technology: Abilities of technological design
Grades K-4, page 137
Implementing proposed solutions. Children should develop abilities to work individually and collaboratively and to use suitable tools, techniques, and quantitative measurements when appropriate. Students should demonstrate the ability to balance simple constraints in problem solving.

NSES Content Standard E 
Science and Technology: Abilities of technological design
Grades 5-8, page 165
Implement a proposed design. Students should organize materials and other resources, plan their work, make good use of group collaboration where appropriate, choose suitable tools and techniques, and work with appropriate measurement methods to ensure adequate accuracy.