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.
 

 
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.

Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation and Observation
Grades 6-8, page 294
Read analog and digital meters on instruments used to make direct measurements of length, volume, weight, elapsed time, rates, and temperature, and choose appropriate units for reporting various magnitudes.