NSES Content Standard E 
Science and Technology: Abilities of technological design
Grades 9-12, page 192

Identify a problem or design an opportunity. Students should be able to identify new problems or needs and to change and improve current technological designs.
 

 
Benchmark 3A The Nature of Technology: Technology and Science
Grades 3-5, page 45
Technology extends the ability of people to change the world: to cut, shape, or put together materials; to move things from one place to another; and to reach farther with their hands, voices, senses, and minds. The changes may be for survival needs such as food, shelter, and defense, for communication and transportation, or to gain knowledge and express ideas.

Benchmark 3A The Nature of Technology: Technology and Science
Grades 9-12, page 47
Technology usually affects society more directly than science because it solves practical problems and serves human needs (and may create new problems and needs). In contrast, science affects society mainly by stimulating and satisfying people's curiosity and occasionally by enlarging or challenging their views of what the world is like.