NSES Content Standard E Science and Technology: Abilities of technological design Grades 9-12, page 192 Implement a proposed solution. A variety of skills can be needed in proposing a solution depending on the type of technology that is involved. The construction of artifacts can require the skills of cutting, shaping, treating, and joining common materials--such as wood, metal, plastics, and textiles. Solutions can be implemented using computer software.

 
Benchmark 11B Common Themes: Models
Grades 9-12, page 270
Computers have greatly improved the power and use of mathematical models by performing computations that are very long, very complicated, or repetitive. Therefore computers can show the consequences of applying complex rules or of changing the rules. The graphic capabilities of computers make them useful in the design and testing of devices and structures and in the simulation of complicated processes.

Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation and Observation
Grades 9-12, page 294
Use computers for producing tables and graphs and for making spreadsheet calculations.

Benchmark 12C Habits of Mind: Manipulation and Observation
Grades 9-12, page 294
Use power tools safely to shape, smooth, and join wood, plastic, and soft metal.