Bell RingerIn your note book write a definition for each of the

following terms and give an example for each.

1.Technology

2.A Technological System

3.Software

4.Prototype

5.Science

6.Model

Technology Education Exploratory Outcomes for today

You will: • Receive a brief introduction to each of the

modules.• Learn about how technology affects our lives.

“Technology - is a process we use to solve problems by

designing and making products or structures.”

“The things technologists make satisfy real needs.”

Technology is everywhere in today’s society

• Examples of technology in our society– Space Stations

– Robots

– Supersonic Aircraft

– Composite materials

– High Speed Trains

How Technology Affects Us, Just in the Morning

• Used a cell phone or a alarm clock to wake up this morning.

• Turned the light on in your bedroom.• The clothing you put on was machine

manufactured.• Ate breakfast from something in the refrigerator.• Took a bus or a car to get to school.

Technology Old and New.

Inventions are always being improved on.

How does Technology affect our lives?

Technology Effects Our Health• Dentist used tools and machines• Hospital• Automated external defibrillator (AED)• Emergency Helicopter

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Medical Technology has allowed humans to live longer

Medical Technology continues to improve human life, but the costs for all of theses technologies keep raising. This is causing several problems in the fields of health care.

Leisure

Work

Communication

Transportation

Relationship of Science and Technology.

Science is concerned with the laws of nature.

Technology designs and manufactures a human-made

world.

Technologists (designers, inventers, engineers, and

craftspeople) use nature’s laws to adapt nature to human needs.

Inventions & Technology

• We are surrounded by all of this technology, but how did it get here?

• The next PowerPoint is about an eight step design method.

• Every technology was a invention that went through a process before it was created.

1. List 5 ways in which technology played a part in your life today.2. List 3 ways in which your family uses technology to earn an income.3. List the 5 most important inventions in history.