What is technology?
Describe one type of technology you use every day and what it assists you in doing?
Any form of technology and response
How are robots like humans?
They can mimic the muscular and skeletal systems.
The have moving parts like joints.
They can operate moving parts to do a task.
What might happen if the design process is not followed?
Wont have a solution for the problem
Prototype might fail
Materials might be wrong
Might forget to plan for steps
What is one similarity between a modern computer and an older computer?
A. they weigh the same
B. they cost the same
C. they both help to gather information and make tasks easier
C. they both help to gather information and make things easier
What does an X-Ray machine do?
Show imagining of the bones of humans or animals
Name a device that could be used to help someone complete something they were unable to do
Computer or phone to speak
Prosthetics for limbs
Wheelchair for movement
Answer varies
Make a plan
Gather materials
Build the prototype
Test it out
What kind of animal might a robot that explores the ocean mimic?
Fish
Squid
Crab
What is a microchip?
A. a small piece of computer that contains tiny circuits
B. a card that holds photos
C. a bag of tiny potato chips
A. a small piece of computer that contains tiny circuits
Make task easier to complete
Allow the person to do tasks they could not do without the limb
Give confidence to the person with missing limb -
A prototype is a ____________________________
A. set of choices for solving a problem
B. nanobot
C. version of the product
C. version of the product
Which of these technologies did NOT exist before 1900?
A. surgical glue
B. wooden scalpels
C. X-ray machines
C. X-ray machines
Technology is the __________________ that solves problems and make work easier.
A. skills, materials and people
B. knowledge, processes and skills
C. knowledge, people, ideas
B - knowledge, process and skills
What is one of the reasons why robots that mimic animals are made?
To travel in places humans can not
To study the behavior of animals and their environment
The design process is a set of steps for _________________
A. drawing a diagram
B. doing an experiment
C. developing a new product
C- developing a new product
What was the name of the first computer?
A. Bigatron
B. UNIVAC
C. Techtropolis
B. UNIVAC
The World Wide Web
When nanotechnology was designed, what is something that scientists wanted nanobots to preform?
To navigate human body
Deliver medicines in body
Help sickness and disease
A person who design new technology is a
A. scientist
B. engineer
C. conductor
B- engineer
Before developing possible solutions to the problem, an engineer usually does what?
A. communicate results
B. identifies a problem and does research
C. choose a design
B- identifies a problem and does research