Information Technology
This technology allows us to send signals and data around the world via satellites, the Internet, and cell networks.
What is information technology?
Biotechnology transforms living things into products or new forms of life. Give one example from the source.
What is medicine, genetic engineering, biomedics?
This area of technology deals with manufacturing goods on assembly lines and constructing structures on job sites. What is it called?
What is production?
Name one example of transportation technology for flight, one for land, and one for water given in the slides.
What is flight, land, water?
According to the provided text, what is an invention? Give the short definition from the slides.
What is something new, never made before?
Name two positive impacts of information technology listed in the source material.
What is internet?
Name one positive and one negative impact of bio-related technology listed in the slides.
What is health?
Provide one positive impact and one negative impact of production technology from the slides.
What is manufacturing or contstruction?
Define energy and give two examples of types of energy listed in the content.
What is energy? Chemical, mechanical, thermal, electrical, radiant
What is an innovation? Provide the short definition as given in the source.
What is an improvement of something already existing?
Give one negative impact of information technology from the slides and explain why it can be a problem for students doing research.
What is fake news or AI?
Agricultural technology aims to produce plants and animals for food, fiber, and fuel. Give two examples of agricultural technologies mentioned.
What is materials technology? Give one example of a new material application listed.
What is Mosquito repellent clothing, artificial skin grafts for burn victims, advanced building materials such as composite decking?
What is power (as distinct from energy), and name two forms of power used in machines from the slides.
What is power? Electrical, mechanical, fluid
Give one real-world example from the materials that contrasts an invention vs. an innovation.
What is a telephone vs smartphone?
Describe how communication technology differs from information technology, using an example of each from the content.
What is entertainment vs communication?
Describe one positive impact and one negative impact of environmental technology shown in the content.
What is recycling?
Explain why new materials might help the environment AND pose long-term risks, based on the presentation text.
What is we don't have enough research?
Identify one positive and one negative impact of transportation technology mentioned in the materials.
Students are asked to redesign an everyday object as an innovation.
Name an innovation
Explain one way communication and information technologies can combine to both help and harm society.
What is AI?
Explain how bio-related technology and agricultural technology are similar.
What are living things?
BIG BONUS: Describe a real-world classroom design challenge: pick a common product (e.g., backpack) and list three production or materials improvements an engineer could propose to make it more sustainable.
Explain how overuse of nonrenewable energy resources affects other areas of technology and give one classroom activity to investigate alternatives.
What is environmental damage?
Design challenge prompt (for class use): Choose an everyday school object (e.g., water bottle). Identify one major problem, propose an innovative redesign, and explain how your redesign improves usability, sustainability, or safety.
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