Tech in the Classroom
This technology holds a piece of graphite that allows you to write.
What is a pencil?
Technology that has improved transportation systems.
A.Seat covers.
B.Car mirrors make cars safer.
C.Air freshner.
D.Dashboard.
Car mirrors make cars safer.
This technology uses diesel engines instead of steam engines that were used in the past.
What is train?
This technology uses waves to heat up food much faster than an oven.
What is a microwave?
This technology can be used to improve eyesight.
What are glasses/contact lenses?
These technologies are records of words printed onto paper.
What are books?
Writing letters becomes less and less common now that texting and email help us with this task.
What is sending messages/communicating?
Telephones, steam engines, and washing machines are all examples of technology.What do these three examples have in common?
A. They help people to communicate.
B. They solve problems
C.They are used in homes.
D.They were recently developed.
They solve problems.
Most versions of this technology use suction and rotating brushes to help you clean floors.
What is a vacuum?
An engineer wants to design an electric car. She chooses one solution to build. What should she do next?
A.Create a prototype of the design.
B.Start selling the electric car.
C.Redesign the electric car
D.Determine if the people like the design.
Create a prototype of the design.
This technology is used to keep track of time?
What is a timer?
An engineer was designing a new type of car brake. He designed three brakes and developed models of each brake. He tested each brake and measured how long it took for the car to stop. Here are his results.
A.19 seconds
B.15 seconds
C.22 seconds
Which brake meets the need best?
B.15 seconds
What is the first step in the design process?
A.Do research
B. Develop possible solutions.
C. Identify the problem
D.Test a prototype
Identify the problem.
This technology is used to move people or goods from one location to another location.
What is transportation?
This technology is used to accurately measure the lengths of objects.
What is a ruler/measuring tape?
Now you use a calculator to solve this problem, but before, you would use an abacus.
What is solving math problems?
The Wright brothers used design process as they designed their airplanes. One of the things they did was to read about other people's experiments. Which step of the design process is this?
A.Doing research
B.Choosing one solution.
C.Identifying the problem
D.Communicating results.
Doing research.
This technology helps to keep your home warm in winter.
What is a heating system?
An engineer is developing a new design for a train. The engineer has three designs to choose from. Which design should the engineer select?
A.The quickest one to produce
B.The most costly one to make.
C.The smallest one.
D.The one that meets the most important needs.
The one that meets the most important needs.
This technology is interactive and used to display information in the classroom?
What is a smartboard/clear touch board?
Years ago, we used candles and lanterns to see in the dark. What do we use now?
What are light bulbs or electricity?
What is the main advantage of magnetic levitation trains compared to diesel-electric trains?
A.They are safer
B.They are faster.
C.They are cheaper to build.
D.They can carry more people.
They are faster.
This kitchen technology is used to chop meat.
A.Juicer
B.Microwave.
C.Dishwasher
D.Chopper
What is a chopper?
A new bus has built-in GPS technology. What problem does GPS technology solve?
A.Passengers and drivers may be injured.
B.Some vehicles cannot hold enough people.
C.Some vehicles do not travel fast enough.
D.The bus driver might get lost.
The bus driver might get lost.