Discoveries
Definition of technology
The knowledge, process, and products that solve problems and make work easier?
One way trains are safer today.
there are no more boilers that can explode?
Why is the invention of the refrigerator important?
helps keep food fresher longer.
What is the purpose of the design process?
help solve a problem with technology?
Step 1 of the design process is...
identify the problem?
Other things a smart phone can do
text, internet, games, etc.
How are trains faster today?
use engines, electricity and magnets?
What technology made heating food faster?
the microwave?
Two famous brothers used the design process to make the first airplane. Who were they?
Orville and Wilbur Wright
Step 2 of the design process is...
do research?
Because we have medicine we have _____________.
less sickness and death?
This is what GPS stands for.
Global Positioning System?
a set of steps for developing products and processes that solve problems.
the design process?
Steps 3 and 4 of the design process....
develop possible solutions and choose one solution?
scientific methods is to answering questions as the ________ is to designing new technology.
design process?
How has GPS made life easier?
easier to find places, maps in cars, don't get lost, ect?
What is a public address system?
speakers that go to many different places to give information.
the first fully working product that uses your design
A prototype
Step 5 of the design process...
design and construct a prototype?
Name three technologies that we use today.
many different things?
When were trains first developed?
1700s?
Name 3 technologies you have used today and what you used it for.
any answers that work.
The reason a prototype is important.
help you find mistakes or problems with your product.
Last step of the design process
Test the Prototype?