1. Technology Vocabulary Part 1
Key Words:
Invention, innovation, engineering, designing, natural world, human-made, investigating, science, scientist, scientific inquiry, technologist

2. Daily Lives
Technology used knowledge to turn resources into goods and services
Rubber Tree
Harvesting
Steel Plant

3. Technology extends our natural ability

4. Invention Development of an entirely new product

5. Innovation Improvement on an invention

6. Designing Process of creating and planning a product or system

7. Process of creating or modifying technologies
Engineering
Process of creating or modifying technologies
Ruled by laws of nature
Engineering teams
Members have special skills to solve a problem
Example:
Design a truck
What are some teams that would design a truck?

8. Scientists explain the natural world Earth, space, and non-human creations Technologists design for the human-made world Products of human creativity Give an example of an human-made creation. Compare natural world creation to human-made creation

9. Science
Science- knowledge about the natural world that is based on facts learned through experiments and observation.

10. Technologists
Construct and maintain products, systems
Look for ways to make the natural world easier to live in (How can a robot make life easier?)
Solve problems and offer solutions

11. Scientists
Investigate world around them Explain the natural world with evidence Scientific Inquiry Process Observe Record Perform experiments to investigate cause and effect