Title: Technology and Engineering Awareness (25051)

Exploring the Nature and Characteristics of Technology and Engineering
  Develop the 5 C’s as they relate to technology and engineering.
  Define technology.
  Define engineering.
  Compare natural resources and human-made products.
  Describe jobs and responsibilities of people involved in the creation of man-made products.
  Identify tools and machines used in various professions.
  Identify materials used in various professions.
  Explain how solutions to problems are shaped by needs and wants.
  Explain relationships between technology and engineering and other content areas.
Exploring Core Concepts of Technology and Engineering
  Identify the resources needed to make products.
  Define system.
  Illustrate the Universal Systems Model.
  Construct sets of step-by-step instructions to accomplish common tasks.
  Construct programs to accomplish a task.
  Design a system for solving a problem.
  Define subsystem.
  Illustrate what may happen when parts of a system are missing or broken.
  Analyze how a physical product works.
Exploring the History and Impacts of Technology and Engineering
  Create a timeline of technological and engineering development.
  Create a model of a product that was invented in another century.
  Predict how aspects of daily life would be different without technology.
  Describe the helpful and harmful effects of technology.
  Select a technology to complete a given task or meet a need.
  Determine factors that influence changes in a society's technological systems or infrastructures.
Exploring Technology and Engineering Resources
  Identify the properties of materials.
  Classify resources used to create technologies.
  Describe how tools and machines extend human capabilities.
  Demonstrate how simple technologies are often combined to form more complex systems.
  Manage technology and engineering resources.
Using Technology and Engineering to Design
  Describe the qualities of everyday products.
  Describe the criteria and constraints for designing a product or system.
  Evaluate existing design solutions.
  Use the engineering design process.
  Evaluate student designs based on criteria and constraints.
  Differentiate essential skills of using the technology and engineering design process.
  Design an invention or innovation that improves someone's life.
Creating Products
  Discuss safe actions using tools and materials available.
  Complete a safety test with 100 percent accuracy.
  Demonstrate safe use of common tools and materials.
  Select appropriate tools for a problem/design.
  Create a product to solve a problem.
ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION
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