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A. Technology – the correct use of tools B. Technology should make our lives easier and/or help us have fun C. Technology should improve our lives D. Does technology always make our lives easier/or fun? 5 negative things. 1. People could steal your information 2. Bad environmental impact 3. Could hurt people 4. Makes us lazy 5. All technology has a positive and negative A. Designing objects that help people with their jobs, environment, sports, safety, or anything that involves people. A. A system is an organized way to achieve a goal B. A system includes 4 parts: 1. Input 2. Output 3. Process 4. Feedback A. All systems have trade-offs 1. Intended outcomes 2. Unintended outcomes A. Science: focuses on the natural world B. Technology: focuses on the correct use of tools, making life easier, and more fun A. Invention: a new product B. Innovation: improving an existing product A. The 4 R’s: reduce, reuse, renew, recycle A. Agricultural age: up to the 1700s – people used wooden plows B. Industrial age: 1700s to 1950s – people had factories and steam engines C. Information age: 1950s to now – people using computers 1. Made the sharing of information faster and more organized 2. Sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster A. Digital electronics: 1. Uses a binary code – 0 and 1 to program computers 2. Allows us to move a ton of information at one time A. Natural resources: not man-made B. Synthetic resources: mad-made materials
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