UNIT 1:Technology and Society

KEY WORD: System, items, manufacture, products, invents, research.

UNIT Nº5 OF THE BOOK: "DESCRIPTIONS":  
 FUNCION OR USE: What is this used for?´--->What´s this for?---- It is used for ...-ing;
 FUNTION: Calculate-->Calculator; Contain---->Container
 APPEARANCE: It looks like..;It is shaped like...;It is in the shape of a circle;It´s an L-shape object.

1.- TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE.

What´s technology?: Technology is the group of kwonledge, skills, and techniques that human use to satisfy needs and to solve problems.

Techhnology is the practical application of knowledge. Technology works like a system that involves turning natural items into useful products: eg.car, tin, clothes, etc. It´s the “know-how”. 

Technology works like a system (Input-Process-Output and feedback) where natural items turn into manufactured products. Systems are developed to address a goal. 

• The INPUT are the resources availble to the system.
• The OUTPUT are the products generated by this system.
• The PROCESS is the way to get the goal.
• The FEEDBACK is used to control this process, it is the signal or measure that says how well the goal is being achieved, or how well the process is working.

2.- TECNOLOGY AND SOCIETY.

Technology and society work together: technology responds to society´s needs and helps societe to develop.

Nowdays technology is present in all areas of society and has made major changes to our lives. Can you image a world without telephones or computers? And without cars, trains or planes? Could we live with food that only comes from tradicional agricultural processes?

ACTIVITIES Nº1:

a) Look for information about the main industries in your community. Write a short report about what is produced and how technology is used.

-The Castilla la Mancha´s industries haven´t got much  importance in its economy.It´s located in the areas near Madrid and Valencia.

The most important industries are the food and agriculture sectors(  wine,flour,…).Other industries are the Wood industries and the textile industries.There is a mercury mine in Almaden.

b) Find out and write down the environmental problems that can come from those processes.

-The agrifood industries have got organic wastes

-The wood and textile industries have got organic (sawdust and wool) and inorganic (dyes) wastes

-The mercury mine have got a lot of toxic and dangerous wastes(the mercury is toxic)

ACTIVITIES Nº2:

a) Complete the folowing table into your wordprocessor and copy-paste it into your BLOG.

PRODUCT	NEEDS	KNOWLEDGE	SKILL	RISK
Tin	Food	Chemist	Tin-Opener	Cuts
PC	Data,electricity	Informatic	PC Knowledge	Factory waste
Car	Gasoline	Mecanic	Driving	Hits
Flute	Air	Music	Playing	Noise

b) Make a table with ten invents, their inventors and the date. Do it into your word processor and paste it on your blog.

-Answer:

Phonograph	Telephone	Zeppelin	Radio Waves	Steam Engine	Glasses	Lightning rod	Mercury Thermometer	Electric Battery	Barometer
Thomas Alva Edison	Alexander Graham Bell	Ferdinand Von Zeppelin	Rudolph Heinrich Hertz	James Watt	Benjamin Franklin	Benjamin Franklin	Gabriel Daniel Farenheit	Alessandro Volta	Evangelista Torricelli
1879	1876	1900	1888	1764	1780	1752	1714	1800	1643

c) Choose an invent and make a report similar to this. LINK:_EDISON 

-http://es.scribd.com/doc/73509957

ACTIVITY Nº3:

3.1. Find out the opposites of these word:
a) Pull out:Get in
 b) Put on:Take off
 c) Put together:Break up
 d)Put in:Take out
 
3.2. Match the tools you need with the actions:
a) To cut a plywood board- Saw

; b) To glue two pieces of wood-Glue and clamps

; c) To measure a board-Ruler or set square

; d) To sand a corner of a pieces of planks-File or sandpaper

; e)To make a hole-Punch

; f) To insert a nail.- Hammer

3.3. Write down in your blog why this actions are dangerous in a workshop:

   a) running: I think running is dangerous because you might fall.
   b) jumping:You can hurt yourself with a tool
   c) having loose hair:The hair can hook in a electric tool and hurt you
   d) push:You can hurt other person with a tool

3.4.- Copy and complete these sentenses about health and safety.

• a) "You musn´t wear rings or having loose hair because: You can hook it in a tool"
• b) "You musn´t make too much noise because:It can disturb to other people and distract them"
• c) "You must keep your workstation clean and tidy because: if you aren´t tidy you won´t find the tools and you won´t work well"

3.5.- Match the tools you need with the actions. Use your dictionary. Copy them into your notebook and draw a picture of the tools next to the word

1.-Glue and clamps	a) To cut a plywood board
2.-Saw	b)To glue two pieces of Wood
3.-Ruler or set square	c) To sand the corner of a piece of planks
4.-File or sandpaper	d) To insert an eye bolt in a piece of wood
5.-Punch or make a hole	e) To measure a board

1-Glue and clamps -            - b) To glue two pieces of wood

2-Saw-                                  - a) To cut a plywood board

3-Ruler or set square-         - e) To measure a board

4-File or sandpaper-           - c) To sand the corner of a piece of planks

5-Punch or make a hole-    -d) To insert an eye bolt in a piece of wood