Section 1
Scope of
Technology . . .22
Chapter 1
What Is Technology? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 1 Activity A
What Is Technology? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 2
Technology as a System . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 2 Activity A
Using Technology to Make a Product . 53
Chapter 3
Contexts of Technology . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 2
Resources and
Technology . . .76
Chapter 4
Tools and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 4 Activity A
Tools and Materials as Resources . 101
Chapter 4 Activity B
Tools as a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Chapter 5
Materials and Technology . . . . . . . . 108
Chapter 5 Activity A
Materials as a Resource . . . . . . . . . 131
Chapter 6
Energy and Technology . . . . . . . . . 136
Chapter 6 Activity A
Energy as a Resource . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Chapter 6 Activity B
Energy and Machines as
Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 7
Information and Technology . . . . . 164
Chapter 7 Activity A
Information as a Resource . . . . . . . 177
Chapter 8
People, Time, Money, and Technology .182
Section 3
Creating
Technology . .202
Chapter 9
Invention and Innovation . . . . . . . . 204
Chapter 9 Activity A
Invention and Innovation . . . . . . . . 220
TSA Modular Activity: Inventions
and Innovations . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Chapter 10
The Design Process . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Chapter 10 Activity A
Designing for Space . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
TSA Modular Activity: Digital
Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
Chapter 11
Identifying Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Chapter 12
Researching Problems . . . . . . . . . . 260
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