Exploring Design, Technology and Engineering 4e, Online Textbook
Exploring Design, Technology, & Engineering builds student excitement as they begin pathways in technology education. Short lessons paired with hands-on activities provide in-depth coverage on the content defined in the Standards for Technological Literacy (STELs). This text covers the impacts of technology, technological systems, the history of technology, applying technology, and the designed world (including connections to agriculture and biotechnology, construction, manufacturing, information and communication, transportation, energy and power, and medical technology). STEM Connections and Curricular Connections relate chapter content to math, science, social studies, and language arts. The fourth edition focuses on the engineering design process and building problem-solving skills.
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Exploring Design, Technology and Engineering 4e, Online Textbook
- Exploring Design, Technology & Engineering
- Copyright © 2024 by The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc.
- Preface
- About the Authors
- Reviewers
- Acknowledgments
- New to This Edition
- Guided Tour
- Tools for Student and Instructor Success
- Brief Contents
- Contents
- Feature Contents
- Section 1 Scope of Technology
- Chapter 1 What Is Technology and Engineering?
- Chapter 2 Technology as a System
- Chapter 3 Technology in Context
- Section 2 Resources and Technology
- Chapter 4 Tools and Technology
- Chapter 5 Materials and Technology
- Chapter 6 Energy and Technology
- Chapter 7 Information and Technology
- Chapter 8 People, Time, Money, and Technology
- Section 3 Creating Technology
- Chapter 9 Invention and Innovation
- Chapter 10 The Design Process
- Chapter 11 Identifying and Researching Problems
- Chapter 12 Creating Ideas and Solutions
- Chapter 13 Selecting and Refining Solutions
- Chapter 14 Modeling Solutions
- Chapter 15 Testing Solutions
- Chapter 16 Communicating Solutions
- Chapter 17 Improving Solutions
- Section 4 Technological Contexts
- Chapter 18 Agricultural and Related Technology
- Chapter 19 Construction Technology
- Chapter 20 Energy-Conversion Technology
- Chapter 21 Information and Communication Technology
- Chapter 21 Essential Question
- Chapter 21 Lessons
- Lesson 21.1 Communication Technologies and Systems
- Lesson 21.2 Communicating Messages
- Lesson 21.3 Information Technology
- Chapter 21 Review
- Lab Activity 21A Information and Communication Technology
- TSA Modular Activity Graphic Design
- TSA Modular Activity Lights, Camera, Action!
- Chapter 22 Manufacturing Technology
- Chapter 23 Medical Technology
- Chapter 24 Transportation Technology
- Section 5 Technology and Society
- Chapter 25 Technological Impacts
- Chapter 26 Technology and the Future
- Glossary
- Index