UNIT 1: TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM SOLVING.

SOLVING

Technology is the set of skills and techniques used to invent, design, build and adapt
products to meet human needs and resolve the problems of everyday life.

WHY TECHNOLOGY?

A need satisfy/cover it

A problem TECHNOLOGY solve it

An opportunity take it

A technological product is something that was obtained through technological knowledge

and made to meet a human need.
need

Object analysis is a preliminary step that comes before we start building the new
technological object. By analysing objects, we can understand how they work and
the decisions that were made during their design and construction. Object
analysis looks at the three functions
function of the object:

Use: how we use it.

Technique: how it was made.
Aesthetics:: its external appearance (shape, texture, colour, size, weight, design,
etc.).
 KEY WORDS
Make sure you understand these words before
moving on!

Invention: a new product that did not exist

before.
Innovation: a change to the way an
existing product works.
Scale model: a model used to represent
the volume of a product.
Prototype: the first full-sized version of a
product, built as a test.

The project approach

approac is a method of dealing with and resolving
the practical problems affecting any society. It consists of
several stages.

STAGES OF THE PROJECT APPROACH

3. Possible 4. Chosen
1. Problem 2. Research
solutions solutions

6. Planning
P 5.Design

9. Presentation
esentation and
7. Construction 8. Check
assessment

10. Report