Engineering Professionals

Assessment Task

Since the dawn of time, humans have developed tools and technology to assist in the pursuit of our goals. Large shifts in technology have resulted in large shifts in social structures, and how individuals both contribute to society and make a living. The Industrial Revolution, for example, brought large-scale changes to our socio-economic structures and the kinds of work people did including the emergence of engineering as a profession.

This task requires you to investigate the background of a chosen

engineer and explain how they have contributed to society

TE4-10TS explains how people in technology related professions contribute to society and the environement now and into the future

PART 1:

A: RESEARCH one of the three Engineers background and achievements below :

- - - - ARCHIMEDES
        THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
        HEDY LAMARR

B: DEVELOP your paragraph

Using the table provided in Google Classroom, group your research.

C: EXPLAIN your chosen engineers background and achievements

Create a completed paragraph by structuring the information from part 1B into a paragraph using TEEL - Scroll to end of page for TEEL resources

PART 2:

A: RESEARCH how Engineers contribute to society now and in the future by examining a specific Engineered Solution / ]Invention.

B: DEVELOP your paragraph

Record your research in point form, provide at least one example and one image, that illustrates the points you have made.

C: EXPLAIN how a specific Engineered Solution / Invention, has contributed to society now and in the future

Create a complete paragraph by structuring the information from part 2B into a paragraph using TEEL - Scroll to end of page for TEEL resources

TEEL

The TEEL structure provides an effective way of organising information. This task asks you to present the findings of your research, using the TEEL method.

TEEL may also be referred to as PEEL or STEEL, they are fundamentally all the same.

In the examples below you will see how topic sentence, statement and point are used interchangeably.

TROUBLESHOOTING Literacy

Use these resources to prompt your writing , especially when stuck and unsure of where to begin.

What is a complete sentence?

What words can I join sentences with to create a paragraph?

What does a TEEL paragraph look like?

TEEL, STEEL, PEEL ..... same same but different

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