Vocabulary
technology
inventor
manufacturing
assembly line
microchip
World Wide Web
space station
18 - Technology in Our Lives
Lessons
Lesson 1, What is technology?
Lesson 2, How has technology changed transportation?
Lesson 3, How have computers changed society?
Lesson 4, What technology is used in space?
Lesson 1, What is technology?
What is technology?
What is an inventor?
What is George Washington Carver known for?
What is Garrett Morgan known for?
What is Thomas Edison’s famous invention?
What are some positive changes that technology has brought?
What are some negative changes that technology has brought?
How is technology used in our homes?
What is manufacturing?
What is the purpose of the assembly line?
What was the first product to be manufactured in an assembly line?
Lesson 2, How has technology changed transportation?
Where were the first factories made?
What was the first source of energy used in transportation?
What were some of the first modes of transportation?
What purpose did the first airplane have?
What replaced steam as a source of power?
What problem did the use gasoline bring to the environment?
What infrastructural change to the car made driving better?
What infrastructural change in cities and towns made driving easier?
How are modern cars “better” than older ones?
How are modern cars “worse” than older ones?
Lesson 3, How have computers changed society?
What purpose did the earliest computers serve?
How would you describe the earliest computers?
How would you describe modern computers?
What is a microchip?
What is an advantage of the microchip?
What did people do before the invention of the personal computer?
What are some computer programs that are very beneficial at home and in the workplace?
What are some disadvantages of using computers?
Lesson 4, What technology is used in space?
What is the Space Race?
Why was there a space race?
Which country was the leader in the space race?
Which was the first satellite to orbit the Earth?
Who was the first man in space?
Who were the first Americans to walk on the Moon?
What is a space station?
What is the source of power that keeps the space station running?