Work on your own to complete the Reflect and Connect questions. Write your answers in your technology notebook.
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Complete the following tasks.
- Decide whether your tool matches your team’s definition of technology from Steps 6 and 7 of the Engage activity.
- Decide whether you were doing or not doing technology during this activity.
- Some adults do technology as part of their jobs. List at least three things you think people who do technology might do at work.
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You had to design the tool based on Jason’s requirements. Which requirement was hardest for you to meet? Why?
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You just completed an Explore activity. In an Explore activity, you spend time exploring the ideas of the chapter. In an Explore activity, you might
- make predictions
- collect data or information
- design an investigation
- analyze data.
In some Explore activities, you will do all of these. In other Explore activities, you might do only one or two. In your technology notebook, describe how what you did in this activity matched the goals of an Explore activity.
Answers to Reflect and Connect
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Complete the following tasks.
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Decide whether your tool matches your team’s definition of technology from Steps 6 and 7 of the Engage activity.
Students should look back at the definition in their technology notebooks. (You may also have had students post the definitions on the wall.) They should come up with a reasonable answer about whether the tool matches the definition. Answers will vary. For example, if they felt technology described only electronic items, the tool will not fit that definition. Accept any reasonable answer that uses the team’s definition.
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Decide whether you were doing or not doing technology during this activity.
Students’ answers will vary based on their ideas of what it means to do technology.
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Some adults do technology as part of their jobs. List at least three things you think people who do technology might do at work.
Students may think they do not know the answer to this question. If they seem to be having trouble, ask them to consider items that they think are technology. Have them decide the job a person might have to design that technology. Accept reasonable answers such as “bridge builder” or “computer designer,” even though such job titles may not exist.
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You had to design the tool based on Jason’s requirements. Which requirement was hardest for you to meet? Why?
Students will have different opinions about the requirements. This question helps them understand that it is sometimes difficult to meet all the requirements of a solution. This helps them think about design constraints, an idea that they will encounter in other chapters.
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You just completed an Explore activity. In an Explore activity, you spend time exploring the ideas of the chapter. In an Explore activity, you might
- make predictions
- collect data or information
- design an investigation
- analyze data.
In some Explore activities, you will do all of these. In other Explore activities, you might do only one or two. In your technology notebook, describe how what you did in this activity matched the goals of an Explore activity.
In this activity, students designed an investigation, although it was not a formal investigation. They also collected and analyzed data about how the tool worked and what changes might be needed to make it more efficient.