1. Technology problem solving
Contents
Prior knowledge
Keywords
Mindmap of the unit
1.1. What is technology?
1.2. The stages of technological processes
1.3. The workshop
Prior knowledge
Activity: Summarize your general knowledge on this topic. (at least 3 sentences; you can include examples of technological objects).
Keywords
Activity: Copy following keywords, explaining their meaning and translate them into Spanish.
Satisfy our needs
Develop
Properties
Constraints
Labour
Estimate
Report
Safety
Mindmap of the unit
Activity: Analize and try to understand following mindmap
1.1. What is technology?
Activity:
Think about the following questions:
Activity: Copy following scheme and write your own definition of technology.
DEFINITION
Technology is the practical application of knowledge (science) and skills (techniques) to create solutions which satisfy our needs or solve our problems.
EXERCISE 1: Copy and fill in the following table listing 5 technological objects found in your immediate environment and make big drawings of each of them labelling their different parts.
EXERCISE 2: Look for information about a Spanish invention and in your notebook write the following information:
Important: Make a detailed color drawing that identifies the different parts (half page)
1.2. The stages of technological processes
In Technology we look for a solution to a problem using the technological process which consists of the following stages:
1.2. The stages of technological processes (continuation)
The final report should have e.g. the following sections:
EXERCISE 3: Copy and fill in the following tables:
EXERCISE 4: Copy and fill in the following table:
Example of characteristics: quick to use, easy to carry, soft, resistant, small enough to hold, easy to draw with, with an hermetic lid, impermeable
EXERCISE 5: Which of the following elements should be included in the cost estimation of your project?
EXERCISE 6: Identify, draw and explain how an object works that can be used to clean breadcrumbs off a tablecloth.
EXERCISE 7: Copy the steps to replace the heel of a shoe, while respecting the chronological order.
a. Put the new heel on the base and press firmly.
b. Spread glue on the base of the shoe and the new heel
c. Cut the edges of the heel to the correct size
d. Remove the old heel with pliers and a cutter
e. Use nails to fix the heel more securely
EXERCISE 8: Prepare an estimate for a wooden drawbridge based on the following data:
1.3. The workshop
Activities and organisation:
ACTIVITIES:
In the workshop we do two types of work:
1. Academic activities: Listening to the teacher’s explanation, analysing problems, thinking of ideas, designing...
2. Manual activities: e.g. cutting, gluing, sawing, drilling...
Activities and organisation (continuation):
ORGANISATION:
Working in a team requires a good organisation. Each member of the team will have individual responsibilities that we will rotate throughout the year. These charges are:
1. Coordinator, is responsible for organising the work of each group member in order to achieve efficient teamwork. This person represents the group.
2. Secretary, collects, checks and organises all the written documents from each group member (plans, process reports, estimates, etc)
3. Responsible for tools and materials, collects the material needed and looks after the tools assigned to the team. He or she is responsible for recycling leftover materials, returning tools and storing the project.
4. Responsible for health, safety and cleaning, makes sure that the team follows the workshop rules and that each workstation is left completely clean.
Parts of the workshop
The workshop consists of:
1. work area with tables,
2. storage room for materials and equipment,
3. storage room for projects
4. area for machines
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Technology Workshop – IES Fcº Goya – Madrid (2024)
1st: work area with tables
2nd: storage space for equipment
4th: area for machines
3rd: storage space for projects and material
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Technology Workshop – CEIPSO F.G. Lorca – Camarma de Esteruelas (2023)
display cases: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 y 7
cabinets: 5, 8, 9 y 10
1st: work area with tables
2nd: storage space for materials and equipment
3rd: storage space for projects
4. area for machines
Health and safety rules:
Always remember:
EXERCISE 9: Copy the following exercises and solve them in your notebook
EXERCISE10: Copy the following exercises and solve them in your notebook
EXERCISE 11: Copy and complete the table about signs in your notebook:
EXERCISE 13: What types of waste products are produced in your school daily? What can we do to recycle or reuse them?
EXERCISE 14: Write in your exercise book where you can find these objects in your technology workshop: finished work , projector, hammer, chalk and rubber, fire extinguisher, stool, library, wooden boards, motor.
EXERCISE 12: Find out and write down the environmental problems that can come from these processes:
Example of project:
Project: With a teammate in class, execute the technological process for the following
problem:
You need a desktop object that will help organize desktop stationery (pens, pencils, rubber, ruler, sharpener, clips and headphones).
Constraints:
to measure: carpenter’s square (escuadra de talón)
to hold: bar clamp (sargento)
to cut: backsaw (sierra de costilla)
to lower: rasp (escofina)