UNIT Nº5 OF THE BOOK: "DESCRIPTIONS":
USES: Descriptions of uses: What is this used for?; What´s this for?. It is used for ...-ing; It`s to....-infin; It can be used for/to/as...
APPEARANCE: It looks like..;It is shaped like...;It is in the shape of a circle;It´s an L-shape object.
DEFINITIONS: That, which, who.
Video: Evolution of the Technology"
1.- TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE.
What´s technology?: Technology is the group of knowledge, skills, and techniques that human use to satisfy needs and to solve problems.
Techhnology is the practical application of knowledge. Technology works like a system that involves turning natural items into useful products: eg.car, tin, clothes, etc. It´s the “know-how”.
Technology works like a system (Input-Process-Output and feedback) where natural items turn into manufactured products. Systems are developed to address a goal.
- The INPUT are the resources availble to the system.
- The OUTPUT are the products generated by this system.
- The PROCESS is the way to get the goal.
- The FEEDBACK is used to control this process, it is the signal or measure that says how well the goal is being achieved, or how well the process is working.
2.- TECNOLOGY AND SOCIETY.
Technology and society work together: technology responds to society´s needs and helps societe to develop.
Nowdays technology is present in all areas of society and has made major changes to our lives. Can you image a world without telephones or computers? And without cars, trains or planes? Could we live with food that only comes from tradicional agricultural processes?
ACTIVITY Nº1:
1.1. Look for
information about the main industries in your community. Write a short report
about what is produced and how technology is used for.
- Dressmaking: the manufacture of clothes is also an important industry. Technology is used in the process by machines that knit automatically. One example is the Factory of Pivellon in Polán.
- Marzipan: one of the main industries in Toledo is the marzipan’s industry. Nowadays, several machines are used in the process. One of the most famous is Santo Tomé; it has some shop in the city.
- Wood industry: it produces a lot of items such as cupboards, doors, tables… Technology is used in every steep, since the wood is taken from the forest until the product is ready to be sold. There are a lot of wood factories in villages around Toledo
1.2. Find out and
write down the environmental problems that can come from those processes.
All of them produce
factory waste.
- Dressmaking: it consumes electricity and produces a lot of noise.
- Marzipan: the smokes produces by the ovens pollute the asmosphere.
- Wood industry: this industry produces much more environmental problems: to cut trees in the forest, to destroy animals’ habitats, as it has a long process it pollute more…
ACTIVITY Nº2:
2.1. Complete the
folowing table into your wordprocessor and copy-paste it into your BLOG.
PRODUCT
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NEEDS
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KNOWLEDGE
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SKILL
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RISK
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Tin
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Food
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Chemist
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Investigating
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Factory waste
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PC
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Work and Leisure
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Programmer
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Computing
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Factory
waste
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Car
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Transport
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Mecanic
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Assembling
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Factory waste
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Flute
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Leisure
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Musician
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Playing
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Noise
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2.2. Make a table with ten inventions, their inventors and the date. Do it into your word processor and paste it on your blog.
2.3. Choose an invent and make a report similar to this. LINK:_EDISON
ACTIVITY Nº3:
3.1. Find out the
opposites of these words:
a) Pull out: pull in
b) Put on: take off
c) Put together: break up
d) Put in: take out
3.2. Match the
tools you need with the actions:
a) To cut a plywood board. Saw
b)
To glue two pieces
of wood. Glue and clamps
c)
To measure a board.
Ruler or Set Square
d)
To sand a corner
of a pieces of planks. File or Sand Paper
e)
To make a hole. Drill
f) To insert a nail. Hammer
3.3. Write down in
your blog why this actions are dangerous in a workshop:
a) running: I think running is dangerous because
you might fall.
b)
jumping: I think jumping is dangerous because you might fall
and hurt your self
c)
having loose hair:
I think having
loose hair is dangerous because it can be caught by the machines
d) push: I think pushing a classmate is dangerous because if you push a classmate against a machine and hurt him
3.4.- Copy and
complete these sentenses about health and safety.
a) "You musn´t wear rings or having loose hair
because: they can be caught
by the machines"
b)
"You musn´t
make too much noise because: you can disturb a
classmate"
c) "You must keep your workstation clean and
tidy because: if you don’t do it you won’t work properly"
3.5.- Match the
tools you need with the actions. Use your dictionary. Copy them into your
notebook and draw a picture of the tools next to the word
1. Glue and clamps. B
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a. To cut a plywood. 2
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2. Saw. A
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b. To glue to pieces of wood. 1
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3. Ruler or set square. E
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c. To sand the corner of a piece of planks. 4
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4. File and sandpaper. C
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d. To insert an eye bolt in a piece of wood. 5
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5. Punch or make a hole. D
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e. To measure a board. 3
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