1st ESO: Technology, Programming and Robotics

Unit 1: Technology

Autor: Guillermo Gmez

Contents
Prior knowledge............................................................................................................ 2
Keywords...................................................................................................................... 2
Mindmap of the unit ..................................................................................................... 2
1.1.
What is technology? ......................................................................................... 3
1.2.
The stages of technological processes .............................................................. 4
1.3.
The workshop ................................................................................................... 7

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Prior knowledge
Activity: Summarize your general knowledge on this topic.

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

TECHNIQUES
(skills)

SCIENCE
(knowledge)

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are applied
in

Environment

TECHNOLOGY
the (technological) process
consist of several stages:

risk of

PROBLEM
(define)
IDEA
(search)

damage !!

SOLUTION
(report)
design

plan

construct

evaluate

risk of
accident !!

Health and
Safety

which we will do in the:

Computer room

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Workshop

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1.1. What is technology?

Activity: Think about the following questions: How do human beings impact their
environment? What are the reasons that lead the human beings to create objects and
processes? What allows humans to invent them? Does human inventions impact the
environment positively or negatively?
Activity: Copy following scheme and write your own definition of technology:

technological
process

SOLUTION

PROBLEM

TECHNOLOGY
practical
application

SCIENCE (knowledge)

TECHNIQUES (skills)

DEFINITION
Technology is the practical application of knowledge (science) and skills
(techniques) to create solutions which satisfy our needs or solve our problems

Activity: 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.
Technological
object
1
2
3
4
5

Need that it
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Alternative
solutions

Materials

Drawing
with details

Proposed
improvements

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Activity: Look for information about three (spanish) inventions and summarize it in your
notebook. The work must have following sections: 1.Title, 2 index, 3.Inventions:
For each invention you should indicate:
*Name of the invention *Name of the inventor *Year of the invention
*Interesting elements of the invention and its creation.
*Analysis of the invention
1) Analysis of the shape:1.1) Shape
1.2) Dimensions
2) Technical analysis: 2.1) Number of pieces 2.2) Material
3) Functional analysis: 3.1) Function 3.2) Objects with the same function
3.3) Risks
4) Aesthetics:
4.1) Texture
4.2) Colour
4.3) Proportions
4.4) Feeling
5) Socioeconomical analysis: 5.1) What problem does it solve?
5.2) How did society solve it before?
5.3) Environmental impact.
5.4) Price and where it is sold.
Important: make a detailed colour drawing identifying 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
Problem definition
5
Construction
2
Search for ideas

3
Design

6
Evaluation

Does it work?
NO
YES

4
Planning

7
Writing of final report

1)
2)
3)
4)

Problem definition: Analyse the posible constraints and study similar cases
Search for ideas: Propose one or several solutions and choose the best one
Design: Prepare plans and measurements
Planning: Choose the tools and plan the construction. Define time frame. Cost
estimation.
5) Construction: Build according to the design and planning.
6) Evaluation.
7) Write the final report.

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The final report should have e.g. the following sections:

1) Front page with detailed information
2) Index
3) Objective of the project
4) Design
5) Tools and construction plan
6) Incident report
7) Instructions on how to use and mantain.
Activities: Copy the following exercises and solve them in your note book

1) Copy and fill in the following table:

Object
Need it satisfies
Pencil
To write things
Bike
Vacuum cleaner
Screw
2) Copy and fill in the following table:
Need which is satisfied
Object
Listening to music
Cooking
Transport of persons
Communicating

Alternative objects
Pen

Alternative object

3) Copy and fill in the following table:

Characteristic of the object that satisfies the need
Need
1
2
3
4
Contain food
Collect dust
in the school
Write
Protect us
from the rain

Example of characteristics: quick to use, easy to carry, soft, resistant, small enough
to hold, easy to draw with, with an hermetic lid, impermeable
4) Which of the following elements should be included in the cost estimation of
your project? Cost of recycling , Cost of material, Cost of labour, Costs of tools.
5) Identify, draw and explain how an object works that can be used to clean
breadcrumbs off a tablecloth?.

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6) Copy and fill in the following table:

Object
Clock
Washing machine
Mobile phone
Trainers
Bicycle

Need it satisfies

Alternative objects

7) Copy and fill next table on your notebook:

Characteristic of the object that satisfies the need
Object
1
2
3
4
5
Tent
impermeable opaque big enough
to sleep in
...
...
Bungee jumping cord
Helmet
Corkscrew
Glass door of an microwave
oven
8) The following sentences describe the different steps to replace the heel of a shoe.
Copy the steps 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
9) Prepare an estimate for a wooden drawbridge based on the following data:
a. Half a plywood board ( 1,10 each)
b. 300 sticks of wood ( 0,02 each)
c. one pot of glue ( 2,10 each)
d. Four hinges ( 0,25 each)
e. 40 nails ( 0,01 each) and 16 screws ( 0,02 each)
f. 3 m of cord ( 1,00 per 10 m)
CONCEPT

AMOUNT

INDIVIDUAL
PRICE ()

TOTAL COST ()

TOTAL COST ESTIMATION

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10) 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:

You can only use scissors as a cutting tool and glue as a binding agent.

The measurements of the object cannot exceed 20 X 15 X 15 cm

You cant spend more than 1 for material.

Examples of projects:
office organizer (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tluMBj3_o8g
wooden calendar (video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81DSZoxDj1w
wooden calendar (final report)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBjo7sjdRyRTEp3ZXhuSnNaMUk/view?usp=sharing

1.3. The workshop

Classroom

Computer room

In technology we will use three types of

rooms that appear in the diagram. We will
pay special attention to the workshop rules
and teamwork.
Activity: Copy the scheme on the board,
make an illustrative drawing for each box
and explain in your own words what it
means.

Workshop

Workshop rules

Teamwork

Activities and organisation:

In the workshop we do two types of work:
1. Academic activities: Listening to the teachers explanation, analysing problems,
thinking of ideas, designing...
2. Manual activities: e.g. cutting, gluing, sawing, drilling...
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)

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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.
Activity: Within each team, decide how to rotate these responsibilities and write down
your agreements into your notebook

NAME

RESPONSIBILITIES ROTATION (TABLE No __)

1st turn
2nd turn
3rd turn
4th turn
Coordinator
Secretary
Tools & materials Health & cleaning
Secretary
Tools & materials Health & cleaning Coordinator
Tools & materials Health & cleaning Coordinator
Secretary
Health & cleaning Coordinator
Secretary
Tools & materials

Parts:
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
Activity: Make a drawing, at least half a page in length, of the class in which you are,
indicating its different areas, so that anybody can recognize what it is and where you sit.

Computer room & Workshop * IES CERVANTES* Oct. 2014

Store room
Computer room

Workshop

Table &
stools

Sink

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Door

Cabinets

Computer
table

Table &
chairs

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Health and safety rules:

Most accidents are due to the human factor. Thus, in order to prevent them you should
know and follow the Workshop rules.
Activity: Read, comment and copy the workshop rules in your notebook. E.g.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzBjo7sjdRyRRWpJV19fYnZwU1U/view?usp=sharing

You also have to

understand and follow
these signs.
Always remember:
We have to foster
sustainable development
so that the advantages of
the technology do not
cause:
Overexploitation
Pollution
Toxic waste

Mandatory signs

Danger signs

(this protection is obligatory)

(warn of possible danger)

for hands

for eyes

toxic material

electric shock

First aid and emergency signs

Prohibition signs

(give information)

(forbid certain activities)

first aid

emergency exit
this way

no smoking

no eating

Activities: Copy the following exercicies and solve them in your note book
11) Copy and fill in the following table:
Place
Mandatory
Building site
Use helmet
School
Hospital
Public building

Signs you might find

Danger
First aid &
emergency
Danger
First aid

Prohibition
No smoking

12) Copy and complete these sentences regarding health and safety in the
workshop:
a. You must keep your workstation clean and tidy because_____________.
b. You must keep your hands clean and dry because________________.
c. You mustnt wear rings or necklaces because____________________.
d. You mustnt make too much noise because __________________.

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13) Copy and fill in the following table:

Actions in the
Do you think it
workshop
is dangerous?
Running
Yes
Working
Jumping
Drawing
Pushing
Having loose hair
Shoving

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Why?
You might fall

14) Draw the following signs:

a. Use goggles
b. Danger of fire
c. First aid equipment
d. Flammable
15) Copy and complete the table about signs in your note book:
Type of sign
Background
Edge colour
Image colour
colour
Green
Danger
White

Shape

Circular
16) Find out and write down the environmental problems that can come from these
processes:
a. Recycling plastic
b. Making paper
c. Processing oil
d. Recycling glass
17) What types of waste products are produced in your school daily? What can we
do to recycle or reuse them?
18) 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.
19) Which rule is important to help the following class begin their work promptly in
the technology workshop?
20) Discuss these human needs (Is there a solution? Will there be a solution? Why?)
a. We need a cure for cancer and other diseases.
b. We need renewable energy.
c. We need green (environmentally responsible) transport solutions.
d. We need protection against natural disasters such as earthquakes.
21) In the 19th and the 20th centuries people osed to thinkt that natural resources
(coal, oil,...) were unlimited. Why do you think they thought that?
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