Technology and the

technological process

1. WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY?
2 . T H E T E C H N OL O G I C A L P R O C E S S
3. ACTIVITIES
4. VOCABULARY

Tecnologías 1º ESO
IES Infanta Elena
 1. What is technology?

Can youde
¿Cuáles tell
losif siguientes
the following objects
objetos are
te parecen
technological?
tecnológicos?
 1. What is technology?

Remember:

AUn
technological
objeto tecnológico
object is
esany
cualquier
object made
objetoby
fabricado
humanspor
to solve
el hombre
a
problem
para resolver
or satisfy
un problema
a need. o satisfacer una necesidad.

Technology
La tecnología is es
theelcollection
conjunto of
deknowledges (science)
conocimientos andy skills
(ciencia)
(technique)
habilidades that allowque
(técnica) us to build
nos technological
permiten fabricarobjects.
objetos tecnológicos.

The technological
El proceso process
tecnológico es elismétodo
the method that we usepara
que utilizamos to solve a
resolver
problem in several
un problema stages.
siguiendo una serie de fases.
 2. The technological process

 The stages in the technological process are:

Find the need

If our technological object
is not working well we
have to check all the
Idea stages.

Design

Planning and
building
No

Test and Is it Yes

evaluation working?
 2. The technological process

Find the need

In first place, we have to know what we need.

Need: communicating long distance messages as

fast as possible.

I wish I could I miss him so

send her a faster much…
message.

* Before phones were invented

 2. The technological process

We must look for useful information and think of

Idea the best solution. Afterwards, we have to develop
that idea.
 2. The technological process

When our idea is clear we have to design the

Design technological object. We will draw sketches and
plans of everything.
 2. The technological process

Planning and After designing everything we need to make a

building workplan and build the object.
 2. The technological process

Once it’s finished we have to check everything is

Test and evaluation
working fine and think about possible
improvements.

If anything is not working we have to check all the stages!

 2. The technological process

If everything is working fine… congrats!

Don’t forget to let everybody know!
 3. Activities

1. Identifica una necesidad que esté sin resolver e imagina un objeto

tecnológico que la satisfaga.

2. Investiga cuándo y quién inventó en realidad el telégrafo.

3. ¿Qué necesidad satisface un reloj? ¿Qué otros objetos sirven para

satisfacer esa misma necesidad?

4. ¿Qué necesidad satisface una bicicleta? ¿Qué otros objetos sirven

para satisfacer esa misma necesidad?

5. Explica qué es la tecnología y qué es un objeto tecnológico.

6. Enumera ordenadamente las fases principales del método de

proyectos y explica en qué consiste cada una de ellas.
 4. Vocabulary

Look up the words you don’t know and write them

down here: