Science and Visions
of the Future
Write down some keywords here and
prepare a short statement!
(You can record an audio directly to this
slide with the + at the top. )
your name
Whether it is a smartphone or
an iPad, we use digital devices
every day. Which innovative
device do you remember in
particular? When did you get
your first one? Do you
remember what you used it for?
How did you feel? How often
and for how long did you use
it?
 A brief history of
scientific innovation

The timeline shows that

new technologies are
invented regularly.
Discuss the following
questions with your

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partner:
What recent inventions
do you consider
particularly helpful?
Which new
technologies do you
think will be invented Name
in the near future and
why might they prove
to be important?
Some new technologies that you think will
be invented in the future.

invention (approx. year) relevance / importance

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All appliances connected to a single network
(2030-35)
Convenience and efficiency

Metaverse with jobs (2050)

Name
Convenience with working from home No
wasted time traveling to work

Directly communicate with computer for faster

Human computer interface
knowledge acquisition

Saving money because of no manual labour

3d printing on a grand scale Efficient because printers have no working
hours
 Europa

Relativ kleine Fläche,

sehr viele Menschen
Unterschiedlichste
Völker, Kulturen und Work like its the
Landschaften future!

Creative Task: Pick one of these

technologies and create a poster or
ad for it.
 Creative task 2: Imagine smartphones had

A life without a smartphone never been invented. Write a short text in

which you describe your daily life without a
smartphone. How would your life differ from
the life you live today?

I would wake up with an actual alarm and go directly to school because computers
are too slow to turn on and check the latest news and events on. In school i would
write on paper with a pen. Whenever im outside, i would spend more time
socializing with friends as i dont have tik toks to look at. But at home my life
wouldnt change as much as i normally use my laptop to do everything.
After looking at the word clouds, describe the two

Afrika
pictures. What kind of vision of the future do they
show? How do they make you feel? Record a short
conversation with your partner!

wärmster aller Erdteile

Elefanten, Nashörner,
Löwen
Wiege der Menschheit
 What kind of developments in technology and society might have caused the future shown in the
pictures on the previous slide? Create your own timeline in which you name possible future

Think-Pair-Share
events that might have lead to one of the situations.

alle Klimazonen der Erde

unberührte Natur
große Metropolen
bis zum 15. Jh Indianer
 Creative task 3 - Option 1: Imagine the
pictures from the 6th slide were scenes from a
movie. What might it be about? Talk with your

Südamerika
partner about the movie and record a selfie
video of your conversiation.

größter Urwald der Erde

grüne Lunge der Erde
Hälfte alle Tier- und
Pflanzenarten
Ureinwohner: Indios
 Creative task 3 - Option 2: Imagine the
pictures from the 6th slide were scenes from a
movie. What might it be about? Write a movie

Australien
review which would make your friends
interested in watching it.
 Creative task 3 - Option 3: Imagine the
pictures from the 6th slide were scenes from a
movie. What might it be about? Create a movie

Antarktika
poster for your film!

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