Technology and the Engineering Design Process PowerPoint with Student Notes

Technology and the Engineering Design Process PowerPoint with Student Notes is a highly engaging PowerPoint to use with your middle school students. Slides are editable, so you can add or delete to meet the exact needs of your own class! Several slides have a “Stop & Discuss” question to get your students thinking and promote discussion within your class. Five pages of fill in the blank (scaffolded) student notes are included, along with a complete teacher answer key that matches the student’s notes! I much prefer this style of note-taking over other methods. It promotes active listening and participation, but without overwhelming students with too much writing. Perfect for special-ed and general-ed students alike!


This Product Includes:
• 30 editable PowerPoint slides, .pptx and .pdf
• 5 pages of fill-in-the-blank (scaffolded) Student Notes, .docx and .pdf
• A complete Teacher Answer Key, 5 pages, .pdf


This PowerPoint address the following topics and vocabulary:
• What is technology?
• What is the goal of technology?
• Areas of Technology
• How has technology made our lives better?
• How are technology and science related?
• Why does technology change?
• How has technology changed? (A Brief History)
• With and Without Technology
• Obsolete Technologies
• Current Technologies
• Emerging Technologies
• Coexisting Technologies
• The Universal Systems Model
• Identifying parts of a technological system: goal, input, processes, output, and feedback
• How does technology affect society?
• Analyzing Risks and Benefits
• Why do people invent things?
• What are engineers?
• Steps of the Engineering Design Process (identify the need or problem, research the problem, develop possible solutions, choose the best solution, construct a prototype, test and evaluate the prototype, communicate the solution, redesign)
• Should you get a patent?


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