Exploring Technology MYP Course Outline
Level: 7,8,
Course Title: Exploring Technology
Course Description: The goal of the exploring Technology is to introduce students to the importance of technology in today’s society through actual use of technology equipment, instruments and applications in industrial technology, science and mathematics. The class is designed to provide students with hands-on activities with project based assignments that focus on team work, problem solving and communication
MYP Aims Addressed by this Course:
The aims of the teaching and study of technology are to encourage and enable students to:
- develop an appreciation of the significance of technology for life, society and the environment
- use knowledge, skills and techniques to create products/solutions of appropriate quality
- develop problem-solving, critical- and creative-thinking skills through the application of the design cycle
- develop respect for others’ viewpoints and appreciate alternative solutions to problems
- use and apply information and communication technology (ICT) effectively as a means to access, process and communicate information, and to solve problems.
Time
(weeks) | Instructional Units
for the Year | Essential and/or Guiding Questions | Area of Interaction | Assessment |
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5
10
10
10
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technology and the environment
forensic technology
Rocketry
Rube Goldberg& simple machines
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What can be done to make transportation cheaper
How to lessen dependence on fossil fuels
How to decrease pollution
How does technology make solving crimes easier
How to earn a living solving crimes using technology
How does science relate to rockets?
Are rockets good things or bad?
Hwo do simple machines work
How do I get them to interact using cause and effect
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Environment
Health and social interaction
Homo Faber(human ingenuity)
Homo Faber(human ingenuity)
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Report
Powerpoint presentation
Oral presentation
Reflective journal
Poster
Oral presentation
Research notes
Career report
Innocence report
Report
Rocket construction
Distance flown
Reflective journal
Report,Journal
Device operation
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