Technological Impacts

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STRUCTURAL
OPTICAL
FLUID
THE BALTIMORE POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE PRESENTS
IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY
THERMAL
BIO-TECH
ELECTRICAL
ELECTRONIC
MATERIAL
MECHANICAL
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September 2, 2009

• Get out your signed syllabus
• Get out your completed lettering practice sheet
• LETTER the Student Information Form
• Leave no field blank if not applicable, write
  N/A

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Course Structure

1. 9 units approximately 1 unit per month
2. Each unit has 5 sections
3. Topic Background
4. Math/Science Applications
5. Mini-Labs
6. Project
7. Wrap-up (including Unit Test)

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Grading Reminders

1. Quizzes expect 1 per week
2. Homework can be collected at any time
3. Projects graded on rubric and adherence to
   criteria and constraints
4. Participation promptness to class, raising your
   hand, giving reasonable answers
5. Late Assignments 50, 75, 100 off

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Grading Reminders

• Tests and Quizzes 35
• Classwork and Projects 30
• Participation 15
• Homework 15
• Notebook 5

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Title Blocks

• Take out a sheet of notebook paper.
• Title it between last and 2ndto-last lines.
• Never write in line above it (no Xs).

Teacher will give you your class
BPI NOTESHEET 26 AUG 08 LAST, F. 1
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Note Sheets

• On top line, identify the unit were in.
• Never write in line directly below it (no Xs)

UNIT 1 GENERAL CONDITIONS
BPI NOTESHEET 26 AUG 08 LAST, F. 1
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Note Sheets
UNIT 1 GENERAL CONDITIONS
Page
Write Legibly
27 AUG FOT REVIEW
BPI NOTESHEET 26 AUG 08 LAST, F. 1
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Note-taking

• At Poly we train you for two things
• Success in college
• Success in the world
• Do not copy every word it wont be possible.
• Capture the main ideas and key details.
• Study your notes each night.

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FOT REVIEW
FOT Review Engineering

• What is ENGINEERING?
• Systematic application of mathematic,
  scientific, and technical principles to yield a
  tangible end product that meets our needs or
  desires.
• What are the key words?
• Systematic application
• Mathematic, Scientific, Technical
• Principles
• Tangible end product
• Needs or Desires

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FOT REVIEW
Engineering

• What is a principle?
• The laws of nature underlying the working of an
  artificial device.
• A fundamental, primary, or general law from which
  others are derived.

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FOT REVIEW
Engineering

• What is Technology?
• The application of knowledge, tools, and skills
  to solve problems and extend human capabilities
• Performs tasks by using an artifact that is not
  part of the human body
• Engineering creates Technology

An object made by humans for a specific purpose
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FOT REVIEW
Technology as a System

• Technology performing a by using an
  object that is not part of the human body.
• System each technology has parts and each part
  has a with all other parts and to
  the whole.

task
relationship
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FOT REVIEW
Car Engine

• What is the it performs?
• How is this a
• In other words
• What are the

task
system?
relationships?
1. transfers energy
2. components working in relationship
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FOT REVIEW
Technology as a System

• Components
• Goals
• Humans develop technology to meet needs
• Each artifact meets more than one goal
• Inputs
• Resources that go into a system and are used by
  it
• Processes
• Design Process, Production Process, Mgt. Process
• Outputs
• Technological systems are designed to produce
  specific outputs.
• Manufactured products, constructed structures,
  communicated messages, transported people or
  goods.
• Feedback and Control
• Using information about the outputs to regulate
  the system.

EXAMPLE Radar Developed to determine the
position and speed of aircraft. Major impact on
military strategies during WW2. Today, it
contributes to safe, reliable air transportation
and predicts the weather.
DESIRED / UNDESIRED
NEED / DESIRE
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Technology as a System
A great way to express information is with a
Graphic Organizer
HOW DO WE KNOW IT WORKED???
HOW DO WE ALTER THINGS IF IT DIDNT?

• Technological system

GOALS
Control
FEEDBACK
PROCESSES
OUTPUTS
INPUTS
GOALS
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Classwork / Homework

• Complete Student Info Form and get signed by
  parent.
• Due Friday
• Course notebook
• Assignment pad
• Ruler, compass, and protractor