Science Fusion Grade 4 Unit 2 Lesson 3: What is technology?
a technology process
a series of steps used to achieve a goal or make a product, example the rules of baseball
technology
any designed system, product, or process that people use to solve problems
tool
anything that helps people shape, build, or produce things to meet their needs, example of technology
processes
describe how the goal is to be achieved
parts of a designed system
goal, input, processes, output, feedback
feedback
information that tells whether or not the output is successful
a designed world
part of your community that is designed and built by people
output
the end product
a designed system
tools, parts, and processes that work together
input
what is put into the system to meet the goal
goal
what the system aims to do