UNIT 1. TECHNOLOGY and SOCIETY

ACTIVITY Nº1:
1.1. Look for information about the main industries in your community. Write a short report about what is produced and how technology is used for.
-McDonalds: makes fast food. 
-Rodise S.L.: makes things for mechanism. 
-Transport: makes conveyors. 
-Forjas 2000 S.L.: makes forgings for railings, balconies, gates, fences ...
1.2. Find out and write down the environmental problems that can come from those processes.
-Maybe it can causes more global warming


ACTIVITITY Nº2:

2.1. Complete the folowing table into your wordprocessor and copy-paste it into your BLOG.
PRODUCT
NEEDS
KNOWLEDGE
SKILL
RISK
Tin
Food
Chemist
Investigating
Factory waste
PC
Work and leisure
Programmer
Computer
Factory waste
Car
Transport
Mecanic
Assembling
Factory waste
Flute
Leisure
Musician
Playing
Noise
2.2. Make a table with ten invents, their inventors and the date. Do it into your word processor and paste it on your blog.




INVENTOR

INVENT

YEAR


Printing press

1450

James Watt

Steam engine

1663

Joseph Nicéphore

Photography

1827


Telegraph

1832

Alexander Graham Bell

Telephone

1876

Thomas Alba Edison

Light bulb

1879

Paul Nipkow

Television

1884

Carl Benz

Car

1886

Guglielmo Marconi

Radio

1895


X-rays

1865
 
2.3. Choose an invent and make a report similar to this. LINK:_EDISON 





ACTIVITY Nº3:
3.1. Find out the opposites of these word:
a) Pull out; pull in

b) Put on; pull off
c) Put together; pull apart
d)Put in; pull out
 

3.2. Match the tools you need with the actions:
a) To cut a plywood board; saw

b) To glue two pieces of woo; glue and clamps
c) To measure a board; ruler or set square
d) To sand a corner of a pieces of planks; file or sand paper
e)To make a hole;  drill
f) To insert a nail; hammer
 

3.3. Write down in your blog why this actions are dangerous in a workshop:
   a) running: I think running is dangerous because you might fall.
   b) juming: I think jumpping is dangerous because you can fall and hurt yourself with a tool
   c) having loose hair: I think having loose hair is dangerous because it can be caught by the machines
   d) push: I think pushing is dangerous because you can push a classmate against a machine and hurt him
 

3.4.- Copy and complete these sentenses about health and safety.

  • a) "You musn´t wear rings or having loose hair because:  It will get caught in the machines"
  • b) "You musn´t make too much noise because: You can border to another classmate"
  • c) "You must keep your workstation clean and tidy because: It´s easier to work"
3.5.- Match the tools you need with the actions. Use your dictionary. Copy them into your notebook and draw a picture of the tools next to the word

      1.-Glue and clamps
      b)To glue two pieces of Wood   
      2.-Saw
      a) To cut a plywood board
      3.-Ruler or set square
      e) To measure a board
      4.-File or sandpaper
      c) To sand the corner of a piece of planks
      5.-Punch or make a hole
      d) To insert an eye bolt in a piece of wood




ACTIVITY Nº4.
Work with this LINK to order the invents acording improvment the society.
https://educate.intel.com/workspace/student/loginpage.aspx?LID=cr