6th Grade Final Exam – 20% of your grade – Vocabulary Study Guide
Technology / Something man made.Needs / Something you must have to live.
Food, water, shelter, oxygen
Wants / Something you desire, but not needed for survival.
Cell phone
Innovation / Upgrade on an invention
Next generation iPods
Invention / Original creation
Original iPod
Technological System / System that includes:
Input, Output, Process and Feedback
Input / Something that goes into a system.
Process / Something that happens to, or with, the inputs.
Feedback / Using the output to regulate or control the input.
Output / Result
Engineering Design Process / Identify problem, Brainstorm, Design, Build, Test, Redesign if needed, Evaluate
Brainstorming / A method of coming up with new ideas.
Difference between Design and Build / Design is to make a plan for the product you will build.
Why do we test? / To make sure each part works.
Why might we need to redesign? / It might have problems that need to be fixed.
Why do we evaluate? / Look at the data and make decisions based on data.
Constraints / Limits to the design (cost, maximum size, minimum size…)
Criteria / Requirements of the design (size, color, location….)
Design Journal / Notebook where you keep all of your designs, sketches, data…..
Environmental Concerns / Taking the environment into account when making something.
Social Concerns / Taking society into account.
No Texting while driving!
Eco-Friendly / Safe for the environment.
Measurement System used in the US / (give example) US Customary System
1 yard
Measurement System used outside the US / (give example) Metric
1 Meter
Sketches / Rough drawing of something.
Technical Drawings / Diagram/model of a product, scale drawing.
blueprints
Assembly Line / A line of workers working together to make one product.
Manufacturing Technologies (location) / Developing and using devices and systems to convert materials into products in a factory.
Construction Technologies (location) / Using systems and process to build structures ‘on site’ where they will be used.
Medical
Technologies / Developing and using devices and systems to promote health and cure illnesses.
Transportation Technologies / Developing and using devices and systems to move people and cargo from an origin to a destination.
Agricultural Technologies / Developing and using devices and systems to plant, grow and harvest crops.
Information and Communication Technologies / Developing and using devices and systems to gather, process, share information and ideas. Pg.8
Energy and Power Technologies / Developing and using devices and systems to convert, transmit, or process energy.