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Explore the concept of invention and innovation, compare the two, discover past important inventions, and understand the impacts on society. Learn about inventors like Alexander Graham Bell, technological advancements, and the engineering design process.
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Invention and Innovation MSENGRII
Georgia Performance Standards: • ENGR-II-1a,b,c,d,e: Students will learn the concept of invention and innovation.
Critical Knowledge/Elements • Define related invention and innovation terms • Compare invention to innovation • Identify an important past invention or innovation
Essential Question How do inventions and innovations impact our lives?
Word Wall Invention Innovation Science Technology Societal Impacts Prototype Engineering Design Process
INVENTION The process of turning ideas and imagination into devices and systems.
INVENTION A new product or system that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.
Technology Design and Applications (Wright, T. & Brown, R., 2004) offers a distinction stating that an invention is: “A new and unique product created by an inventor ” (p. 703) while an innovation is: “The process of altering an existing product or system to improve it” (p. 702). For our purposes we’ll use the Technology Design and Applications definitions. Invention vs. Innovation
Science “Science is the study of the natural world.” • We study our world by observing, identifying, describing, investigating, and explaining what they see and experience. • Scientific study helps develop new cures for diseases, new products for consumers, and new ways to work and live.
Technology • Technology is not just computers. • Technology refers to human invention and innovation in action. “Technology is the knowledge and processes used to solve problems by designing and making products and structures.”
Final Vocabulary • Impacts: Effects on a society • Prototype: A working model of an invention. • Design Process: A method of developing solutions to problems
Essential Question How do inventions and innovations impact our lives?
Conclusion MSENGRII