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Exploring Design,
Technology, &
Engineering
by R. Thomas Wright and Ryan A. Brown, ©2012, 3rd Edition
Exploring Design, Technology, & Engineering is an exciting, introductory
technology education text that provides in-depth coverage of the content
defined in the Standards for Technological Literacy. Coverage includes the impacts
of technology, technological systems, the history of technology, applying
technology, and the designed world (agriculture and biotechnology, construction,
manufacturing, information and communication, transportation, energy and power,
and medical technology). This edition includes updated information on job skills,
technological needs and wants, and technological impacts.
• Strong focus on developing design and problem-solving skills.
• Reading Organizer activities help students focus on the material in each chapter.
• STEM Connections and Curricular Connections relate chapter content to math,
science, social studies, and language arts.
• Think Green features connect chapter content to environmental issues.
• Technology Explained features highlight and discuss a variety of current technologies.
• Career Highlights present information about careers related to various
technological fields.
• STEM Connections, Curricular Connections, Activities, Test Your Knowledge
questions, and the Reading Organizer are included at the end of each chapter.
In addition to the text, the teaching package includes a Tech Lab Workbook with
chapter review material and material relating to the activities in the text. Other
supplements include an Instructor’s Presentations for PowerPoint CD and an
EXAMVIEW® Assessment Suite CD.
Science
Technology
STEM
Integrated
Curriculum
Engineering
Mathematics
Exploring Design, Technology, & Engineering
Supports STEM
• Mathematics STEM Connection activities
• Science STEM Connection activities
• Information and communication technology
• Material properties
Contents
1. What Is Technology?
2. Technology as a System
3. Contexts of Technology
4. Tools and Technology
5. Materials and Technology
6. Energy and Technology
7. Information and
Technology
8. People, Time, Money, and
Technology
9. Invention and Innovation
10. The Design Process
11. Identifying Problems
12. Researching Problems
13. Creating Solutions
14. Selecting and Refining
Solutions
15. Modeling Solutions
16. Testing Solutions
17. Communicating Solutions
18. Improving Solutions
19. Agricultural and Related
Technology
20. Construction Technology
21. Energy-Conversion
Technology
22. Information and
Communication
Technology
23. Manufacturing
Technology
24. Medical Technology
25. Transportation Technology
26. Technological Impacts
27. Technology and the Future
Product Information ISBN School
Text, 704 pp., hardcover 978-1-60525-420-3
Online Text, 6 yr. Classroom Subscription 978-1-60525-689-4
(minimum quantity 15)
Bundle, Text + Online 6 yr. Classroom
Subscription (minimum quantity 15)
978-1-61960-087-4
Tech Lab Workbook, 154 pp. 978-1-60525-421-0
Teacher’s Edition, 800 pp. 978-1-60525-422-7
Teacher’s Manual, 194 pp. 978-1-60525-423-4
Teacher’s Resource CD (Win/Mac) 978-1-60525-424-1
EXAMVIEW® Assessment Suite 978-1-60525-425-8
(Win/Mac), 1174 test questions
Instructor’s Presentations for PowerPoint
(Win/Mac), 1734 slides.
Individual License
Site License
978-1-60525-426-5
978-1-60525-427-2
Companion Website www.g-wlearning.com/technologyeducation
Previous edition available. See page 71.
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